EU full of Picky Eaters

[Drake Tungsten]

hey hey hey

the only jack-ass around here is me

Don't you mean "stone cold playa"?

[Ted Striker]

[The Mad Monk]

God, I love this thread.

[Chemical Ollie]

I never buy bourbon. Not even when I'm in Tennesse.

[The Mad Monk]

Why would buying bourbon in Tennessee be special?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by vee4473
This was my original point, that when you break it down, Feta is just a cheese made in a certain way from a certain type of milk. That's all.

Actually, that's what I think too. Sooner in the thread, I said I think feta should see its recipe respected to deserve the name, and not only the location. Despite the best Feta I ever ate came from Greece, I often eat very tasty Italian Feta. In the case of feta, the location has a relatively little impact on the final product. Recipe is essential.

I understand that many are sure that this dirt is better than your dirt for growing grapes

"Dirt" is very different from terrain to terrain, since the geology underneath is very different. Besides, other geographic factors enter in the reasoning, like sun exposition, temperature and humidity. Grapes, unlike sheep, don't eat, proceed and crap some grass that has grown on this dirt. At the contrary, their taste heavily depends on the "dirt" (the terrain in general) they've grown upon.
It is not about saying "my dirt is better than yours". It is about saying "my dirt is different than yours, and so are my products".

[Napoleon I]

Drake -

So is Chicago, jack-ass. Doesn't mean that "Chicago deep dish" isn't the name of a style of pizza, anymore than it means that "Parma ham" isn't a style of ham.

Look, just because Chicago doesn't care about the quality of products associated with its name, doesn't mean Parma shouldn't. A city's name belongs to the residents of that city, and shouldn't be used by people half across the globe. The only potential problem I have here is if there is some other city named Parma somewhere. Otherwise, like I said, just add "style" and be done with it.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
I think that's silly, too.

Why so, if they're local specialities ?

Hey, here's another example for you. IIUC, Gin is an American drink. In France, every "Gin" I got to drink tasted like perfume (and a cheap one as that - well, maybe it tasted like white-spirit instead, I still haven't made up my mind).
As a result, I'll never drink that crap again. Because of the French (?) rip-off, the reputation of this drink has been utterly lost to me, and probably to many other Frenchmen.

[Drake Tungsten]

doesn't mean Parma shouldn't.

They can care about it all they want. The real question is whether they should be able to stop others from using the name "Parma ham." The answer is no, since they don't own the term "Parma ham." End of story.

As a result, I'll never drink that crap again. Because of the French (?) rip-off, the reputation of this drink has been utterly lost to me, and probably to many other Frenchmen.

Can't say this bothers me too much. I'll keep drinking gin and taking showers, even if the French don't like doing either.

[The Mad Monk]

I'm fairly sure Gin is British in origin -- at least, most of the gins I see here are British. Bombay Sapphire is the only one I'll touch. For other brands, "cheap" is more or less synonymous with the product.

Gin became popular here during prohibition, because it was easily produced and required no aging. "Bathtub gin" was acurately named.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
I never buy bourbon. Not even when I'm in Tennesse.

It's a local sovernier. Anyone who visit me from far away gets a bottle of Absolut Vodka, because it's a local specialty.

[Napoleon I]

Once again - they own the name Parma. As long as standard English usage for a phrase "city" "product" is product made in that city, other people can't call it Parma ham. Is it really so difficult to say Parma style ham? Or will that stop other producers from peddling inferior product as the real thing?

[vee4473]

I understand everything you are saying spiffor, I just think that if people read the label and see where it was made, then they know that they are either getting an "original" product, or a potentially equal clone.

I'll keep saying it, if the label on my wine says california, i know not to think that how it tastes represents whatever name is on the label. I know it is the caliornia version of whatever wine.

I mean, I am not going to eat feta cheese that has "made in antarctica" on the label and say "the greeks suck ass" if i don't like it.

if the location of origin of a food is well known, then just read the label, and you will know what you need to know about making judgements when you taste it.

[Drake Tungsten]

Once again - they own the name Parma.

No they don't. Why in the hell do you think they do?

[Drake Tungsten]

For other brands, "cheap" is more or less synonymous with the product.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with Tanqueray.