Cheese Safes - Little Miss Moffat Must Have Had One!

The art of Cheese making goes back at least 4000 years, although no-one knows who the first person to make cheese was.

It is thought that an Arab merchant who was about to cross a desert put some milk in his pouch, so he could quench his thirst during the crossing.

 Polmac Cheese Safe For: Harrods Ltd

However, because of the intense heat, the milk turned to curd and whey during the crossing. In the evening he tried the resulting mixture.

The whey satisfied his thirst and the curd his hunger. The curd had an unusual but delightful taste which he liked!

Since then, cheese making has turned into a huge, global industry, which in some countries consumes a third of all milk production. 

Cheese of course is best eaten fresh and keeping it fresh has always been a challenge. 

Most people today in the know, keep their cheese in the fridge, wrapped in paper, or parchment to allow it to 'breathe' and to protect it from other strong food odours!

Cheese safes are used when the cheese is taken out of the fridge, to bring it up to room temperature, so it will taste at it’s best.

Once the cheese is inside the cheese safe, it can be stored in a cool pantry or cellar, for short periods until ready to be eaten!

Polmac (UK) Ltd cheese safes are made from food compatible, natural beechwood, with fly proof, metal mesh sides.

There are four, raised legs at the corners, to allow air circulation around the whole of the cheese safe. 

The hinged lid is located at the top and is secured with a metal ‘hook’ fastener, for ease of opening.

Inside the cheese safe there is a natural beech, cheese board with a long handle grip at the centre, to allow the cheese to be quickly and easily taken out, when required!

Polmac cheese safes are custom made to order and can be overprinted with a logo or text, using screen printing, metallic foil blocking and laser engraving techniques, if a more personalized, branded finish is required! 

http://www.polmacuk.com

The Ancient & Venerable Art Of Cheese Making!

During the time of the Roman Empire, cheese was already part of people's diet and cheese making was a firmly established practice. Some wealthy Romans even had special kitchens just for making cheese.

Roman Cheese Making

The ancient Egyptians illustrated the art of cheese making on tomb walls dating back as far as 2000 BC. There's even archaeological evidence that people in Poland were making cheese 1000 years earlier than that!

The art of cheese making and cheese storage, to keep the cheese as fresh as possible, has been well established over the centuries.

If you purchase a top quality cheese, the last thing you want is to spoil it by storing it the wrong way. So, what's the best way to store cheese?

Well, firstly avoid storing your cheese in plastic wrappers. Wrapping cheese directly in plastic wrapping suffocates the cheese and suppresses the flavour. The plastic also has a bad, synthetic taste which tends to linger on the cheese and will completely spoil the taste.

Cheese is a living breathing organic food and suffocating it with plastic wrapping is bad practice and is probably the worst thing you can possibly do.

The best way to store your cheese is to use cheese paper. If you can't find cheese paper, try using parchment or waxed paper. Then wrap every thing loosely in plastic wrapping, or a plastic bag. This allows the cheese to breathe, to a degree, without drying it out.

When you decide to eat your cheese, it's a good idea to remove it from the fridge and allow it to stand for an hour or so before eating. This allows the cheese to breathe and draws out the flavour, which means you'll eat your cheese at it's very best.

Polmac Cheese Safe For: Harrods Ltd UK

In the summer months particularly, leaving your cheese out of the fridge will make it very attractive to flies that may contaminate it. A good way to avoid this is to use a 'cheese safe'

There are many styles of cheese safe but essentially it's a small box on legs with a hinged lid, secured by a catch and has open mesh, fly proof side panels, which allow the air to circulate freely inside. Sometimes a cheese board, made from beech wood is accommodated inside.

Polmac (UK) Ltd supplies cheese safes to a number of high-end food chains and retail stores. They're custom made to our customers exact requirements, at no extra cost and are made from unlacquered, food compatible, alder or linden wood.

All Polmac cheese safes can be overprinted with text, or logos, if a more personalized finish is required and are designed to boost company branding and sales!

http://www.polmacuk.com