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<\/a><\/p>\nAccording to research on the musical tastes of Emmental, the holey cheese changes flavour depending on the melodies played as it ripens.<\/p>\n
The experiment \u2014 \u201cSonic cheese: experience between sound and gastronomy\u201d \u2014 by Bern University of the Arts and a cheesemaker in western Switzerland probed whether the sounds and vibrations of music could impact the chemical reactions in the bacteria within cheese.<\/p>\n
Over six months, Emmental made in Beat Wampfler\u2019s 19th Century cellar in the town of Bergdorf were exposed to A Tribe Called Quest, Led Zeppelin or Mozart. Other circles of the holey Swiss classic were kept away from music, serving as a control group.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did two surveys, a scientific one, and another with a jury of culinary experts,\u201d said Peter Kraut, deputy director of the music department at the Bern arts university. \u201cBoth came to the conclusion that there are differences, there are differences in taste and in the smell, according to the music with which the cheese has been refined,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Chef and jury member Benjamin Luzuy said hip-hop triggered a \u201csofter, more floral\u201d taste, but that his favourite was Mozart-exposed Emmental.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n