French mobilize to save cheeses under threat of extinction (National Crisis!)

AFP via Yahoo ^ | Fri Apr 8,10:39 AM ET

[Simmy2.5]

What are the French going to do when the cheeses go extinct?

[Certified Horticulturist]

Visit the National Cheese Museum!

[Larry381]

What are the French going to do when the cheeses go extinct?

surrender?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

For the past two to three years, young people have been moving here to save these cheeses, young farmers of 30 with ethics, who produce while respecting the environment, who make a lifestyle choice by choosing to become producers.

Who knew that my job was a lifestyle choice? I thought I was just making dairy products.

[DB]

"...young farmers of 30 with ethics..."

Sounds like an unusual trait there...

[Mr Ramsbotham]

... large stores no longer have cheese-cutting counters ....

No more cutting the cheese in public.

[tiamat]

Simmy2.5 wrote:

What are the French going to do when the cheeses go extinct?

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Surrender to Germany

[governsleastgovernsbest]

While cheese is threatened with extinction, in contrast, French surrender monkeys are thriving.

[tiamat]

What kind of cheese, Harmless?

I love cheese...

[Route101]

well!...this means saying "Who cut the cheese?" will not be as funny....

[bill1952]

France?

Boycott France!

and

[zoso82t]

"Tastes are becoming more uniform, European standards are more and more draconian, more than half of the cheeses which receive a quality rating are made from pasteurised milk, large stores no longer have cheese-cutting counters, and outbreaks of listeria have been blamed on unpasteurised milk, even though all products such as pasteurised milk, fish and meat are affected by bacteria," Richez-Lerouge said.

Here's the problem. The EU appears to be hell-bent on destroying local traditions. They are also on the attack in Belgium against lambic-style beers, which are spontaneously fermented by wild yeast and bacteria. They've been around for hundreds of years, but now the EU is saying they're too dangerous for public consumption. Hopefully they will survive, maybe by moving here to the US. It's a shame.

[jimfree]

There are lots of solutions: cheese museums, cheese zoos, protected cheese habitats, cryogenic cheese vaults (freeze the cheese so we can resume the line in the future when technology is improved).

[brushcop]

Nah, who cares about them? We've got Wisconsin, don't need anything else, and wine? My gosh, with so many good wines made in the USA, don't need anything else in that regard either, besides just hand me muh beer, don't need no stinkin' wine.

[RightWinger]

French cheese stinks, buy American cheese.

Boycott all French products!

[muir_redwoods]

Careful folks. Except for the cheese, the bread and, some say, the wine, there is nothing of value in France.

Personally, I think there is still considerable scrap value in that tower as well.

[RayChuang88]

I think what is really hurting the French is the fact most American imported cheese consumption comes from the Benelux countries (Belgium and the Netherlands). Many more specialized American cheese producers have successfully duplicated the brie and bleu cheeses that the French are well-known for, so there is not really that much demand for French cheeses to start with.

[realpatriot]

"Hopefully they will survive, maybe by moving here to the US. It's a shame."

You have to be kidding. Our laws regarding food is MUCH more strict. Even cheese from unpasterized milk is ILLEGAL in our "free" country.

[wildbill]

All they need to do is copy the US Endangered Species Act. Then the bureaucrats can write studies that show the enzymes of the various cheeses are "unique and found nowhere else' and are in danger of going extinct.

With a little help from a publicity campaign from radical environmentalists [eg. "Save the Enzymes!" "No Enzymes, No Peace" "Bush kills innocent Enzymes!"] the French can simply halt any capitalist move to destroy the enzymes environment of bulk cheesemakers and force them to continue production.

Zut Alors! Viola! The multidiverse world of cheeses are saved for our children.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Cottage commercially.

I have a friend that makes Cabra al Vino. Mmmmmm cheese and wine all in one.