What's the point of holes in cheese?!
Answers: The holes form when the cheese is made. The live bacteria that are in the cheese actually burp and that causes the bubbles. I saw an episode on the Food Network that showed how it all works.
for air to get through it so it doesnt spoil
its air from when the cheese is being made
There's no point... but I guess it helps it preserve when you refrigerate it.
They are formed as the cheese ferments (cures) and gas is formed ...
Duh..!!!
It's a scam. Cheese makers sell a block of cheese and it's about 20% air from all the holes in it. The Swiss can't be trusted.
The holes were originally cheese farts.
Swiss cheese has holes in it due to the fermentation process which creates the cheese. Cheese is made by introducing bacteria to milk, which begins to curdle as the bacteria eat and produce lactic acid. Another byproduct of the digestion process is often carbon dioxide gas, which in some cheeses is trapped inside the rind, forming bubbles in the finished cheese product. Swiss cheese is the most well known for this, with some types of Swiss cheese having holes as large as walnuts.
A number of cheeses are marketed under the name of Swiss cheese. The true Swiss cheese is Swiss Emmental or Emmentaler, produced in a particular part of Switzerland. Emmental has a protected origin designation, which means that only cheese prepared in that area of Switzerland, and in a certain way, can be labeled Emmental. Swiss Emmental has the creamy texture and large holes most consumers associate with “Swiss cheese