I’m very excited about this post. I just love cheese. Since I discovered making my own cheese was not as hard as I thought it would be, I figured I might as well go all out and share all of the wonderful cheesy information I have found. I’m going to try to separate the links based on recipes and historical information. If the link has both I will put it under recipes and make note that it has research as well.
Recipes
Ancient Recipe: Kamakh Rijal (Countertop Cheese) (Arab & Persian, ca. 10th century CE)
Cheese Gnocchi: Little Medieval Pillows of Love
Making Cheese with The Romans – Columella’s Cheese
Medieval Cheese Forum This link has more recipes than information along with tutorials.
CHEESEFORUM.ORG recipes and information about cheesemaking.
How To Make Your Own Simple Cheeses At Home
Cheese Making Recipes – 100+ recipes
Recipe: Homemade Cheese, in the Ancient Roman Style
Ancient Recipe: Kamakh Rijal (Countertop Cheese) (Arab & Persian, ca. 10th century CE)
Curd Nerd Beginner Modern recipes but helpful information for cheesemaking
Making Cheese with The Romans – Columella’s Cheese Some historical information, mostly a recipe
Edible Archaeology: Symilus’ Aged Goat Cheese and Garlic Moretum with Flatbread This is a recipe for using your cheese
Information
Cheese in Medieval Manuscripts!
A “Taste of Medieval England” included mac and cheese, pretzels, and cheesecake – who knew?
Assorted English cheeses by ancient tradition
Cheese Making through the Ages
Art of cheese-making is 7,500 years old
Medieval Cuisine – Cheese Making Information, more links and recipes
History of cheesemaking in Switzerland
List of medieval cheese types Names and modern equivalents
Where Does Halloumi Cheese Come From? Hint: Medieval Byzantine period
Roman Military Research Society- Blessed are the cheese makers
OLD REGIME CHEESE: 1. The lost cheeses of Medieval France
