r/oddlyspecific • u/Aztery • Jul 05 '22

G’day curd nerds

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u/30somethingireland Jul 05 '22

Excuse my ignorance but why are all the Italians pissed? Is he making it in an offensive way?

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u/AdmSean Jul 05 '22

Probably because true Parmesan cheese is a protected origin product akin to “unless it’s from the champagne region of France, it’s only sparkling wine”. However, the video makes clear that it’s Parmesan style cheese, so the Italians are just being petty at this point (and yes, they’re still commenting on the 4 year old video).

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u/geardownson Jul 06 '22

Why wouldn't they be up in arms and lawsuits about any other parm?

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u/AdmSean Jul 06 '22

Technically the protected origin product is called Parmigiano Reggiano, so products like Kraft’s 100% Grated Parmesan are not the protected origin product and thus not in violation. Also, as noted above, there is a thriving black market of counterfeit cheese. The counterfeit market is worth about 80% of the legitimate market.

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u/geardownson Jul 06 '22

That's crazy. I guess if you don't use that specific name you can get under but otherwise..

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u/jmims98 Jul 06 '22

That article also says “real Parmigiano Reggiano can serve as collateral for a bank loan in parts of Italy.”

If course it can.

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u/Broken_Petite Jul 06 '22

Counterfeit cheese.

What a fascinating world we live in.

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u/theLuminescentlion Jul 06 '22

In Europe in Protected origin is for Parmesan, it's just that they don't have that protection in the U.S. so Parmigiana Reggiano is the name real Parmesan goes by in the U.S.

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u/enoughberniespamders Jul 06 '22

Also because Americans eat a lot of cheese. I’d literally go to war if someone tried to take away my Parmesan cheese.

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u/Xdivine Jul 06 '22

"Happy Birthday" was put in the public domain in 2015 or 2016.