what type of cheese is used at coopers hill
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake The cheese currently used in the event is 7–9 pounds (3.2–4.1 kilograms) Double Gloucester, a hard cheese traditionally made in a circular shape.[10] Each is protected for the rolling by a wooden casing round the side, and is decorated with ribbons at the start of the race. Formerly, three cheeses were presented by parishioners, and the cheeses were usually rolled by them. A collection is usually made now to purchase them, as well as sweets, and also to provide prize money.[5] The current supplier is local cheesemaker Diana Smart and her son Rod,[4] who have supplied the cheese since 1988.[11]
Government cheese Government cheese is a commodity cheese that was controlled by the U.S federal government from the time World War II ended and into the early 1980s. Government cheese was created to maintain the price of dairy when dairy industry subsidies artificially increased the supply of milk and created a surplus of milk that was then converted into cheese, butter, or powdered milk. The cheese, along with the butter and dehydrated powder, were stored in over 150 warehouses across 35 states.[1]