Pecorino Cheese
The name Pecorino refers to each of six Italian cheeses (Romano, Toscano, Sardo, Filiano, Crotonese, and Siciliano) that are said to be made entirely from sheep's milk. Note that the names correspond to the provinces or provinces of Italy. Note also that American cheeses also called Pecorino are derived from Cow's milk because the American milk system and American tastes are based on cow's milk.
Pecorino Cheese
As a member of the European Union, Italy received official protection of the Pecorino cheese making process. Pecorino Romano, for example, made cheese as a staple of Roman military food, is still salted by hand as it ages, as it did in the Roman Empire. There are a variety of these cheeses, mainly due to the local tradition of adding some kind of nuts, truffles, or honey to the cheese. Some supplements boldly fall into the "What Do You Think?" a phase, similar to a variant called Casu Marzu, in which the fly larvae (cheese fly) are incorporated into the cheese to make the cheese boil. Casu Marzu literally means "rotten cheese."
The American people are very familiar with Pecorino Romano. It is usually labeled Romano Cheese. One sprinkles it on Italian dishes in the same way as Parmesan cheese is used. Romano is very salty and sharp, and especially when the cheese wheel has matured. Evidently, Roman soldiers valued those qualities that resulted from old age.
Pecorino Cheese
I found three references to cheese or curd (goat's milk) in the Christian Bible. Butter is often mentioned, but cheese does not seem to have been a common Hebrew or Arab cuisine. As mentioned, the Romans made and supplied cheese from the diet of their soldiers. Roman authorities and military personnel were common in Judea during Jesus' ministry. Thus, the Hebrews knew it as an arrangement that came with it and supported its conqueror. However, a verse in the Old Testament of the Bible reveals a different conclusion about cheese.
Web search 1 Samuel 17: 8. The book of Samuel was written by Samuel, a Hebrew prophet who lived between 1070 and 1012 BC (number of years before the birth of Jesus, Christ). Samuel's time was also in the genealogy of the first Hebrew kings (Saul) and more than 500 years before the Roman Empire. The Hebrew people had already entered the land of Canaan that God had promised them, settling in the land to preserve and raise livestock, especially goats, and to cultivate it. Probably cheese, a goat's milk product, was adopted and used by them.
