In 2008, Italy spent $65,000,000 to bail out the Parmesan cheese industry.
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Scientists have successfully created cheese…
Scientists have successfully created cheese using human bacteria collected from toes and belly buttons.
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Casu marzu is the Italian “maggot cheese” – cheese designed…
Casu marzu is the Italian “maggot cheese” – cheese designed to be eaten while it is infested with cheese fly larvae.
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Italy’s Credem Bank takes Parmesan cheese from local producers in exchange…
Italy’s Credem Bank takes Parmesan cheese from local producers in exchange for cheap loans (charging 3-5% interest, depending on quality) & a fee ensuring the cheese matures properly (2yrs) in the bank vault (cheese is sold if the loan defaults). 430,000 Parmesan wheels ($200M+) are stored there.
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Norway had to close a tunnel because it…
Norway had to close a tunnel because it was full of burning cheese.
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When blindfolded people often can’t tell the difference…
When blindfolded, people often can’t tell the difference between the smell of Parmesan cheese and vomit.
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Traditional cheese makers were so threat …
Traditional cheese makers were so threatened by artificial cheese production that they tried to name it “Embalmed Cheese” to decrease sales. The US government had to step in, and the name was formally made “Processed Cheese” which we still use today.
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Stilton blue cheese is known to frequent …
Stilton blue cheese is known to frequently cause odd, vivid dreams.
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Most Chinese people have never tasted ch …
Most Chinese people have never tasted cheese and consider it barbaric.
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There was a Canadian poet who wrote almo …
There was a Canadian poet who wrote almost entirely about cheese. He is widely considered to be one of the worst poets ever.
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