Cheese: Almost everything you need to know!

How much do you know about cheese? It's a question that must get asked at many a Wine and Cheese event. We all look forward to trying the more exotic flavours of smoked and aged and imported varieties, but do we really know much about what we are eating?

The local Labour Party's upcoming annual Opawa-St Martins-Hills wine tast­ing evening is being held soon. Just in case some cheese is served, we have a list of questions that you might have about this fantastic food item.

Read and wonder about the answers, then see if you are correct by clicking the link at the bottom. Right or wrong, you are sure to find out more about what you might be eating at this fundraising event.

[Find out where and when the wine tasting event is being held on our events page.]

The questions...

• The colouring of cheese is achieved by adding which ingredient? A) Annatto B) Butterfat C) Artificial dye

• Which country established the first factory dedicated to producing cheese in 1815? A) England B) Switzerland C) France

• What were the names of the boys from "Down on the Farm"?

• What enzyme is used to separate the curds from the whey?

• What are the holes in Swiss cheese referred to as? A) Eyes B) Bubbles C) Craters

• What kind of cheese did the French use as cannon balls when they ran out of the usual ones?

• What country eats the most cheese per head of population?

• How did the phrase the "Big Cheese" come about?

• As a fraction, cheese takes up what volume compared to its original volume of milk?

• Who recently said, "It is like putting the mice in charge of the cheese" and what was the person referring to?

• What else apart from a knife for cutting cheese is referred to as a cheese cutter?

• What is the name of the cheese factory on the way to Akaroa?

• What type of cheese is made by re-cooking the whey after other cheese making?

• What is the name generally used by Italians for cheese made with sheep's milk?

• What is rennet most commonly made from?

Hungry for the answers? Click the link to find out what you knew or thought you knew!