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A Worthy Metaphor: Cheese Babies

This knowledge bite is dedicated to R. David Macey, in the hope that it will someday feature in an epic poem.

Yesterday I learned that cheese — yes, cheese — was a medieval metaphor for conception.

Consider: liquids join together to form a solid after a period of waiting. The result could be Gouda… or a kid.

It remains to be seen if some medieval nuns, enamored as they were with the idea of being spiritually wed to Christ, saw their convent’s (economically prosperous) cheese-making as the equivalent of birthing spiritual children.

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