Europe wants its Parmesan back, seeks name change (trade talks)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140311/DACFOH303.html
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
WASHINGTON (AP) - Would Parmesan by any other name be as tasty atop your pasta? A ripening trade battle might put that to the test.
As part of trade talks, the European Union wants to ban the use of European names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the United States.
A package of Kraft parmesan cheese is seen in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Looking for American-made parmesan cheese on the grocery aisle? If the European Union gets its way, you may not be able to find it. Also missing could be domestic asiago, feta and gorgonzola. The cheeses would still be there, but their names might be different. As part of free trade talks, the European Union is expected to propose to ban the United States from using certain European cheese names if the cheese is made here. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
The argument is that the American-made cheeses are shadows of the original European varieties and cut into sales and identity of the European cheeses. The Europeans say Parmesan should only come from Parma, Italy, not those familiar green cylinders that American companies sell. Feta should only be from Greece, even though feta isn't a place. The EU argues it "is so closely connected to Greece as to be identified as an inherently Greek product."
So, a little "hard-grated cheese" for your pasta? It doesn't have quite the same ring as Parmesan.
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Q. Would you like some?
A. Oh, neigh, none for me!!!
from laughing now! 
I guess I shouldn't Roquefort anything better.
It doesn't make me think that Tokyo "owns" the product. I've eaten a "California roll" on Cape Cod. I've had "Boston Baked Beans" in Wales. Kentucky Fried Chicken, too--in Wales AND Tehran (FWIW, it tastes just as squirrelly over there, as here).
I think people should lighten up. Food tastes good, or it doesn't. People have discerning palates, or they don't. Smart people will figure it out--stupid people won't have a clue no matter how it's put to them. They won't care, either.
That 'champagne' horse left the barn years ago--never mind "the champagne of bottled beers," and "Georgia Champagne" (Coca-Cola), there's this:
They call it "American Champagne" or "California Champagne" and annotate it as "sparkling wine" but they still trot the word out. The grapes, some of them anyway, often as not, are cuttings from the Champagne region.
...that was VERY popular during Ramadan.
They'd cook the chicken, and you could smell it all over the square.
Now, you're supposed to fast during Ramadan, abstaining from food or beverage from dawn till dusk. The owners of the KFC would put huge sheets up in the windows of the place, so you couldn't see in so as not to tempt the devout (normally the diners were on display in front of large plate glass windows). Pretty much everyone, save the obvious westerners, in there during the month long fast, chowing down on chicken and sides, would have at their feet--ostentatiously--a SUITCASE! A very light suitcase, from all appearances, the way they'd carry 'em.
Why? Because TRAVELLERS were exempt from the fasting requirement. Never mind that the KFC was no where near the bus station, the train station or the airport...hey, you COULD be on your way to any one of those! After all, taking a bus, train or plane is heavy work....just like driving a caravan of camels across a cruel desert!
I always had to laugh....!
I love the drenched in buttermilk style of KFC. The could pretty much drench anything in buttermilk for 12 hours and it would taste good when you fried it 
You know that they had patrons sneaking in the back door, though .
but KFC extra crispy will do in a pinch 
to simply require country of origin labeling?
You like Greek feta, so presumably you would buy the variety that comes from Greece. Someone else might not have your exacting taste buds and would happily buy the American version of the cheese. Someone else might consider you a cheese Philistine and swear that only feta made from sheep raised by virgin shepherd's on the island of Lesbos is real feta . . .
"Feta" is a Greek word with roots in Latin - it's not really an identifier of a particular kind of cheese, except in the strictly legal sense of the EU - the same EU that tried to ban the sale of lumpy carrots and crooked cucumbers . . .
women in Harry Potter that were seductive and beautiful? Clearly their bodily resources go towards their looks, not their milk production.
Oh wait, I was thinking of Veela. Seductive, easily melted cheese that you don't know has possessed you until it does. Though Fleur did truly love the eldest Weasley
The other are esters whose fur is used for making clothing. They live in colonies called poly-esters!! 
A heard of esthers just ran by my door. I didn't stop it, but perhaps I should 
I'm pretty much a foodie for most things, but try to get me out of a McDonald's without a Big Mac? Not in this lifetime 
Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!
I still remember the ingredients!
though if they make them "Mega Mac" style with two quarter pounder patties, they are even better
That surprised me. 
American Cheese isn't even cheese, just like McDonalds milk shakes aren't made out of milk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheese
Read it and weep.
it's a food-like product. lol
No doubt the haters will rant and carry on about those elite Europeans for awhile, but they'll eat their 'not a fraction as good as the real things' fake cheeses and adjust.
Actual Greek yogurt from Greece is strained. The American knockoff uses thickeners to produce a similar consistency.
when you try to use it for that to put on a gyro.a rare treat, as the only options within walking distance of my office are Mickey D's, Denny's, and the gourmet option 
, the cafeteria in the county building.
it's a couple of blocks away, as are the other options. 
Way to go, Europe.
Italian beef sandwich
Which is a French Dip with Italian giardiniera peppers
Good reading, this thread
