CHAPTER IV 



GORGONZOLA, AND THE VARIETIES OF BLUE 

 OR MOULDED CHEESE 



IT is curious that the public should hold 

 opinions with regard to the production of the 

 various cheeses having blue or moulded veins 

 within, which are entirely unwarranted by the 

 facts. I refer to such varieties as the Gorgon- 

 zola of Italy and the Stilton of this country. 

 It is supposed by some that Gorgonzola, for 

 example, is the product of goats' milk, or of 

 the milk of the goat blended with the milk of 

 the cow ; and by others that the blue mould is 

 introduced by the insertion of metal skewers, 

 which, by the way, are sometimes used, and 

 used, too, for the purpose indicated, although 

 the result is achieved in a very different manner 

 from that supposed. The blue mould of cheese 



is the common penicillium which attacks bread 

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