1170 ⟶ Cheddar Cheese Documented

Cheddar cheese documented: A pipe roll of King Henry II from...
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🧀 Cheese found in Egyptian tombs

Two alabaster jars found at Saqqara, dating from the First Dynasty of Egypt, contained cheese. These were placed in the tomb about 3000 BC.⟶
Cheese found in Egyptian tombs (-3000)
AgricultureCheeseAncient EgyptDairyFood preservationEarly dairy farming
EgyptEgypt

📜 Cheese (GA.UAR) mentioned in Sumerian texts

Evidence for cheese (GA.UAR in Sumerian language) in the Sumerian cuneiform texts of Third Dynasty of Ur.⟶
Cheese (GA.UAR) mentioned in Sumerian texts (-1900)
CultureCheeseSumerianCuneiformAncient MesopotamiaFood writingDairy
IraqIraq

🧀 Cheddar Cheese Documented

Cheddar cheese documented: A pipe roll of King Henry II from 1170 records the purchase of 10,240 lb (4,640 kg) at a farthing per pound (totaling £10.13s.4d.)⟶
Cheddar Cheese Documented (1170)
CheeseUnited KingdomDairyProductionMedieval PeriodFood HistoryCommerce
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🍸 First Written References to Genever

The first written references to genever (or jenever), or Dutch gin. Flemish poet Jacob van Maerlant described how to add parts of the juniper tree to spirits in his book Der Naturen Bloeme.⟶
First Written References to Genever (1266)
GinAlcoholSpiritsNetherlandsBelgiumMedieval PeriodFood HistoryProduction
BelgiumBelgiumNetherlandsNetherlands

📖 Publication of The Forme of Cury

The English cookbook, The Forme of Cury, published, including one of the earliest recipes for frumenty⟶
Publication of The Forme of Cury (1390)
CookbookUnited KingdomMedieval PeriodFood HistoryRecipesFrumentyCulinary Arts
United KingdomUnited Kingdom