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Do you have alternative names for Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola?
Kraft's Parmesan, I easily see it becoming "pasta-cheez", feta "brine cheese" or "brinie", and Gorgonzola "blue blood cheese".
Do you have alternative names for Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola?
People can choose if it is a Parmasan or not? Like people can choose if evolution is real? lmfaoNope. Go into any store and find a wide variety of cheeses with the same name; it's up to the consumer to decide which version of "parmesan" (or whatever) they prefer. Cheese snobs (my MIL is one) will swear by certain brands while others just don't care.
Seems a tough ask for the EU -- if those were brand names they could possibly be protected, but forcing a rename of a type of item? I don't see it.
Besides, the Germans and Belgians would have a better case that American beer should be renamed "pee-water" than cheese silliness, but I haven't heard of any initiative in that direction. They choose instead to educate consumers and strengthen their brand identity.
People can choose if it is a Parmasan or not? Like people can choose if evolution is real? lmfao
It sort of is a brand, like Champagne. It is a protected designation of origines.
That's exactly it. The EU have laws that specify that certain foodstuffs have to come from certain regions - to be called Champagne a wine must be produced in that region, Balsamic vinegar must come from Modina, Melton Mowbray pork pies must come from, well, Melton Mowbray, and so on.
Of course, as discussed in that seminal classic "Wayne's World", Americans don't respect the convention and so label all sparkling white wines 'Champagne'.
So, the discussion is over the terms of the upcoming US-EU trade agreement - the EU are pushing for the US to accept those same "Protected Region of Origin" designations as already exist over here. Whether they'll actually get that or not remains to be seen, of course.
I can't imagine it will. Cheddar is, I guess, the biggest example.
Hah! I am shocked to find out that Cheddar isn't in the US. Over here, "cheddar" means "American cheese".