stackyFACTSThe greatest culinary invention is basically just spoiled milk stored in a bodily organ. Early travelers carried milk in pouches made from animal stomachs. The natural rennet lingering in the stomach lining curdled the milk during the journey, leaving them with watery whey and magical solid chunks of proto-cheese.
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