They are 450-year-old words of wisdom but they will ring true with anyone rooting around the fridge for late night comfort: “A surfyte of cheese doth bringe payne.” The warning for people to curb their enthusiasm is contained in the earliest-known book on cheese in English, a publication that academics say is both fascinating and nauseating. The University of Leeds acquired it at auction in 2023 and it has now been transcribed and made available for everyone to read on its website. It includes a recommendation to use rancid cheese and bacon fat as a cure for gout: “Havinge his
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