CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF CHEESE TYPE FOR KINGDOM PERNAMBUCANO

Selma Travassos Cirino Medeiros,Masayoshi Matsumoto,Maria Do Rosário De Fátima Padilha,Neide Kazue Sakugawa Shinohara,Marília Cícera Gomes Dos Santos

doi:10.15628/holos.2015.2488

Selma Travassos Cirino Medeiros, Masayoshi Matsumoto + Show 3 more

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Abstract

Cheese is one of the great achievements in the preservation of milk, using simple techniques and preserving important protein source in different food crops. Originally from the Netherlands, Edam cheese was introduced in Brazil in 1880 by the Portuguese colonizers, hence the name "kingdom." Currently, in the industrial production, the legislation determines that it is classified as "kingdom type ". Due to the high lipid and sodium content, this product that is most suitable in the composition of sandwiches, in sauces added to pasta and composition along with the desserts, these associations are part of the tradition, flavors and knowledge of Pernambuco’s cooking. A ball of Kingdom cheese is something that you have to give to families, especially in Christmas time and St. John, because it symbolizes the wish for happiness and prosperity in the northeastern important religious festivals calendar, where relatives and friends gather to celebrate the dates in question, putting on their tables this precious culinary heritage of Pernambuco.

Highlights

The first concrete indication of the Kingdom cheese production that is known was in about 2.300 BC, due to the presence of some residue in a bowl in the early days of Egyptian civilization
In Brazil, we found an important artisanal cheese production in the northeastern region, in territories where the artisanal production of dairy products predominates
Resulting in a cheese with small changes in sensory characteristics of origin, but that kept the name of Kingdom type cheese, to preserve the original identity of the Portuguese colony, demonstrating the social and historical significance of the Kingdom cheese as Pernambuco's food heritage

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The first concrete indication of the Kingdom cheese production that is known was in about 2.300 BC, due to the presence of some residue in a bowl in the early days of Egyptian civilization. Until the end of the 18th century, the farms and the monasteries held their recipe of the "art" of cheese manufacturing, that was passed down from mother to daughter or by the usual daily production This led to errors of interpretation, which eventually lead to new types of cheeses. The pasteurization process was fundamental in this event, for the hygienically and safely consumption of dairy products by the population (CHALITA et al, 2009) In these five centuries, Brazil has cultivated food diversity from North to South, we have a culinary wealth with indigenous, African and Portuguese influences, added to various other ethnicities that immigrated to Brazil and have contributed to the formation of Brazilian cuisine. Resulting in a cheese with small changes in sensory characteristics of origin, but that kept the name of Kingdom type cheese, to preserve the original identity of the Portuguese colony, demonstrating the social and historical significance of the Kingdom cheese as Pernambuco's food heritage

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW

Production technology of Kingdom Cheese in Brazil

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