I love cheese but haven’t really considered just how long we have been making it. The answer it seems is more than 8,000 years. Researchers have found that the first cheese making took place in Northern Europe in the 6th millennium BC. Research led by the University of Bristol has analysed fatty acids extracted from unglazed pottery which were uncovered from archaeological sites in Poland. They found that dairy products were processed in the ceramic vessels. The sieves which were very close in shape to modern cheese strainers also provided evidence that they would have been used for cheese making.
