【英语时差8,16】发霉的奶酪

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Moldy¹ Cheese Usually when we think of moldy foods, we picture a month-old loaf of bread forgotten in the back of a refrigerator. But some moldy foods can be quite delicious. For instance, many cheeses owe their sharp flavor to molds. The making of any cheese is essentially² a process of limited, controlled spoilage³. In effect, a mold partly digests, or rots the cheese. The molds used to ripen⁴ cheese are not the molds that would naturally develop on the cheese over time, but are specially-produced molds. During the process of aging any mold-ripened⁵ cheese, fats and proteins are broken down into strong smelling molecules⁶. These molecules give mold-ripened cheese its particularly strong odor and taste. A bluish-green mold helps ripen blue cheese, giving it its name, aroma⁷ and color. In order to age blue cheese, a cheese maker⁸ injects the mold into the cheese. Cheeses like blue cheese that are ripened from within are frequently washed or brushed to remove undesirable⁹ microorganisms which might interfere¹⁰ with the activity of the ripening¹¹ mold inside. While blue cheese is mold-ripened from the inside, soft, pungent¹² cheeses like Camembert and Brie are ripened from the outside with a coat of a white mold whose enzymes¹³ slowly penetrate¹⁴ the cheese and transform it from a chalky, bland¹⁵ solid, into the custard-like, creamy treat cheese fanciers love. Of course, eating most moldy foods is not a good idea, but eating cheese that has ripened due to a special molding process can be a delectable¹⁶ experience.

转自可可英语