# What other mammals give us commercial cheese? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066 "2005-10-13T14:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/41 "2005-10-14T21:33:14Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > Unfortunately, Venezuelan Beaver Cheese is entirely fictional. I dunno, I was in Venezuela once and . . . No, I won’t go there. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/42 "2005-10-15T02:25:03Z")
Well, there’s always [Head Cheese](http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1626,144187-250192,00.html). Is this just a Southern Thang? I don’t think it’s fermented/aged, cause that would be really nasty. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/43 "2005-10-15T02:53:23Z")
yak cheese is a staple for millions of tibetans. it’s generally dried into small pellets - maybe the size of a marble. this cheese can be stored for several years in tbet’s dry climate without refridgeration. to eat, it’s generally soaked in tea or soup and is pretty tough. strong taste too. less common is more of a brie type cheese from yak milk. it doesn’t store for so long. it’s really tasty. i’ve also had goat cheese in tibet that was literally devine. well, it was yummy and made by buddhist monks ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/44 "2005-10-15T02:54:14Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Dolphin milk cheese? whale milk cheese? walrus milk cheese? I fthe Canadians are burying cheese in bodies of water, then why not a cheese where the animal does the submerging herself? First, that sunken cheese has [gone missing](http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/10/10/cheese20051010.html) and the company has given up looking for it. Second, I seem to recall hearing that baby whales don’t have to suck their milk; mom squirts a mouthful as soon as the baby latches on. That would make them easier to milk. (Maybe you could learn that trick, **WhyNot** , and get rid of the pump. 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/45 "2005-10-15T03:05:52Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > Second, I seem to recall hearing that baby whales don’t have to suck their milk; mom squirts a mouthful as soon as the baby latches on. That would make them easier to milk. (Maybe you could learn that trick, **WhyNot** , and get rid of the pump. 🆒 ) Hey, if you can come teach my breasts to squirt, you’re welcome. How’s Sunday at 8:00? Unfortunately, preemie baby + early bottlefeeding in the hospital + really freakishly huge nipples + not very forceful milk stream (more like dribbles) mean that breastfeeding is not an option for us. We’ve tried and the lactation consultant’s tried and we end up with a hungry baby and sore boobs. Uh… My boobs sore. Not the lactation consultant’s. Someone once told me that whale milk is so rich that it oozes out the nipples like toothpaste. Urban legend? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/46 "2005-10-15T06:11:35Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Oxen are simply cattle, so we eat ox cheese all the time. > > Some humans make toe cheese. You couldn’t get me to eat it, but then I’m not shopping for Stinking Bishop, either! (A _Curse of the Were-Rabbit_ reference.) Oxen are **male** cattle… ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/47 "2005-10-15T08:42:27Z")
> [@China Guy](#): > > yak cheese is a staple for millions of tibetans. A Tibetan wouldn’t actually eat _yak_ cheese: in Tibetan, “yak” is the word for the male of the species only – we’d have to call it _dri_ or _nak_ cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066/48 "2005-10-15T12:05:55Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Oxen are **male** cattle… Refer to post 22 of this topic, and the link in it. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-mammals-give-us-commercial-cheese/326066.md?page=2)