I'm looking for a new recipe and want to experiment with gouda cheese.  Do you have any ideas?
It's such a mild Dutch cheese, that it goes well with lots of things. You can even just melt it on toast!
So it's mild.  That's great to know. What else can you tell me about gouda?
It's very old, going all the way back to the Middle Ages. The first recorded mention of it is from 1184.
1184?  That's amazing.  I had no idea about the history of gouda.  I've wanted to cook with it for a while now, but it's expensive.
Indeed, the price of Gouda has been disputed a long time. In the Middle Ages, buyers negotiated price with a system called "handjeklap," which involved clapping hands and shouting prices.