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New Zealand-based monger Calum Hodgson, also known as Curd Nerd,<\/a> has a serious thing for heavy metal staccato. \u201cA loud distorted palm muted open E<\/em> turns me on,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Hodgson also loves cheese. He started playing guitar, he explains, \u201cin homage to the fromage of my metal gods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fueled by a dual passion for curds and tunes, Hodgson began pondering ways to combine his interests\u2014and found global inspiration. In West Dorset, England, the BBC Singers ensemble recently achieved perfect concert acoustics<\/a> amongst wheels of aging cheddar. In Lower Austria, wheels of hard, aged cheese Grottenhofer Auslese mature at the Heiligenkreuz Abbey amidst a constant stream of Gregorian chanting<\/a>. (\u201cIn this vibratory atmosphere,\u201d reads the website<\/a> of a local milk producers\u2019 association, \u201cis created a special cheese with many valuable substances that give the hungry human body a good and orderly life.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Hodgson began to wonder: Can music influence cheese maturation?<\/p>\n

Recent findings<\/a> support the notion that bacteria can pick up external signals\u2014that they use senses, much like humans do. Could microbes in cheese, perhaps, \u201chear\u201d music? There\u2019s also the supposed connection between human consciousness and the molecular structure of water. In his famous work, Masaru Emoto<\/a> exposed glasses of water to music, words, and photos<\/a> before freezing them and chronicling the result using microscopic photography. He concluded that water exposed to \u201cpositive\u201d music resulted in visually-pleasing crystals.<\/h3>\n

And so Hodgson teamed up with Phillippa White from Sentry Hill Organics<\/a> to age a little sheep\u2019s milk bloomy rind called The Cheese With No Name<\/em>, blasting a constant stream of heavy metal into the maturation cellar.<\/p>\n

The playlist included \u201cNew American Gospel\u201d<\/a> by Lamb of God, \u201cGod Hates Us All\u201d<\/a> by Slayer, and \u201cTomb of the Mutilated\u201d<\/a> by Cannibal Corpse.<\/p>\n

When guests finally conducted a taste test comparing the metal-infused cheeses with control cheeses, they described the heavy metal batch as more \u201cnutty.\u201d Hodgson has another tasting note: The heavy metal batch was drier, he says, \u201cperhaps on account of the vibrations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The monger admits that the experiment should be a bit more structured with a larger sample size to yield scientifically significant results\u2014but either way, the experience of tasting itself is interesting. \u201cThe prejudice at play to a musical style automatically exhibits a new sensory experience\u201d for the taster, he says, \u201cwhether the cheese \u2018listened\u2019 to the music or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

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