Colby cheese - wikipedia Colby cheese Colby Other names Longhorn Country of origin United States Region, town Colby, Wisconsin Source of milk Cows Texture Semi-hard Aging time None Related media on Wikimedia Commons Colby is a semi-hard cow 's milk cheese from the United States. Contents 1 History 2 Properties 3 Uses 4 Derivatives 5 References 6 External links History Original factory southwest of the city of Colby A marker in Colby, Wisconsin, notes the town 's relationship to the cheese In 1885, Joseph F. Steinwand developed a new type of cheese at his father 's cheese factory near Colby, Wisconsin. The cheese was named after the village, which had been founded three years earlier. While Colby cheese is still widely available, it is no longer produced in Colby. A festival commemorating the cheese is held every year in mid-July where all local food booths offer free Colby cheese. On August 12, 2015, the original cheese factory was torn down leaving only the foundations of the building. An 1898 issue of the Colby Phonograph noted that `` A merchant in Phillips gives as one of the 13 reasons why people should trade with him, that he sells the genuine Steinwand Colby Cheese. '' Properties Colby is similar to Cheddar, but does not undergo the cheddaring process. Considered a semi-hard cheese, Colby is softer, moister, and milder than cheddar because it is produced through a washed - curd process. During this process, the whey is replaced with water during the cooking time, reducing the curd 's acidity, and resulting in Colby 's characteristically mild flavor. As with most other cheeses, it takes a little more than a U.S. gallon of milk to produce one pound ( just over 8 liters for a kilogram ) of cheese. Monterey Jack cheese is produced almost identically to Colby, but Colby is seasoned with annatto which gives it a sweet nutty flavor and its orange color. Longhorn is the best known style of the American Colby cheeses. `` Longhorn '' refers to the long orange cylindrical shape of the cheese. Colby is available in both its original shape and in rectangles and half rounds. Colby is not aged and dries out quickly. Uses Because it is such a mild cheese, Colby is seldom used in cooking. It is typically used as a table cheese, for grating and grilling, and in snacks and salads. Derivatives Colby is sometimes mixed with Monterey Jack to produce a marbled cheese often called Colby - Jack or Co-Jack. Pinconning cheese is a sharp aged relative of Colby cheese. In 2015, artist John Riepenhoff and cheesemaker Bob Wills created a Double Cream Colby. References Jump up ^ `` Dairy Good : Home ''. Retrieved 2 February 2017. Jump up ^ History : The Home of Colby Cheese Archived 2007 - 03 - 22 at the Wayback Machine. ^ Jump up to : Frank Kosikowski ; Vikram V Mistry. Cheese and Fermented Milk Foods. 3rd ed, Westport, Conn. : Author, 1997. Jump up ^ Colby cheese at Wisconsin FFA ^ Jump up to : Colby cheese at truestarhealth.com Archived 2007 - 01 - 01 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Ehler, James T. `` Longhorn Cheese : Food Facts & Trivia ''. Retrieved 2 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Twelfth Annual Nohl Fellowship Exhibition Opens at INOVA, October 9 ''. Retrieved 2 February 2017. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colby cheese. Nutrition facts for Land O'Lakes Colby cheese. American cheeses Types Baby Swiss Bergenost Brick Buffalo mozzarella Cheese curd Colby Colby - Jack Cougar Gold Cream cheese Creole cream cheese Cuba D'Isigny Farmer Hoop Humboldt Fog Kunik Liederkranz Maytag Blue Monterey Jack Muenster Parmesan Pepper jack Pinconning Red Hawk String Swiss Teleme Regions Wisconsin cheese Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colby_cheese&oldid=801791286 '' Categories : American cheeses Cow 's - milk cheeses Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles with hRecipes Articles with Adr microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2016 Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Português 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 21 September 2017, at 21 : 48. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

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