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Angels of Parmesan
By Stefano Rellandini
It all started one night as I looked for some Parmesan cheese to add to my pasta at home. I wondered what the situation was two weeks after an earthquake struck the area of Emilia, the home of Parmesan cheese. After dinner I searched online for some news on the subject and found a lovely story about a team of firefighters who went to the affected areas to help recover the damaged cheese.
Around Finale Emilia, the epicenter of the latest earthquake, there are many factories producing Parmesan which, alongside agriculture, is the core business of the region.
When I arrived at the factory I saw that the situation remained difficult for the owner as all the cheese lay on the ground or had collapsed on the counter. Firefighters were constantly working to remove the cheese. Looking around the warehouse I wondered why the farmers had waited for the special team of firefighters to remove the cheese and not used local volunteers instead.
I then understood why. The team comes from the mountainous region where they do a lot of climbing and know how to work on greasy and slippery surfaces. Even walking on the ground in the warehouse was almost impossible as the 24-month-old cheese was so greasy.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
What’s in your artisanal arsenel?
Blog Guy, I'm confused. Suddenly I'm seeing the words "artisan" and "artisanal" attached to all kinds of products. Cheeses, chocolates, liquors, soaps... What does it all mean?
That's easy. It means they can get by with charging a lot more money for that stuff.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
Oscars for the arty Havarti movie?
Looking through our photo files, I keep seeing pictures of people wearing special glasses. I should check that out.
Where have you been, Blog Guy? They're watching "Avatar" in 3D. It's a blockbuster Oscars contender!
from Oddly Enough Blog:
Bleu video: a sexy homage to fromage?
Bob, it's me. Your boss. Remember we discussed increasing traffic to your blog? Huh?
Sure, Boss. I'm supposed to blog on Saturdays and Sundays too, 365 days a year, and never take a day off because "days off are for losers," right?
from Funds Hub:
Regulated are the cheesemakers
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, seen by many as the bane of the UK's hedge funds industry for his input into the highly controversial EU directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers, no doubt expected a hostile reception today at the Guildhall when he appeared at a debate hosted by Open Europe on the directive.
Whilst widely welcomed for his bravery in appearing, Rasmussen nevertheless came in for heavy criticism from City Minister Paul Myners, fellow panellists and an audience full of hedge fund and private equity representatives, making what was probably an uncomfortable lunchtime for the president of the EU assembly's socialist bloc.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
I say, Camilla, do we have a COUPON?
Ever since my readers voted Prince Charles the "Coolest Leader Dude," it seems to me he's doing more "normal" stuff in public.
Like yesterday Charles the Prince of Wales and his typical average wife, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, visited a grocery.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
Abe Lincoln, the Big Cheese!
Happy July 4th, Blog Guy. I just saw an Abe Lincoln statue made of cheese. Isn't that disrespectful?
No. If you know your history, you know Lincoln was a passionate cheese enthusiast.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
Mess hall food no Dutch treat?
Blog Guy, I read that Australia's troops in Afghanistan are unhappy with their food. Apparently they don't like the stuff that the Dutch-run mess hall is serving. Could Dutch food really be that bad?
No. The Dutch eat lots of great cheeses, and all kinds of chocolate and stuff.
That sounds yummy. Have you been to Australia? What do they eat there?
Yes, I have. They eat Vegemite, this dark brown food paste that they spread on everything.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
Cheese, oh soothing cheese…
You've GOT to help me, Blog Guy! Big News is breaking too fast. North Korean nukes, a new Supreme Court Justice, the economy....
Can you please direct me to the LEAST significant thing on earth? I need to totally zone out for about 45 seconds with the most inconsequential thing you can find.
from Oddly Enough Blog:
Hooray for the red, white and bleu!
Blog Guy, since this is July 4th, could you tell us what the Declaration of Independence was about?
Sure. It was about cheese, as you can see in this one-ton cheese statue of the signing.
