"What is the country of origin of the cheese called ""Monterey Jack""?"
Colby cheese cooking. It is typically used as a table cheese, for grating and grilling, and in snacks and salads. Colby is sometimes mixed with Monterey Jack to produce a marbled cheese called Colby-Jack or Co-Jack. Pinconning cheese is a sharp aged relative of Colby. In 2015, artist John Riepenhoff and cheesemaker Bob Wills created a "Double Cream" Colby. Colby cheese Colby, originally Colby Cheddar, is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese originating from the United States. In 1885, Joseph F. Steinwand developed a new type of cheese at his father's cheese factory near Colby, Wisconsin. The cheese was named after the village,
Monterey Jack Monterey Jack Monterey Jack, sometimes shortened to Jack, is an American semi-hard cheese, customarily white, made using cow's milk. It is commonly marbled with Colby to produce Colby-Jack (or Co-Jack) or with yellow cheddar to produce Cheddar-Jack. Pepper Jack is flavored with chili peppers and herbs, while Dry Jack is an aged, hard cheese suitable for grating. In its earliest form, Monterey Jack was made by 18th-century Franciscan friars of Monterey, Alta California. California businessman David Jack sold the cheese commercially. He produced a mild white cheese that came to be known eponymously as "Jack's Cheese" and eventually "Monterey Jack".