Mondseer, Mondseer Schachtelkaese, Mondseer Schlosskaese
_Austria_
This little family with a lot of long names is closely related to the
Muenster tribe, with very distant connections with the mildest branch
of the Limburgers.
The Schachtelkaese is named from the wooden boxes in which it is
shipped, while the Schlosskaese shows its class by being called Castle
Cheese, probably because it is richer than the others, being made of
whole milk.
Money made of cheese
_China_
In the Chase National Bank collection of moneys of the world there is
a specimen of "Cheese money" about which the curator, Farran Zerbee,
writes: "A specimen of the so-called 'cheese money' of Northern China,
1850-70, now in the Chase Bank collection, came to me personally some
thirty years ago from a woman missionary, who had been located in the
field where she said a cake form of condensed milk, and referred to as
'cheese,' was a medium of exchange among the natives. It, like other
commodities, particularly compressed tea, was prized as a trading
medium in China, in that it had value as nutriment and was
sufficiently appreciated by the population as to be exchangeable for
other articles of service.
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