Cows were first domesticated about 10000 years ago in the Middle-east and India, they accompanied the people on their migration, were used as cart pullers or to carry heavy burdens, as well as increasingly producing milk for what would be the dawn of cheesemaking. During the Middle-Ages the savoir-faire of the rearing of cattle was partly lost;

although the monasteries continued their work: cheese, along with bread was the principle food given to the pilgrims. Certain breeds were even developed by the monasteries. France counts no less than 19 breeds of cow that promise you a whole array of flavours.