2014-03-21

Cheesy Champions

List of cheese winners at the World Championship Cheese Contest.

The Swiss, Austrians and Dutch did very well in a few categories as did Canada. The French and Italians, on the other hand, strangely not well represented. They're among the biggest producers and consumers of some of the most famous cheeses in the world. Spanish cheese makers did better.

The United States, for its part, did phenomenally well despite not winning the main prize. What's interesting to note is they excelled in many cheese categories including Italian cheeses like Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Asiago, Gorgonzola and Ricotta. Same with the Greek cheese Feta.

Which brings me to a subject brought up by Skeptical Eye and the EU's decision to protect food name brands like Parmiggiano-Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma for example. They're concerned that food makers would not offer the same quality and standards for iconic food items.

Yet, all I see are American cheese producers (several of Italian origin) accounting themselves quite well.

Ironically, the parmesan winner was from Wisconsin. They just can't call it Parmiggiano-Reggiano according the EU.

Anyway, the North American regions most represented, from what I saw, were Wisconsin (by far the most represented ahead of Vermont), New Mexico, Idaho, Illinois, New York, Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Dakota, Vermont, California, Quebec, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.

My father always said, "gli Americani fano tutto!"

The Americans do and make everything.


1 comment:

  1. This should be added to my ranting post.

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