French raw-milk cheeses being excluded from US market

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Oh now see, you went and got me to blog. Are you going to explain to my boss

why I was blogging on company time again? <G>

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On Thu, 5 May 2005 09:29:08 -0400

Quick <jaq@...> wrote:

> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/04/FDGBICGTKU1.DTL

Oh no say it ain't so!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/further comments once my " rant " finger has settled down, keeping this

from becoming a heavy duty POLITICS thread :-)

Truth of the matter is I'm fortunate to live near the Canadian border,

where on the other side no such restrictions apply.

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of an animal consumed for dinner. Yet sacrifice, because it dwells

on the death, is a concept often shocking to the secular modern

Western mind - to people who calmly organize daily hecatombs

of beasts, and who are among the most death-dealing carnivores

the world has ever seen. "

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> From: " Christie " <christiekeith@...>

>Subject: Re: French raw-milk cheeses being excluded from US market

>

>Oh now see, you went and got me to blog. Are you going to explain to my boss

>why I was blogging on company time again? <G>

No. And do you work for a corporation? Double trouble then.

'N what do you think I'm doing right now?

>http://www.doggedblog.com/doggedblog/2005/05/the_raw_truth.html

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>> No. And do you work for a corporation? Double trouble then. <<

LOL, well, technically yes, but not really ... I'm an independent contractor

although I do most of my work these days for one company in Texas so I talk

about the guy who owns it as " my boss. " He often reads my blog and seems

bemused at how I find the time to do that and everything he knows I do for

him - he doesn't even know about all the OTHER stuff I do.

I think I'm hyperactive.

Christie

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The one " good " side (small consolation though it be in the short

term) that I can see from this is that more Americans may be inspired

to create their own exciting artisanal raw-milk cheeses! I know I'm

beginning to think about cheese-making a lot more seriously, myself.

I wish I could remember who pointed out what a sad commentary it was

that the only distinctively American cheese was.... American cheese.

Bleah! :-P

Still, it's ridiculous that this is happening, and absurd that the

French aren't kicking up more of a fuss about it. That's probably

what I understand least about the whole deal...??? Well, beating the

drum for the " European Union " as they do, the French are more than

used to bureaucratic B.S.

*sigh*

Tom

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Tropical Traditions, the people who sell coconut oil, are now selling organic

raw milk cheeses by mail out of California. They even have mozzarella, which I

believe is fresh. I haven't tried any of them yet.

Nenah

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Hi Nenah,

my understanding is that raw cheeses must, by law, be aged for 60

days. if that's true, then the mozz. cheese wouldn't be very fresh,

wouldn't it.

the thing is, a lot of those french raw cheeses should be consumed

before 60 days to get the best flavor. after 60 days they are legal

but they taste awful. i've had some from whole foods, and i thought,

who can eat this awful stuff?

laura

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wrote:

> Tropical Traditions, the people who sell coconut oil, are now

selling organic raw milk cheeses by mail out of California. They even

have mozzarella, which I believe is fresh. I haven't tried any of

them yet.

>

> Nenah

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Re: French raw-milk cheeses being excluded from US market

Hi Nenah,

my understanding is that raw cheeses must, by law, be aged for 60

days. if that's true, then the mozz. cheese wouldn't be very fresh,

wouldn't it.

the thing is, a lot of those french raw cheeses should be consumed

before 60 days to get the best flavor. after 60 days they are legal

but they taste awful. i've had some from whole foods, and i thought,

who can eat this awful stuff?

laura

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Hi .

Here's what it says on the Tropical Traditions website:

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Mozzarella, the classic Italian string cheese, is famed for its use in many

recipes. It is categorized as a fresh cheese because it is never aged. You

can eat the cheese the same day it is made. An interesting note about

mozzarella is its ability to be frozen and stored for up to six months and

then thawed and used, with very little loss in flavor.

Mozzarella is a natural semi-hard cheese with high melt-ability, great for

cooking. It can be stored unopened in your refrigerator for 5 to 6 +++++++++

What's the difference between the hard mozarella and the real soft stuff? Is

it only the amount of time it's been " setting " ?

Nenah

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> An interesting note about

> mozzarella is its ability to be frozen and stored for up to six months

> and

> then thawed and used, with very little loss in flavor.

This suggests to me that their workaround is to " age " the mozzarella in

the freezer for the required 60 days.

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