Happy National Cheese Day! National Cheese Day should not be to be confused with other popular cheese related holidays like Grilled Cheese Day, Cheesecake Day, or Mac and Cheese Day.
Cheese dishes can be found on every continent served savory, sweet, melted, deep fried, and even chilled in ice cream. This household staple can still satisfy any craving after thousands of years.
And we even know why we celebrate today:
June 4, 1070 –
Roquefort cheese was accidentally discovered in a cave near Roquefort, France, when a shepherd found a lunch he had forgotten several days before, chasing after a pretty girl.
Remember, this is an estimated date – history doesn’t normally record the spoiled luncheon choices hungry shepherds have. This was a very brave (or very hungry) shepherd.
Also, how do they know he was chasing a pretty girl. Maybe he was chasing another virile and strapping youth. Maybe it was a fetching sheep with a come-hither look. What business is it of yours anyway? (Apparently it concerned King Charles VI of France enough. He granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries, on this date in 1411.)
The Haus of Dcaligari 