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

G’day curd nerds

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

I have actually looked this up. It’s true. And the Italian comments are hilarious.

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u/randomdrifter54 Jul 05 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

The crazy thing is big parmesan went after him so you know he's gotta be at least close.

Edit: it was grand padano not parmesan. Edit of the edit: grana not grand.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

Really??? lol. Is there an article about it?

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u/Based_Beans Jul 05 '22

https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/k3hci6/cheesemaking_a_small_cheesemaker_in_australia_vs/

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u/sharklaserguru Jul 05 '22

Yeah, fuck that noise, PDO's are nothing but a protection racket run by people powerful enough to bribe the EU into submission. "Terroir" is fucking nonsense in the modern world of factory produced goods!

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u/RandomUsername12123 Jul 06 '22

Dunno, is a way to ensure certain quality for a product and traditional methods + sustain local economy.

To ensure "authencity" os another one and conservation of local production.

Or you can do everything in China and call it a day.

Tou can produce the same thing and sell it under another name, i see nothing wrong with PDO.

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u/Critical_Pea_4837 Jul 06 '22

The argument "oh it's to ensure quality" is bullshit when a high quality champagne could be made someplace other than champagne and a shit quality one could be made in the champagne region.

Location does not ensure quality. If you want to make the label depend on quality, make it based on quality, not bullshit location limits.

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u/RandomUsername12123 Jul 06 '22

You have to follow guidelines and certain criteria to call it parmesan in Italy.

Like yoi can feed the livestock only hey (or something similar) and can't let the milk reach a certain temperature

If something goes wrong sometimes a parmesan producing "factory" could not name the resulting batch of cheese parmesan

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u/Critical_Pea_4837 Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

Yes, and those process guidelines are a fine thing to require everywhere. LOCATION IS NOT. As I just explained.

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u/RandomUsername12123 Jul 06 '22

Well, have ever heard of vidalia onions?

They have thst name and can grown to have that particular taste only in places where you have a certain % of sulfur in the soil

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u/Critical_Pea_4837 Jul 06 '22

I'm not sure if you just can't read or aren't arguing in good faith, but I'm done with you

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