Not very–until you consider that cheese is rotting milk.
National Geographic Channel’s "Taboo" show was on last night and it was a bit weird. I watched the Food episode (as I take a high interest in food) and I was enthralled and tad bit put off. I made myself watch it though. Partly because these items and rituals are not odd in the areas where they originate: eating dog, larvae, potentially deadly fish, snakes, etc. Also, as we in the US, live in a world of packaged, processed food items many or us, including myself have rarely, if ever, seen the whole dead animal from which our meal has come from, much less had it killed in front of us, or better yet, killed it ourselves. So I tried to watch this show in that light and as usual, make a conscious effort to think about where my food comes from. Some day, I swear, I will actually gut a fish.
Now, a day later, I am eating Annie’s Radiatore Pasta with SunDried Tomatoes and Basil Sauce. After dismantling the Thanksgiving Ham, I decided that a vegetairian meal was in order. And a little bit o’ cheese (Carles Roquefort). And a wee bit ‘o wine (Beaujolais Nouveau).
Janet Fletcher has been writing about many of the world’s greatest cheeses in her column in the SF Chronicle and her Roquefort article is great: well written and very informative.
Cheese World inventory is tomorrow, so I must prepare for 8 hours in a cooler talking to cheese.
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