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Sounds like something that could be solved with food irradiation [1] after the cheese has ripened, to kill the mites. It's similar to pasteurization, but withou
by wcoenen 6y ago
Sounds like something that could be solved with food irradiation [1] after the cheese has ripened, to kill the mites. It's similar to pasteurization, but without any of the heat which would melt the cheese. And it's already FDA approved[2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation
[2] https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irra...
- tomxor 6y agoDoes it need to be solved? Is it an actual problem? I'm not clear what the issues is with eating them. What's the difference between mites in this cheese and bacteria in yogurt? they are both intrinsic to the process of producing respective foods.
- stevula 6y agoMany food regulations seem to be based on people’s traditional idea of cleanliness than on actual salutary benefits. I doubt hair and cockroaches are huge disease vectors but I still don’t want them in or near my food.
- serf 6y ago>I doubt hair and cockroaches are huge disease vectors cockroaches are pretty huge disease vectors. they're known to spread salmonella.
- tomxor 6y agoExcept that mites are imperceptible to eat, and very difficult to see.
- saiya-jin 6y agoYeah but if you kill the mites/worms/whatever, its still in the cheese, just dead. I would actually prefer the, you know, meaty part, to be fresh upon digestion
- tomxor 6y ago:D well said, we want our cheese mites fresh and squirming.
- pmoriarty 6y agoWhat about freezing the cheese or removing the oxygen? I would expect freezing to potentially alter the cheese's consistency in undesirable ways, but removing the oxygen for a time should be fine, right?
- airstrike 6y agoI can only imagine the Facebook uproar caused by irradiating food... Not sure killing mites through that method will do anything to help here
- ceejayoz 6y agoOur local grocery store (Wegmans) has ground beef that's irradiated so you can cook it rare. Not much outrage.
- 205guy 6y agoYou know what the French do with un-irradiated ground beef? They mix in a raw egg and some other spices and eat it raw. It’s called steak tartare (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_tartare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_tartare), and it’s pretty good. It helps when you have sane agricultural practices (except for that time they spread prions to people—ooops—and I still can’t donate blood in the US because I was in Europe at that time) and a culture of gastronomie.
- pkaye 6y agoThe FDA now allows those people to donate blood. However the donation centers might take time to update their practices. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-provides-updated-guidance-address-urgent-need-blood-during-pandemic https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavi...
- ceejayoz 6y agoYes, but the French do it with freshly and carefully ground beef, from whole-muscle cuts instead of random trimmings. I'll happily eat a rare burger at my local butcher; they'll grind the meat right in front of me and serve it with a side of beef fat fries. One of the things I intend to immediately enjoy again once lockdown is over.
- p0llard 6y agoCertainly within the EU, eggs are generally of a higher standard than in the US; there are generally completely safe to eat raw in the EU, whereas this would be unwise in the US. Comparing the number of salmonella deaths/cases between (for example) the UK and the US is rather interesting/amusing depending on ones perspective.
- prostoalex 6y ago> after the cheese has ripened There's no official ripe date, and French cheese-mongers typically state the date of packaging to give the customer a general idea of what to expect. Young and aged mimolette have significant differences in texture and taste.
- monadic2 6y agoDoesn't irradiation alter the flavor of the food?