National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day for the year 2024 is celebrated/observed on Saturday, July 29th. There are until the next observance.

Every year on July 29, National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day is observed. The purpose of this occasion is to buy cheese with the intention of “sacrificing” it by cutting a chunk and putting it on a mousetrap. That way, you can get rid of mice in your house every yearβ€”at least, that appears to be the original intention. People nowadays see it as obsolete, as we have numerous contemporary pest control technologies. According to research, mice don’t even enjoy cheese! For these reasons, many people have attempted to reimagine the occasion and what it means to “sacrifice” cheese.

πŸ“† When is National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day?

This year, National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day is on July 29th. It is the 5th Saturday in July; in 2024, it is on Monday.

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β†’ Did you know: They are included on the British Cheese Board, which has information on over 700 distinct cheeses.

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πŸ“œ History of National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day

Cheese developed into a refined delicacy at the beginning of the ancient Roman period, and numerous foreign varieties of cheese were brought to Rome to appease the preferences of the affluent class. Two entire chapters of Pliny’s “Natural History,” from the year 77 A.D., are devoted to the many kinds of cheese that the Romans ate. Additionally, Columella’s “De Re Rustica,” written around 65 AD, describes the steps involved in manufacturing cheese, including squeezing the curd, salting it, and maturing it. The majority of cheeses may have existed before the late Middle Ages, when they were first documented. Cheddar was the first cheese to be made. Parmesan, Gouda, and Camembert all came after that, in the years 1597, 1697, and 1791, respectively.

Conquistadors claimed that the Inca and other Andean nations in the Americas ate llama cheese. Local cheeses have evolved in both North and South America since European colonization. In Switzerland, the first factory for the mass manufacturing of cheese debuted in 1815. However, the United States was the actual success story for large-scale production. In 1851, Jesse Williams, a dairy farmer from Rome, New York, started producing cheese on an assembly line. Since cheese was being produced in large quantities starting in the 1860s, rennet has been widely accessible to the lower classes. During the World War II era, factory-made cheese replaced traditional cheese-making, and ever since, factories have been the primary producers of cheese throughout Europe and particularly in America.

β˜‘οΈ National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day facts

βœ… “The moon is made of green cheese”
This was said in a proverb by John Heywood in 1546, alluding to an exceedingly credulous individual; thus, while it appears frequently in popular media, people did not believe it when they began saying it.

βœ… It was discovered by accident
For the Arabs, a tradition from 4000 years ago states that a traveler put her day’s milk in a sheep’s stomach canteen and set out across the desert, and by the time she arrived, it had changed into cheese owing to the heat and the rennet in the canteen.

βœ… Some cheese is illegal in America
The law says that raw cheese can only be sold after it has been aged for at least 60 days to get rid of or reduce E. coli and Salmonella. Cheese from other countries that doesn’t meet this U.S. requirement can’t be brought into the country.

✨ Things to do on National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day

⚑ Eat your favorite cheese
Surely, eating it yourself counts as a “sacrifice.” You can consume it on its own or include it in a more sophisticated meal such as spaghetti sauce, dessert, or cheese puffs.

⚑ Purchase an expensive cheese
The “sacrifice” in this situation would be to your pocketbook. Consider it a prize for your efforts over the first half of the year.

⚑ Try a cheese you never tried before
We’re talking about the kind of cheese that scares you, something you’ve been hesitant to eat because you’re afraid it’ll be too strong. If you don’t like it, you can always claim you sacrificed yourself.

πŸ“… National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day Observances

YEAR DATE DAY
2023 July 29 Saturday
2024 July 29 Monday
2025 July 29 Tuesday
2026 July 29 Wednesday
2027 July 29 Thursday

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