They ribbed him for his obsession with whey, a watery by-product of cheesemaking best known as a scene-setter in a nursery rhyme.

FORBES: Making Whey

They ribbed him for his single-minded obsession with whey, a watery cheese by-product best known as a scene-setter in a nursery rhyme.

FORBES: Making Whey

The whey concentrate goes into yogurt to help the bacteria grow, into bread as the magic ingredient to keep the product moist and into sausage as a binder (if you wonder what's going on here, recall that Borden used to make glue from milk).

FORBES: Making Whey