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Green cheese is a term for a fresh cheese, one that has not thoroughly dried yet, nor been aged, which is white in colour and usually round in shape. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' gives a reference from the year 1542 of the four sorts of cheese. The first sort is green cheese, which is not green by reason of colour but for its newness, for the whey is not half pressed out of it yet. The phrase is not commonly used to describe the colour of a cheese, though there are some cheeses with a greenish tint, usually from mold or added herbs. The word "green" for new has other uses, such as greenhorn for an inexperienced person. ==In popular culture== The phrase, the Moon is made of green cheese, refers to the similarity in appearance of a typical round, green cheese and the full Moon. It is commonly misinterpreted to mean that the Moon is green in colour, which does not occur. John Maynard Keynes made a reference comparing a green cheese to the moon in his 1936 book ''The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money''. The exact meaning of the sentence is debated, but the equating of the moon with a green cheese is clear.: There is a popular saying in Scotland, "You can't see green cheese", with variants "You can't see green cheese, but you want it" (without wanting it), or "You can't see green cheese, but your teeth must water". This means that you must have whatever someone else has just for the sake of having it. For example, a child's friend may get a bike and although the child is unable to ride a bike, they will pester their parents to buy one. The following Frisian language shibboleth makes reference to it: "Bûter en brea en griene tsiis, hwa't dat net sizze kin is gjin oprjuchte Frys." meaning "Butter and bread and green cheese, who can't say that is no true Frisian."〔The History of English: A Linguistic Introduction. Scott Shay, Wardja Press, 2008, ISBN 0-615-16817-5, ISBN 978-0-615-16817-3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「green cheese」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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