Aged Cheddar Block
$14 play money
A block of sharp, crumbly cheddar. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $14 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- British
- Menu section
- Fruits & Cheese
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $14
- Main ingredients
- cow's milk, aged over a year
- How it is served
- A rectangular block of pale orange-yellow crumbly aged cheddar with a wedge cut off
History, tradition and origin
Cheese making began as a way to keep milk, at least seven thousand years ago. Europe developed hundreds of styles shaped by climate and animals: hard cheeses aged for years, soft ones with white rind from northern France, and blue-veined cheeses ripened in caves. A cheese course before or instead of dessert is a French custom.
Food economy and industry
Cheese uses a large share of the world's milk; it takes about ten litres to make one kilogram of hard cheese. Ageing ties up money and space, which is why older cheeses cost more. Many traditional cheeses have protected names, and small farm producers sell alongside very large dairies.
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