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Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by Insanity »

kstenerud wrote: post #100
Insanity wrote: post #89

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Honest question.. where? Most bread seems to be high in additives and promoted as a “healthy food”, like additional vitamines etc. And even when buying natural bread without these added “benefits”, it often has high levels of sodium (up to like 200mg per slice). Bread is one of the easiest, most plain things to make, yet finding high quality bread isn’t straightforward in the States. But I do really want to know whic…

Yup, agreed. The first thing my gf complained about when coming to North America for 6 months was the food. And she never stopped complaining. Then we went to Germany and I finally understood. Not only can I pop in to the local bakery on the corner (or the next corner, or the next) for the most amazing breads ever, but I could also go to a Rewe or Edeka and get quite good bread that's still head-and-shoulders above a…

Yeah, I was like that. It’s been almost 5 years so complaining is to a minimum, I got used to a lot of the food, but bread is one of those “staple foods” to me that still has me complaining every now and then haha

Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by netsharc »

gerdesj wrote: post #46
sojournerc wrote: post #21

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It's like saying "cheddar". Cheese is assumed

Cheddar is a small town and a gorge in Somerset, UK. I live close by. Switzerland is an entire country with sodding great mountains and lakes, multiple towns, cities and a lot of worryingly loved leather clothing. How on earth can you reduce a nation that supplies the rather lovely Swiss Guard to the Vatican and rather a lot more (that word is working quite hard at this point and perspiring very heavily) to the entir…

So, what's for dinner this Thanksgiving?

Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by sojournerc »

gerdesj wrote: post #46
sojournerc wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's like saying "cheddar". Cheese is assumed

Cheddar is a small town and a gorge in Somerset, UK. I live close by. Switzerland is an entire country with sodding great mountains and lakes, multiple towns, cities and a lot of worryingly loved leather clothing. How on earth can you reduce a nation that supplies the rather lovely Swiss Guard to the Vatican and rather a lot more (that word is working quite hard at this point and perspiring very heavily) to the entir…

The context of the thread is "swiss" on a menu in the US, which makes it obvious that it's cheese, and not a guard at the Vatican, same as cheddar on a sandwich is obviously not referring to an English town. It may shock you to find out that things are named differently in different places. smh

Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by pazimzadeh »

rootusrootus wrote: post #70
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #55

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> Why on Earth would they intentionally export only their garbage cheese? This usually happens when one population is discerning and the other is not.

I don't know what to make of that statement. It is arrogant, at least. Are you trashing just the 340 million people in the US with this comment, or everybody not-Swiss?

Most Americans aren’t exposed to enough quality foods of certain types at a young age to develop the taste for them.

For example, most Americans think Hershey’s is what chocolate is supposed to taste like, because they grew up with it.

Same with the mushy Chorleywood processed bread and most American “cheese”

Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by fragmede »

cm2012 wrote: post #85
Gabriel54 wrote: post #81

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It's an observation, not a value judgement. Try finding a fresh loaf of bread in the average American suburb.

American suburbs tend to have excellent bread in middle class neighborhoods or higher. This isn't the 90s.

they said bread, not sugar fluff with a brown outside.

Don't get me wrong, shit's delicious. It's just not what bread should be.

Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by [deleted] »

tekno45 wrote: post #88
rootusrootus wrote: post #31

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Why on Earth would they intentionally export only their garbage cheese? Then the world will only know them for that. The holes in modern Emmental cheese are created intentionally. In Switzerland the additive used to create them is forbidden. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmental_cheese#Natural_holes_...

so a tourist will go to switzerland love it and hate it once they're home? very good export business

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Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by cm2012 »

fragmede wrote: post #105
cm2012 wrote: post #85

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American suburbs tend to have excellent bread in middle class neighborhoods or higher. This isn't the 90s.

they said bread, not sugar fluff with a brown outside. Don't get me wrong, shit's delicious. It's just not what bread should be.

If you can only find wonderbread I am surprised.

Example of great bread: https://www.ibfoods.com/search.php?search_query=Bread

Re: Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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Post by ricudis »

rootusrootus wrote: post #32
shevy-java wrote: post #20

Because the damn swiss folks really want to sell more cheese, without actually producing more cheese! So the proper way is to cut half the cheese out, say that holes are NECESSARY and IMPORTANT - and then sell twice as much as before. They are a genius people.

Fun fact - in Switzerland the holes are not permitted. Bonus fact - Switzerland imports more cheese than it exports.

And how would they know if my cheese has holes, given that there is a non-zero probability that a random cut over a piece of cheese goes through no holes at all? They would have to make so many cuts that the cheese becomes grated. And grated cheese most definitely doesn't have holes!
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