Velveeta Cheese is Originally from the Hudson Valley?
Does Velveeta s origin story begin in the Hudson Valley?
New York is the birth place of many great and important inventions. You might not know this but JELL-O, chicken nuggets, the tuxedo, potato chips and even toilet paper were all invented in New York.
If there s one thing that New Yorkers love it s cheese. Today is National Cheese Lover s Day. Can you guess New York s favorite cheese? A study just determined each state s favorite and we learned that the New York s is mozzarella cheese. Seems obvious if you think about it. It is a key ingredient to our favorite food, pizza.
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It’s inauguration day in the USA, with President Joe Biden sworn into office earlier this afternoon. It’s a most-welcome occasion on this side of the border in the wake of four years that saw Canada’s relationship strained with the United States, given the approach of the Trump administration.
I guess today, January 20, is National Cheese Lover s Day (that s gouda news for all of cheese fans). Naturally, that means someone took some data, plugged in some number somewhere and figured out what each state s favorite cheese is. Actually, to be exact, the people at Zippia used Google Trends and examined just under 20 popular kinds of cheese. The results?
Iowa s favorite cheese is.
VELVEETA. Which is actually
not a real cheese. Just saying.
Outside of Iowa, Queso Blanco appears to be top dog as it s enjoyed by 8 different states, which is more than the other cheeses in the study. Cream cheese is next with six states picking it. Swiss cheese took top prize in four states and our choice, Velveeta, was #1 in four states. Brie, Cotija and American also scored some top spots in the study.
New Study Says MN + WI Share The Same Favorite Cheese
File this under the most random study ever. A new study by Zippia reveals each state s favorite cheese. Yes, each state s favorite cheese.
The study was done in honor of National Cheese Lover s Day, which went down on Wednesday (January 20th). I am personally upset that I did not know about this ahead of time so I could celebrate accordingly.
Anyway, the study revealed the most loved cheese in every state and according to the findings, it looks like Minnesota and Wisconsin have something in common. Both states prefer swiss cheese over all the others!
National Cheese Lover s Day 2021: 12 Amazing Facts For All Cheese Addicts
01/20/21 AT 7:22 AM A 13-year-old schoolboy with a severe allergy to dairy died after he was chased and had cheese thrown down his t-shirt in Greenford, West London. In this image, Alexey Dubovets turns a wheel of cheese at a storehouse of his family dairy and cheese farm in the Siberian village of Sizaya, south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Aug. 8, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
KEY POINTS
Cheese was discovered by accident thousands of years ago
One research showed that blue cheese may have anti-inflammatory properties that protect against many diseases
National Cheese Lover s Day is here! Cheese goes way back to ancient times but is more popular than ever today. And every Jan. 20, people across the country who enjoy this dairy product can celebrate cheese in their own way.