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Ontario / Upper Canada
BOOK - Cheese Stakes, Lanark County's Mammoth Cheese and its Place in Cheesemaking History (Lanark County, Ontario)Genealogy & History Resources By Ron W. Shaw Published by Global Heritage Press, Carleton Place, 2017
Cheese Stakes explores the nineteenth century story of the Lanark County Mammoth Cheese in the context of its place in a long tradition of oversized cheeses, and examines the remarkable, never to be repeated, achievement it represented in the annals of the cheesemakers' art. On April 25, 1893, the largest cheddar cheese ever manufactured anywhere in the world arrived on the grounds of the World's Columbian Exhibition at Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois. Pressed seven months earlier in a Canadian Pacific Railway Company freight shed at Perth, Ontario, as it travelled the 720 miles (1,150 kilometers) to Chicago its massive 22,000 pounds (10,000 kilograms) weight snapped the railway car truss rods four times, its casing attracted a mass of graffiti and, as it was dragged into its exhibit space, the 'Canadian Mite' crashed through the floor of the Dairy Pavilion. Lanark County's 'Mammoth Cheese' survived not only flat car mishaps and broken floor joists, but went on to stand, proud and unspoiled, through six months of unrefrigerated display under a glass roof, in temperatures reaching 95 degree Fahrenheit (35 Celsius), as well as assaults by penknife wielding "mischievous lads" seeking a taste. When the World's Fair ended, the giant cheese took to the rails again, travelling 855 miles (1,375 kilometers) to Montreal, Quebec, where it was loaded aboard ship and sailed another 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) to England. Still "sound and tasty", it was sold to one of Britain's most prominent cheesemongers, paraded through the streets of London, cut with a garden spade, and eaten by English consumers. Cheese Stakes is an essential read for those with an interest in the agricultural roots of Ontario, cheesemaking history, and/or in the individuals who were amoung the cast of characters who played a role in the great adventure of the Lanark County Mammoth Cheese. The printed and bound edition is currently out of print however the pdf download version is available immediately. Contents include:
6 X 9" Softcover or digital format (searchable pdf) Published by Global Heritage Press, Carleton Place, 2017 978-1-77240-073-1 (pbk) About the author: Ron W. Shaw
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