Swiss cheese, a very popular cheese and perhaps the one that looks most like what people would think of as cheese. Yes it is of course the cheese that you see in all cartoons, the one the mouse is always after. You all know what it looks like, a little triangle of cheese full of holes despite the fact that this cheese is actually made in wheel shapes. Swiss cheese as you might have guessed was originally made in Switzerland in a place called Emmental Valley. It has been around since the 15th century and is therefore one of the oldest cheeses around. Swiss cheese is made from cows milk, like most cheeses which is heated up to about 26 degrees Celsius and left to ...  Read the complete review

Excuse the cheesy title... :o) As a kid I was always fascinated by 'mouse cheese' - you know, the stuff you used to see on cartoons like Tom & Jerry that was put into mouse traps - big chunks of yellow cheese full of holes, that the mouse would probably end up hiding in at some point. I've never really been all that adventurous so far as cheese is concerned, and it wasn't until I moved out of home that I actually got around to trying 'mouse cheese' in the form of Emmental, or as it's also known, Swiss Cheese. Emmental can be bought in most supermarkets, normally in a pre-packaged block, a bag of grated cheese or in slices, ...  Read the complete review