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> But nobody in their right mind is picking something rancid. Nor would a supermarket ever sell it. Unless it is cheese.

• greenhearth 3y ago
  Cheese is not rancid. Cheese is fermented, which is a completely different, harmless process
  • chmod775 3y ago
    > Rancidification is the process of complete or incomplete autoxidation or hydrolysis of fats and oils when exposed to air, light, moisture, or bacterial action, producing short-chain aldehydes, ketones and free fatty acids. > Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substances through the action of enzymes. So by those definitions, rancidification through enzyme-catalysed oxidation, which by proxy probably includes anything microbial, is fermentation. Vice versa aged cheese is produced through rancidification. Doesn't sound completely different to me. Disclaimer: A lot of the terms in those Wikipedia articles go over my head, so feel free to correct me.
  • Maken 3y ago
    It's essentially the same thing but controlled.
    • greenhearth 3y ago
      No
• smegsicle 3y ago
  what do you mean by this? sure some cheeses can be pretty smelly, but we're talking about olive oil, and whether 'rancid' makes any sense to describe something with subtler flavor than fresh
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  • chmod775 3y ago
    Something tasting rancid is not the same as actually being rancid. Aged cheese is produced through rancidification.