What Makes Cheshire Cheese Crumble?

Cheshire cheese is a cheese which is dense with a crumbly texture. It is mainly manufactured in  Cheshire, England, as well as Staffordshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Shropshire. In the entrie history of Britain, it is among the oldest recorded cheeses. There is a reference to Cheshire cheese even in the Domesday Book. The complex and painstaking method of making this cheese, which involves a lot of pressing of the curd is what makes it crumble. The sharp flavour of Cheshire cheese comes from the abundant deposits of salt in the area. There are three varieties of this cheese: white, red and blue-veined. The blue-veined Cheshire cheese, (also called Shropshire blue cheese) used to be considered undesirable and is formed by mould penetration when aging. Some consider Cheshire cheese to be a kind of Cheddar cheese. However, most cheddars as aged for a much longer time than Cheshire cheese.