1 Samuel 17:18 - "also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand ..."

2 Samuel 17:29 - "honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, ‘The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.’"

Cheese is one of the oldest known foods. Ever since man has learned to domesticate cattle and goats, and use their milk, he has had the knowledge to make cheese. In fact, the making of cheese was such a well-known occupation that Josephus refers to the "Valley of the Cheese-makers."

During biblical times, the standard method of making cheese was by salting strained curds, molding them into small discs, and drying them in the open air. These curds were the residue of a soured milk, which was consumed in great quan…