New York state. Hoop cheese was once so common that a device called a hoop cheese cutter was manufactured and used in general stores during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The hoop cheese cutter was patented in 1905 in the United States and resembled a turntable with a knife blade suspended above it. It was built by scale companies of the period to cut to order the exact amount of cheese a customer wanted. Similar foods Hoop cheese is different from farmer cheese in that farmer cheese is made with milk, cream, and salt, while hoop cheese is made from milk alone. See also List of cheeses Notes References External links Hoop Cheese. Cook's Info. Hoop Cheese. Vaya.in. The Computing Cheese Cutter. Bobpritchett.com. American cheeses Cow's-milk cheeses