Liederkranz Cheese Maker Dies Thursday
VAN WERT, Jan. 11 - (AP) Emil Frey, 83-year-old discoverer of Liederkranz cheese, died today at Van Wert-co hospital after a long illness.
Liederkranz is one of the world's better known cheese, altho it is only a little more than 50 years old. Frey developed the cheese by accident.
In 1893, Frey began working on a domestic version of a popular imported cheese called Bismark Schlosskaese on commission from a prominent New York delicatessen. At the time, Frey was working for the Monroe Cheese Co., in Monroe, N.Y.
For two years, Frey tried all types of curds, molds and curing processes but before he developed an American Bismark Schlosskaese, he stumbled onto something else.
It was a gold-crusted, soft-ripening, spready cheese that became even more popular than Bismark. Frey named the new cheese Liederkranz in honor of the singing society to which his boss belonged. The name means literally "wreath of song."
The cheesemaker and his associates moved to Van Wert in 1926 to insure a larger supply of high-quality milk. The Borden Co. bought out Frey in 1929, but Frey remained as manager until he retired several years ago.
All Liederkranz cheese still is made at the Van Wert factory, now the largest cheese-making plant in the world.
Memorial services for Frey will be held in a few days, after cremation services.
(published in The Lima News, Thursday, January 11, 1951, page 1)
Liederkranz Cheese Maker Dies Thursday
VAN WERT, Jan. 11 - (AP) Emil Frey, 83-year-old discoverer of Liederkranz cheese, died today at Van Wert-co hospital after a long illness.
Liederkranz is one of the world's better known cheese, altho it is only a little more than 50 years old. Frey developed the cheese by accident.
In 1893, Frey began working on a domestic version of a popular imported cheese called Bismark Schlosskaese on commission from a prominent New York delicatessen. At the time, Frey was working for the Monroe Cheese Co., in Monroe, N.Y.
For two years, Frey tried all types of curds, molds and curing processes but before he developed an American Bismark Schlosskaese, he stumbled onto something else.
It was a gold-crusted, soft-ripening, spready cheese that became even more popular than Bismark. Frey named the new cheese Liederkranz in honor of the singing society to which his boss belonged. The name means literally "wreath of song."
The cheesemaker and his associates moved to Van Wert in 1926 to insure a larger supply of high-quality milk. The Borden Co. bought out Frey in 1929, but Frey remained as manager until he retired several years ago.
All Liederkranz cheese still is made at the Van Wert factory, now the largest cheese-making plant in the world.
Memorial services for Frey will be held in a few days, after cremation services.
(published in The Lima News, Thursday, January 11, 1951, page 1)
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