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Re: Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rind to fight cheese fraud

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Post by morelisp »

lupire wrote: post #51
peoplefromibiza wrote: post #45

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> is silly protectionism It's not silly. It's protecting the buyers from frauds. Parmigiano-Reggiano is made in Emilia Romagna, in the Parma-Reggio (Emilia) area. That's the only real deal. Like Champagne which is made only in the Champagne wine region in France. If it's not from there, it's not the same product. It might even be better according to personal taste, for example I prefer Franciacorta, which is from Fra…

Is there a quality control board, or does making the product in the area confer magical powers to the product?

To get a DPO registration you must show both historical ties to the region and a specific regional method. There is a quality control board. Probably some of it is puffery; some of it is quite precise.

https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/consortium-specifications...

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Post by ethbr0 »

Now in those days, we thought we had a bead on things. We thought they were tracking us through the vaccines, and organized to defend our freedoms.

But when the true scale of privacy erosion became apparent in 2022, we were horrified and helpless.

You see, it was the cheese all along...

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Post by atdrummond »

lupire wrote: post #50
learndeeply wrote: post #13

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It's a waste if you're not. https://www.eataly.com/us_en/magazine/how-to/leftover-parmes...

None of those are eating the rind. They are putting the wine in broth for seasoning.

Adding it to risotto isn’t eating it? What are you doing with YOUR risotto?!

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

arebop wrote: post #55
lupire wrote: post #48

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That works even if you remove the "Blockchain".

Only if you have a trusted central database. With blockchain you can move your cheese independent of central authority.

Right, but the whole point here is that central authorities authenticate the cheese

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Post by peoplefromibiza »

lupire wrote: post #51
peoplefromibiza wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> is silly protectionism It's not silly. It's protecting the buyers from frauds. Parmigiano-Reggiano is made in Emilia Romagna, in the Parma-Reggio (Emilia) area. That's the only real deal. Like Champagne which is made only in the Champagne wine region in France. If it's not from there, it's not the same product. It might even be better according to personal taste, for example I prefer Franciacorta, which is from Fra…

Is there a quality control board, or does making the product in the area confer magical powers to the product?

Well, it's hard to imagine that such a flagship monument to the made in Italy comes to existence thanks to magical powers.

To answer the question, of course there is a very strict quality control board

All producers of Parmesan cheese belong to the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Consortium), which was founded in 1928. Besides setting and enforcing the standards for the PDO [1], the Consorzio also sponsors marketing activities

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_designation_of_ori...

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Post by pcrh »

mmanfrin wrote: post #31
rocqua wrote: post #22

I am all for trademarks. But 'only things made here can have this name' is silly protectionism. Adding electronics to 'fix fraud' really is just worsening the original product. If this goes through I would prefer the fraudulent stuff over the real deal.

You are free to buy or produce a hard dry sheep's cheese that isn't made in Emilia-Romagna. The name 'Parmesan' is a portmanteau of parts of the region (Parma, Reggio Emilia). The name is the region so saying 'only thing made here can have *the name of the region*' is absolutely not "silly protectionism".

"Parmesan" means "from Parma", the suffix -esan also occurs in words like courtesan, or partisan.

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Post by moistly »

burnished wrote: post #41
moistly wrote: post #18

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I suppose they might be mistaken for fine Parmesan cheese. Otherwise they’ll be fine. Have you not noticed what your dog will happily eat off the ground when you’re out for a walk? Discarded socks, gravel, bits of plastic, cat shit, gum wrappers, literally anything that catches its eye when you’re not paying close attention.

Oh that took me back to wrestling a cigarette butt out of a baby pugs eager little mouth. Honestly if that dog had taken to eating tiny electronics it probably would have been a net improvement.

I’ve a friend with a young dog that she swears has pica. It’s proving nigh impossible to prevent it from hoovering up litter. It puts goats’ reputation to shame.

Re: Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rind to fight cheese fraud

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Post by peoplefromibiza »

gg80 wrote: post #59
peoplefromibiza wrote: post #45

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> is silly protectionism It's not silly. It's protecting the buyers from frauds. Parmigiano-Reggiano is made in Emilia Romagna, in the Parma-Reggio (Emilia) area. That's the only real deal. Like Champagne which is made only in the Champagne wine region in France. If it's not from there, it's not the same product. It might even be better according to personal taste, for example I prefer Franciacorta, which is from Fra…

Actually it’s made in Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, part of Bologna and part of Mantua.

Yes, of course, sorry for not being precise, I apologize!

I simply wanted to show the connection between the name Parmigiano Regiano and the area it comes from.

Modena is my goto place when I am travelling to stop eating and I've lived in Bologna for two years, the whole Emilia Romagna is one of my favorite places in Italy.

Also, my father in law lives in Mantua, so, I can say I am a Parmigiano home boy :D

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