Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SAPSAGO
sapsago
(noun) a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Sapsago
A dry, hard cheese made from skimmed cowsmilk and herbs, originating from Switzerland.
Synonyms
• Schabziger
• serac, sĂ©rac
Source: Wiktionary
Sap"sa*go, n. Etym: [G. schabzieger; schaben to shave, to scrape + zieger a sort of hey.]
Definition: A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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