The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and cheese ball fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.
We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”
For today’s Did You Know we will look at Cheese Ball fun facts.
It doesn’t matter if you use the term “Cheese Ball” to describe:
- A cheese spread in the shape of a ball, usually served around Christmas in the United States
- Bocconcini, an Italian cheese in the shape of a ball
- Cheese puffs, a processed snack made from puffed corn and cheese, sometimes ball-shaped
- A synonym for “cheesy”
- A Midwestern United States slang for breaded and fried cheese curds
Cheese Ball Fun Facts: The origins have never been hazier for this American favorite. But many point to “Food of my Friends,” written by Virginia Safford and published in 1944 as a source for the first printed cheese ball recipe.
- In 1801, the town of Cheshire, MA, sent a 1,000-pound cheese ball to the White House as a gift for new President Thomas Jefferson.
- April 17th is National Cheese Ball Day.
- The earliest mention was found in a 1944 cookbook called “Food of My Friends”.
- Cheese is one of the oldest foods in history, dating back 4000 years to the ancient Egyptians.
Cheese Ball Facts We Missed
Please feel free to let us know if we may have missed some cheese ball fun facts in the comment section below. We always love to add to these lists. If we can verify that the facts is just that, a fact, we will give the reader credit in the article.
Reference: Wikipedia: Fun Facts about Cheese Balls.
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