1782. NORFOLK. 



perfectly fmooth j mellow the rind with butter, ipS. 

 whenever, for want of natural exudation, their CHEKSE. 

 eoats get dry and harfli ; thus continuing to keep 

 them fmooth yellow and glofly, until the blue 

 coat begin to make its appearance, volunta- 

 rily ; and then, but not before, begin to encou- 

 rage the blue coat. 



This ingenious procefs is thus conducted : 

 Having rubbed the floor thoroughly with frefh 

 nettles, the dairy-woman places fuch of the 

 cheefes upon it as fhe judges to be ready for 

 * coating ;" and upon the top of each cheefe puts 

 three or four vine-leaves ; or, for want of thefe, 

 a, cabbage-leaf. This, if the cheefe be good, 

 will in a day or two bring up the defired veft- 

 ment : but an inferior cheefe will take a longer 

 time in coating; and as the leaves lofe their 

 greennefs and fucculence, Ihe replaces them 

 with frcfh ones ; and as Hie turns the cheefes, 

 which is now done every fecond or third day, 

 fhe re-covers the upper fides with leaves ; but 

 wipes their edges hard with a clammy cloth; 

 fo that the edge> and a narrow ring round each 

 fide, ever retain the polifhed yellow hue. 



When the cheefes were properly coated, and 

 their edges, had got fuflkiently firm, they were 



placed 



