DID YOU KNOW THAT…
- A long long time ago, people had mid-winter festivals when the days were shortest and the sunlight weakest. They believed that their ceremonies would give the sun back its power.
The Romans, for example, held the festival of Saturnalia around 25th December. They decorated their homes with evergreens to remind them of Saturn, their Harvest God, and his return in the spring. Click links for fun stuff.
- There are just 6 dairies in the world licensed to make Blue Stilton cheese
Stilton is a “protected name” cheese and by law can only be made in the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
It takes 136 pints milk (78 litres) to make one 17 lb (8kg) Stilton cheese
Stilton takes its name from the village of the same name in Cambridgeshire where a pressed, cooked, cream cheese of that name was first made and sold.
White Stilton is also a protected name cheese and is made in a similar way to its blue cousin – except that no mould spores are added and the cheese is sold at about 4 weeks of age. It is a crumbly, creamy, open textured cheese and is now extensively used as a base for blending with apricot, ginger and citrus or vine fruits to create unique dessert cheeses.
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