L.A. Times: Feta is Greek

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Spiffor

Sheep-milk cheese.

I thought it was common across the whole Balkans. It's a wonder.

Go to Greece now! And order a Greek salad!

Isn't any salad made in greece a greek salad?

ACK!

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Bereta_Eder



Wait a minute You've been to Greece and never sat on a restaurant and didn't order a greek salad?

Only once, small restaurant in Pirreus and I ordered something from meat, house specialty. It was too much, I couldn't eat it all. The salad didn't have cheese in it, or did it, if it did, it wasn't memorable

I mean where did you eat? At McDonald's?

That, and the Greek fast food chains. Hey, my time and and my money were limited, I ate on my feet practically.

I should be able to buy Feta here. I dig cheese, I eat ones with mold all the time.

[Dinner]

Just more anti-competitive protectionism from the people who invented it.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Just more anti-competitive protectionism from the people who invented it.

QFT

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Spiffor

Sheep-milk cheese.

I thought it was common across the whole Balkans. It's a wonder.

Go to Greece now! And order a Greek salad!

It is sheep or goat's milk cheese which has had salt added to it. Nothing more.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
QFT

I've said it many times before. These rules are designed to prevent consumers from comparision shopping between like items. They're simply commonly used phrases which describe a style of food now and are not a protected brand name no matter how much the Europeans wish they were.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by VetLegion


Only once, small restaurant in Pirreus and I ordered something from meat, house specialty. It was too much, I couldn't eat it all. The salad didn't have cheese in it, or did it, if it did, it wasn't memorable

I mean where did you eat? At McDonald's?

That, and the Greek fast food chains. Hey, my time and and my money were limited, I ate on my feet practically.

I should be able to buy Feta here. I dig cheese, I eat ones with mold all the time.

Ok. For next time: If you say salad, they'll bring you the plain one with tomatoes, cucumbers etc. If you say "Choriatiki" that's the one with the feta

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Seeker
Greeks should never even DARE discuss cheese while the Italian peninsula lies above the waves.

As much a bull**** statement as your understanding of the world.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Oerdin


It is sheep or goat's milk cheese which has had salt added to it. Nothing more.

Err no. There's also a special way of "drying it" that's pretty unique and maybe other stuff I don't know.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
the name is enough to think about an abomination

QFT

[Last Conformist]

I don't quite get how not labeling stuff not from Champagne as "champagne" would confuse me. I suppose the anti-competitive conspiracy is working.

[VetLegion]

You probably misused a negation there.

Anyway the whole idea is protectionism, I agree with Oerdin.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
I don't quite get how not labeling stuff not from Champagne as "champagne" would confuse me. I suppose the anti-competitive conspiracy is working.

Over the centuries certain words have entered common usage and no longer simply describe a brand or location and instead describe a generic style. If xerox didn't defend it's brand name and allowed people to continue to call photocopies xeroxes then they would have lost their right to the name. Legally this can occur in just 10-15 years yet here we have a select few contintentals abusing the law in order to bring back names which had become generic 200-500 years ago.



It is even more abusive since everyone in the Balkans makes feta and the Danes have for a very long time as well. I haven't even started on makers from the New World yet.

[Last Conformist]

No, I didn't misuse a negation. What's with people who can't parse a sentence just because it's got three negations in it?

And no, it isn't protectionism. It's a bit ridiculous, but not proctectionism.

[Dinner]

It most certainly is protectionism. This is the same as the Germans suddenly deciding they want exclusive rights to the word "car" or "sedan" and then claiming that all cars can only be made in Germany. That's where the protectionism comes in when they take a well know generic name and then attempt to claim that said generic item can only be built/made in their contrue. It is a textbook case of protectionism designed to harm consumers, fatten the pockets of local producers, and prevent the comparision shopping between like items.