There’s less friction between the blade and the cheese’s hard rind than where the blade meets its soft innards. The resulting length mismatch between the compacted center of the scraped cheese and its edge creates a ruffly flower.
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Physicists explain how cheese rosettes form
Rosettes made by scraping Tête de Moine, or “monk’s head,” cheese result from variations in the friction between the blade and the cheese.
