Why is a round cheese so good for shipping? (Edam cheese)
Edam cheese’s round shape is excellent for shipping for the 3 reasons I mention here. Want to know more about the shape of Edam cheese? Check out this full length video on it: • Why is Edam cheese round?
Sources
Argeloo, Marc. Hoe De Edammer De Wereld Veroverde: De Geschiedenis Van Een Rond Kaasje. Hoorn, Netherlands: Uniepers, 2011.
Dijkman, Jessica. Shaping Medieval Markets: The Organisation of Commodity Markets in Holland, C. 1200-C.1450. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011.
Donnelly, Catherine, ed. The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Kindstedt, Paul. Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilisation. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012.
Images
Edam cheese (Pixabay)
De terugkomst in Amsterdam van de tweede expeditie naar Oost-Indië by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (public domain)
Dutch Ships sailing off a Rocky Shore by Andries van Eertvelt (public domain)
