8 Cheesy Science Facts
Some science to go along with that board of cheese at the party. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ----------...
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Farmers living thousands of years ago faced a lot of challenges, like trying to keep fresh milk from spoiling and going to waste. All around the globe, their solution was cheese and a wonderful solution it was. Cheese is a fermented food, using helpful microbes to turn perishable milk into a nutritious, stackable foodstuff that lasts for months. Basically a starter culture of acidifying bacteria and enzymes causes proteins, fats and other nutrients in milk to form solid, goopy clumps. These are the curds. The starting point of most cheeses, while the leftover liquid is known as the whey. With over 2000 kinds of cheeses made worldwide, there are tons of ways to tweak this basic process. So we've chosen a delectable spread of eight cheeses that can e...
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Farmers living thousands of years ago faced a lot of challenges, like trying to keep fresh milk from spoiling and going to waste. All around the globe, their solution was cheese and a wonderful solution it was. Cheese is a fermented food, using helpful microbes to turn perishable milk into a nutritious, stackable foodstuff that lasts for months. Basically a starter culture of acidifying bacteria and enzymes causes proteins, fats and other nutrients in milk to form solid, goopy clumps. These are the curds. The starting point of most cheeses, while the leftover liquid is known as the whey. With over 2000 kinds of cheeses made worldwide, there are tons of ways to tweak this basic process. So we've chosen a delectable spread of eight cheeses that can e...
