Introduction. Known as the Renaissance, the period immediately following the Middle Ages in Europe saw a great revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome.
In its earliest form, Monterey Jack was made by the Mexican Franciscan friars of Monterey, California, during the 18th century. Californian businessman David Jack sold the cheese commercially. He produced a mild, white cheese, which came to be known as Jack's Cheese, and eventually Monterey Jack.
First, it is one of the four cheeses to supposedly have been created in the United States. It is said to be a descendent of the semi-soft Italian cheese that fed Caesar's armies.. A booklet from the Kraft Food Co. dated 1954 calls Monterey jack cheese a mild buffet and sandwich cheese made something like cheddar..