Domain 3: Cheese – Review – Marcella The Cheesemonger ACS CCP

Approximately 35% of the 150 questions of the ACS CCP Exam® will come from this domain.

Those of you in retail will have an easier time with this domain because you tell your cheese’s stories every day. Knowing each cheese’s story helps know this domain: Country of origin; type of milk; raw or pasteurized; style; pairing (covered in Domain 10); in some instances, cheese that inspired its creation (i.e. Pleasant Ridge Reserve being inspired by Beaufort and Gruyere).

Yesterday I posted the PDO regulations of some of Europe’s iconic/traditional cheeses. Make sure you review these regs and regs of others not included in postings.

Here are links to documents, databanks that will assist you in your review:

50 Cheese you MUST know (a list I compiled with the help of the CSG Administrators – the cheeses most likely to be on the exam):

http://www.marcellathecheesemonger.com/50-cheeses-you-must-know/

2017 CSG Cheese of the Day postings (these are the cheeses and cheesemakers our Administrators felt you need to know – with the “pertinent” stats):

http://www.marcellathecheesemonger.com/2017-cheese-of-the-day-database/

The Eight Basic Families of Cheese (while there are many ways to categorize cheese, this doc covers the styles of cheese):

http://www.marcellathecheesemonger.com/the-eight-basic-families-of-cheese/

The EU list of all 262 PDO Cheeses:

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/list.html?&recordSelection=all&recordStart=0&filter.dossierNumber=&filter.comboName=&filterMin.milestone__mask=&filterMin.milestone=&filterMax.milestone__mask=&filterMax.milestone=&filter.country=&filter.category=PDOPGI_CLASS_13&filter.type=&filter.status=

Cheeses from Spain:

http://cheesefromspain.com/cheese-dos-guide/

Cheeses from France: