No one knows who made the first cheese
，but an old leqend says that it was an Arabian merchant．He put his milk in a pouch made from a sheep's stomach and set off across the desert．The jouncing of his camel，the desert heat，and the chemicals in the pouch lining made the milk separate into curds and whey．The thick part，or curd，was the first cheese．

Ancient records show that cheese has been eaten for more than four thousand years．From earliest times it has been considered a very nourishing food．Americans eat less cheese than people in some countries do，yet they still consume eight to ten pounds a year per person．

Today cheese is made all over the world．Most cheese is made from cow's milk，because the suppply of this milk is greater throughout the world．Smaller quantities come from the milk of other animals―goats，sheep

，camels，and even reindeer．

關於乳酪的一個古老傳說

沒mei有you人ren知zhi道dao誰shui製zhi成cheng了le第di一yi塊kuai乳ru酪lao，但dan是shi一yi則ze古gu老lao的de傳chuan奇qi故gu事shi說shuo，那na是shi一yi位wei阿e拉la伯bo商shang人ren。他ta把ba牛niu奶nai放fang在zai用yong羊yang胃wei做zuo成cheng的de旅lv袋dai裏li，動dong身shen穿chuan過guo沙sha漠mo。駱luo駝tuo的de搖yao動dong，沙sha漠mo的de灼zhuo熱re，以yi及ji旅lv袋dai裏li層ceng中zhong的de化hua學xue物wu質zhi使shi牛niu奶nai離li析xi成cheng凝ning乳ru和he乳ru清qing。這zhe稠chou的de部bu分fen
，或huo者zhe說shuo凝ning乳ru，便bian是shi第di一yi塊kuai乳ru酪lao。

古老的記載表明，人們食用乳酪已有4，000多年的曆史了。從最遠古的時代起
，它就被看成是營養豐富的食品。美國人比某些國家的人吃乳酪要少些
，然而，每人一年仍要消耗8到10磅。

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，yinweizaiquanshijiezhezhongnaidegongyingliangjiaoda。shaoliangrulaolaiziqitadongwudenai，rushanyang，mianyang
，luotuo，shenzhixunlu。