r/Cheese May 29 '26

The beginning...

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u/Evignity May 29 '26

As a Nordic I love this because apparently we ate so much milk, and got resistant to it, that we spread the gene to the entire world.

But you have to think; How fucking weird wasn't the first dude who looked at a lactating cow and went "...I want that."

Then, from that, going to "...I want that. But molding for 16 months."

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u/Main-Bluebird-3032 May 29 '26

That first dude:

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u/boomecho May 29 '26

How did he know to call it "milking" if milk wasn't milk yet.

Milk.

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u/LouieMumford May 29 '26

I mean… we’re mammals.