Plural of cheese; solid food made by pressing curds from milk, with countless varieties and flavors.
From Old English 'cēse,' from Latin 'caseus,' meaning cheese. The word may ultimately trace back to an Indo-European root meaning to ferment or sour.
Cheese is basically ancient food engineering—humans discovered thousands of years ago that if you add bacteria and mold to milk, it becomes something that lasts for months instead of days, essentially inventing refrigeration before electricity!
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