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Cheddar, a hard cheese, is made and eaten in many parts of the world. A staple English food it originated in south west England in the twelth century and carries the name of the place that gave it birth.

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Love your article! Love Cheddar Cheese, too.

When I was in culinary school, I was taught that back in the days of old, when commoners like us were not taught to read, the milkmaids of Cheddar wanted to do something to their cheese to make it readily identifiable as the best cheese in the market. They added enough carrot juice to the process that the cheese was orange, giving it a distinctive look that wouldn't be mistaken for any cheese except Cheddar at the big-city markets.

Is this a true story?



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Sandy great that you enjoyed the article.

Your story re. Cheddar isn't one I've heard but I will check it out. One of the stories I came across on the web whilst researching the Cheddar article was that Ploughman's lunch was invented by the Milk Marketing Board about 50 years ago because they wanted to find ways of getting people to eat more cheese. It's another one I'll be checking out...

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You may be thinking of Red Leicester, now coloured Orange with a food colouring made from carrots. Loved the article on Cheddar cheese, more on cheese, please!

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Steve thanks for the feedback. Red Leicester's colouring comes from annatto which according to the British Cheese Board is "a vegetable dye derived from the husk of the fruit of the annatto tree found in South America and the Caribbean."

Scottish cheddar is often orange.


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