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Maytag Blue Cheese hails from Newton, Iowa, in central Iowa. The cheese is made from cow's milk, with a vegetarian Rennet and Penicillium roqueforti mould added. It's made in 4 pound (1.8 kg) cylinders that have long holes punched in them with needles to allow air to get inside to help the mould to develop. It's then aged in vaults beneath Newton for about 6 months.
This is a mild blue cheese with a bit of a lemony tang to it. The texture is moist and crumbly.
It takes about 100 pounds (45 kg) of milk to make 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of the cheese.
In Newton, there is a Maytag appliance factory. Nearby is the Maytag Blue Cheese factory just outside Newton, a quarter of a mile (400 metres) from the appliance factory. The cheese factory is independent of the appliance company though it is owned by Maytag family members.
The company only turns out about 600 wheels of cheese a day.
Equivalents
1 cup, crumbled = 1/4 pound = 115g
History
This cheese was created by Frederick L. (Fritz) and Robert Maytag in Iowa in the 1930s.
Their grandfather, Frederick, had invented the washing machine. Their father, E.H. (Elmer Henry) Maytag, had started working at their grandfather's company in 1902 and become the Maytag president in 1926.
E.H. had started a dairy farm as a hobby in 1919, raising Holstein cows. During the 1920s and 1930s, E.H. sold bottled milk and cream from that farm for delivery. He died in 1940.
Fritz and Robert wanted to turn the dairy into more than just a hobby business. They were looking for a product that could turn a definite profit.
In 1941, food scientists at Iowa State University developed a process for making blue cheese from homogenized milk (as opposed to Roquefort, which is made with sheep's milk). The University had patented the process, but the Maytag brothers struck a deal with the university to use it. They produced their first batch produced on 11 Oct 1941.
Fritz originally used the milk from their father's herd for the cheese, but now the milk comes from neighbouring herds.
Later, Fritz's son would go on to start the Anchor Steam Brewery.
See Also
Bleu d'Causses, Guler Cheese
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