The mayor of Nottingham was knocked over by a stray one of these goods during a 1766 riot named for it. Antoninus Pius died after consuming a large quantity of this good, which was distributed to the Roman army in a dry form with the epithet aridus. A tradition at the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia involved Spartan boys attempting to steal piles of this good guarded by men armed with whips. This good is the second part of a shibboleth used during Wat Tyler's Rebellion to identify Flemings in London. A work of microhistory about the Italian miller Menocchio partially named for this foodstuff and worms was written by the historian Carlo Ginzburg. Charles de Gaulle once asked how one could govern a country with 246 different varieties of this food. For 10 points, name this dairy product whose varieties include Parmesan and cheddar. ■END■
ANSWER: cheese [accept specific types of cheese]
<Govind Prabhakar , History - European - Mixed/Any>
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