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Someone posted the other day about horrifying their partner by eating random handfuls of Jelly Belly jelly beans together. This reminded me of when I taught #French and invited the foreign language faculty over for a #wine and #cheese tasting. I did a ton of research on the best pairings and got imported cheeses, high quality wines, etc. I also printed out a pairing sheet so people could make the right selections. Welllllll....people just ate and drank, like, entirely random combinations. 😂

Do you think if Canada joins the EU, we'll get some recent cheese (ie made from raw milk)?

Another Brexit fiasco.... British cheeses failed to get to the World Cheese Awards in Portugal as they failed to clear customs in time (now being from a non-EU country).

In the scale of the disasters of Brexit its not going to to be a big thing (although it will be for the frustrated cheese makers), but is emblematic of how myopic the Brexiters were about the impact of their successful plan to leave Europe....

#brexit #cheese #food

theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/

The Guardian · UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customsBy Tomé Morrissy-Swan

World’s oldest cheese discovered on ancient Chinese mummies

Scientists have successfully extracted DNA from a 3,600-year-old cheese, making it the oldest known cheese sample ever discovered. Identified as kefir cheese, the discovery provides new insights into the origins of kefir and the development of probiotic bacteria...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/09/wor

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