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[[Image:Caerphilly cheese.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Caerphilly cheese]]
'''Caerphilly cheese''' is a hard, white cheese that originates in the area around the town of Caerphilly in South Wales, although it is now also made in England, particularly in the South West and on the English border with Wales. It was not originally made in Caerphilly, but was sold at the market there, hence taking the town's name.

It is a light-coloured (almost white), crumbly cheese made from [[cows' milk]], and generally has a fat content of around 48%.

It has a mild taste, but perhaps its most noticeable feature is its saltiness. It is rumoured that the [[cheese]] was developed over time to provide the coal miners of the area with a convenient way of replenishing the [[salt]] lost through hard work over ten hour shifts underground and so was a staple of the diet of the coal-miners.

Real Farmhouse Caerphilly production died out during World War II as all milk had to go to the [[Cheddar]] factories to help the war effort. After the war these factories started making their version of Caerphilly (initially to help their cash flow as Caerphilly matures quicker than [[Cheddar]]), which is how it is mostly known today, dry and crumbly. However, there are now two or three farms making original Caerphilly which is dry in the middle and creamy around the edges. One of these is Traditional Organic Caerffili produced by '''[[Caws Cenarth|Caws Cenarth]]'''.

==See also==
* [[Dragon traditional Caerphilly cheese]]
* [[Gorwydd Caerffili]], [[Duckett's Caerphilly cheese]]

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Chef at 12:27, 1 October 2016