What state of mind do you think the inventor of cheese was in, when he decided to eat their gone-off milk?

He did it on a dare.
You know how inventors are.

I figure that he had gone to church that morning and the priest said “Put all your faith and trust in Cheeses”. So the guy figured it would be OK.

Edam crazy state of mind…

Cheese was, most likely, discovered by accident. And since people tend to use everything from an animal they possibly can, the ancients who first discovered this likely just ran with it and did what they could to develop it. By the time of our earliest recorded history cheese-making had already developed into a skilled craft.

The state of gastronomical discovery?

I’d think raging hunger

Keep in mind, ancient people knew nothing of microscopy. Illness was thought to be invasive evil spirits or other invisible culprits.
Cheese was a staple long before before bacterias were discovered.
We cringe at the thought of eating certain things because we have knowledge of what can happen to foods. Without that knowledge, there would be far less revulsion.

Depth of knowledge causes anxiety.

Not evil spirits and other invisible culprits—that was ancient history. By the middle ages, it was often a toad or a small dwarf in the patient’s stomach.

Also maybe by accident. Someone made him eat it as punishment. I would bet a million bucks that’s what happened. Wait though, that would make him a discoverer, not an inventor. lol

Hilarious @elbanditoroso! And it’s a very good question. The answer is probably the way.a lot of things get invented… necessity. He/she was starving and couldn’t afford to be picky.

I have a story….when my kids were very little I discovered a baby bottle under the couch. It had obviously been there for a long time. A couple of weeks at least.
I pulled it out and said “Look Honey! I discovered how they make cottage cheese!”
My husband said “They.do NOT pour milk in a baby bottle then throw it under a couch for a month!”
I wish he could have stayed that funny.

@ragingloli “What state of mind do you think the inventor of cheese was in, when he decided to eat their gone-off milk?”

Delusional from bacterial infection before eating the mouldy concoction while muttering,

From ages past you rise as gentle breezes
Came and barely tried his faith in cheeses.

Ha! I think about this all the time when I eat cheese—and pretty much any food that’s fermented.

Hey, look at that! The milk got weird and lumpy and started growing bleu stuff on it. Let’s try it!

Can’t be that much weirder than
Hey, look at that frog! Let’s lick it!