Comments on: Territories http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/ It's not all caviar and baby wipes, mate Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/comment-page-1/#comment-3266 Paul Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:00:18 +0000 http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/#comment-3266 Very true - we were always quite fond of the cheese counter at Whole Foods, though it always irked me that some of the expensive fancy cheeses there would just be some cheese in the UK :) There's probably another post in here, but I was always struck by the division in food, where you could get the very best and the very worst (twinkies, anyone?), but very little in-between. Very true – we were always quite fond of the cheese counter at Whole Foods, though it always irked me that some of the expensive fancy cheeses there would just be some cheese in the UK :)

There’s probably another post in here, but I was always struck by the division in food, where you could get the very best and the very worst (twinkies, anyone?), but very little in-between.

]]> By: Colonel Nikolai http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Colonel Nikolai Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:43:34 +0000 http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/#comment-3265 Where were you buying cheese in the US? If you are referring to "American" cheese, that yellow-orange vinyl-looking stuff, in Europe you wouldn't be allowed to even label such food as cheese. That stuff is in fact just whipped and dried grease. If you were to try and sell that in Europe, the best the label could say would be something like "cheese-like" or "cheese-substitute". There is actually awesome cheese available all over, it's just that for some reason a lot of Americans have never tasted it or wouldn't know what it was if it bit them on the *ss. Where were you buying cheese in the US? If you are referring to “American” cheese, that yellow-orange vinyl-looking stuff, in Europe you wouldn’t be allowed to even label such food as cheese. That stuff is in fact just whipped and dried grease. If you were to try and sell that in Europe, the best the label could say would be something like “cheese-like” or “cheese-substitute”.

There is actually awesome cheese available all over, it’s just that for some reason a lot of Americans have never tasted it or wouldn’t know what it was if it bit them on the *ss.

]]> By: Paul http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 Paul Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:30:01 +0000 http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/#comment-3248 The difference I was alluding to is that American cheese tastes like it skips that troublesome cow step and is made directly from the oil derivatives :) The difference I was alluding to is that American cheese tastes like it skips that troublesome cow step and is made directly from the oil derivatives :)

]]> By: Colonel Nikolai http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 Colonel Nikolai Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:49:17 +0000 http://bopl.samharris.us/2006/11/territories/#comment-3245 And somehow your cheese isn't? What do your cows eat, carbon dioxide? I'll bet they eat much the same as ours: corn and soybeans. European farmers aren't magic. They still have to feed their cows with something. Not everything in Europe is grown organically. Mind you it's not good that we do this, don't get me wrong. And somehow your cheese isn’t? What do your cows eat, carbon dioxide? I’ll bet they eat much the same as ours: corn and soybeans. European farmers aren’t magic. They still have to feed their cows with something. Not everything in Europe is grown organically.

Mind you it’s not good that we do this, don’t get me wrong.

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