Question

"Long back, cheese was not considered as vegetarian food".Why?

Answer 1

Cheese is a very nutritious food. It is a semi-solid substance usually formed by the coagulation of milk. It is a rich fount of calcium and protein. Many types of microorganisms are used to create different types of cheese.

Complete step by step answer:
Cheese is generally made by using pasteurized or raw milk. The main ingredient for making cheese is milk.
- Till now it is unknown - what is the origin and the actual time of producing cheese.
- Long time ago cheese making is closely related to the domestication of animals, mainly sheep.
- Earlier cheese was discovered accidentally when people used to store milk in the containers which are made from the stomach of animals.
- Ruminant animal's stomach contains an enzyme known as rennet enzymes. This enzyme helps the milk to coagulate and separates into curd and whey.
- This is the reason cheese was not considered vegetarian food a long time back. But on today's date, one should not have to kill an animal for making cheese and it can be easily made from the milk of domestic animals. This type of diet of humans is known as Lacto-vegetarianism.
Steps involved in making cheese are:
- Before making cheese milk standardized. Depending on the cheese which we want to make the milk is pasteurized. When milk is cooled, bring it to the temperature so that bacteria starts to grow. Then bacteria added to the milk and ripening of milk occurs and converts into curd. The process of fermentation begins lowers the pH of milk and develops cheese flavor. After that curd is cut into pieces and heated to separate whey from the curd.
- The next step involves - the curd is cut into sections and piled on top of each other. This step is called cheddaring. For cheddar cheese, the cut pieces of curd are sprinkled with dry salt. The salty curd pieces are transferred into the cheese hoops and they are pressed to form the cheese.

Note:
- There are many types of cheese like cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, Gouda cheese, parmesan cheese, etc.
- Cheese is very rich in calcium.
- Different types of microorganisms are used to create different types of cheese.
- Lactobacillus is responsible for the formation of curd from the milk.