[DISCUSSION] Cheese in Redwall

[rachel25]

But not the last one.

[Ungatt Trunn]

That always had me stumped. Its made clear that there aren't any cows or anything like that, so it is a mystery...

[Faiyloe]

Hey they are walking talking animals with swords and we are trying to logically explain why they have cheese!

[MeadowR]

^ True, but sometimes you have to make sense out of a set situation/story, even if said situation is not quite true to life... if that makes sense!

[Redwaller]

you can get milk from dandelions 

What oh, old chap, if I remember correctly, you can make a butter substitute with it, or maybe I'm mistaking it with young unrippened hickory nuts...

Anyway, my best guess would be that the bally greensap milk is what they use, wot?

[brocka]

I'm not positive but I thought it was made from something called "meadowcream". I don't know what that came from, however. Probably a sap from a plant. Didn't they make a cheese with sliced almonds in it and put it on celery? Yum-yum, wish I  had some right now!

[Faiyloe]

Actually meadow cream was a topping like whipped cream.   

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Lookin' up greenzap ah found ziz:

If there are no cows in Redwall, where do they get the milk and cheese?
This is a good question. There are indeed no cows or goats in Redwall. There are, however, plants that produce milk-like substances. This is what is referred to as "greensap milk". Besides, how could you have an abbeyful of mice with no cheese?

Zae aye, tiz indeed greenzap milk. Ah found it 'ere.

[Sailears]

Yep, it's answered.

Greensap milk or something similar to soy milk - a plant based milk in any case, and they use that to make cheese and possibly creams and other dairy equivalent foodstuffs.

I'll add that to the OP.

[Emperor Ublaz]

Maybe it's made of mouse milk, or hedgehog's milk, or something like that. They are all mammals, after all.

[Redwaller]

The answer is a few posts above. 

[Rusvul]

Maybe it's made of mouse milk, or hedgehog's milk, or something like that. They are all mammals, after all.

O_o Yeah. I don't think Brian would have knowingly implied that.

[MeadowR]

^ Yeah, let's keep it at female characters probably fed their newly borns with their milk - but no more use of it than that!

[BlueRose]

Ok, someone help me.

How the heck did the Redwallers make cheese? Where did they get the milk? I'm confuuuseeeddd....

[The Skarzs]

Well, I can't help you there.