String cheese String cheese String cheese refers to several different types of cheese where the manufacturing process aligns the proteins in the cheese, which makes it stringy. When mozzarella is heated to 60 °C and then stretched, the milk proteins line up. It is possible to peel strings or strips from the larger cheese. In Slovakia, korbáčiky is made, which is a salty sheep milk cheese, available smoked or unsmoked. It is traditionally made by hand-pulling steamed sheep's cheese into strings and braiding them. Cow milk versions are also available. In Armenia, traditional string cheese is made with a white base. The
The Moon is made of green cheese it was also in use after this time. It likely originated in this formulation in 1546, when "The Proverbs of John Heywood" claimed "the moon is made of a greene cheese." A common variation at that time was "to make one believe the Moon is made of green cheese" ("i.e.", to hoax). In French, there is the proverb ""Il veut prendre la lune avec les dents"" ("He wants to take the moon with his teeth"), alluded to in Rabelais. The characterization is also common in stories of gothamites, including the Moonrakers of Wiltshire, who were said to have taken advantage