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Re: Government Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves

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Post by Stevvo » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 6:31 AM UTC

malermeister wrote: post #6

nxobject wrote: post #3

Sadly, it looks like a significant amount of the cheese in cold storage is American and Swiss [1] – they missed a fantastic opportunity to age cheddar en masse. [1] https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/37CAA277-A371-3F73-...

Is "Swiss cheese" the same thing as Gruyere? Cause if so, that stuff is cave-aged in Switzerland as well!

No, it's equivalent to what we call Edam in Europe.

Re: Government Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves

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Post by malermeister » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 8:11 AM UTC

Stevvo wrote: post #11

malermeister wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is "Swiss cheese" the same thing as Gruyere? Cause if so, that stuff is cave-aged in Switzerland as well!

No, it's equivalent to what we call Edam in Europe.

Just looked it up, seems like it's more similar to Emmental.

Re: Government Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves

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Post by afpx » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 4:57 PM UTC

euroderf wrote: post #5

derelicta wrote: post #4

I kinda want to try this government cheese.

I got a block back in 1980-ish when they were handing it out. It was... unexceptional. Better than Velveeta but not memorably so.

I lived off the stuff for several years (along with the free dried milk and stale bread and mayo sandwiches). The worst part about it was all the mold you’d have to cut off. At the time, I didn’t know anything about taste. But, hey at least it kept me from starving.