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The valley of the cheese of the dead
- Loughla 3y agoThese types of things always give me a sad, disconnected feeling. What have we lost over the years in local culture? What traditions are forever gone?
- LordShredda 3y agoI'm sure some ancient egyptian has said the exact same phrase 8000 years ago
- dividedbyzero 3y agoBut back then their loss was more localized. the Ancient Egypt state came with a much-changed cultural base, but outside of the reach of that empire lots and lots of people kept their ice age customs. Nowadays much of the world is so uniform that cultural loss is often absolute and final. There are no more barbarians on the fringes of the Swiss state.
- civilitty 3y ago> These types of things always give me a sad, disconnected feeling... What traditions are forever gone? You're in luck, I've got an altar to sell you! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice
- FerretFred 3y agoFunny you should mention that - try telling people you're a Pagan and you get a similar reaction.
- whatshisface 3y agoI saw a comment in another thread about people who write software for work "at 1AM, in their underwear." It called them heroes.
- skygazer 3y agoWow, that this odd-yet-poetic practice wasn’t invented by Terry Pratchett for the Disc World series, but is reality, boggles and delights me.
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 3y agoI was thinking a Stephen King horror story about a serial killer terrorizing his quaint Alpine hometown because he prefers younger, fresher cheese. Either way, it does indeed seem an odd-yet-poetic practice.
- motohagiography 3y agoSeems like a good internet product that triggers with your will. Import rules could be a hassle, but if I were a vineyard or distillery, it might be interesting to leave a case, a cask, or a wheel to heirs. The option to sell it might be attractive as well.
- aksss 3y agoMy goggle fu, though used only briefly, comes up with no quick link for the paper, “Death, the Priest, the Woman and the Cow: Chronicle of Research in the Village”. Anyone else have better luck?
- tetris11 3y agoBest I've found is "The Widow and the Priest" (Robert Leighton, 1869) https://search.proquest.com/openview/963e53921cc804de/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2599 https://search.proquest.com/openview/963e53921cc804de/1?pq-o... Scans: https://dvpp.uvic.ca/poems/goodwords/1869/pom_1994_the_widow_and_the_priest.html https://dvpp.uvic.ca/poems/goodwords/1869/pom_1994_the_widow...
- aksss 3y agoAnd not remotely connected to the article, the source paper in question, its author, the subject, or even the same century.
- user_ 3y ago> La mort, le curé, la femme et la vache. Chronique d’une recherche au village https://books.openedition.org/iheid/3183 https://books.openedition.org/iheid/3183
- aksss 3y agoThank you so much! Very cool, and as fascinating an accompaniment to this article as expected. Chrome does a decent job translating this over to English.
- popol12 3y agoNo mention about what these cheeses taste like, it’s very frustrating Is it a kind of Gruyère ? An Emmental ? Something else ?
- eginhard 3y agoAfter such a long time it's probably not comparable to one at a more normal ripening stage. The region is mostly known for Raclette, but for these cheeses the milk is apparently heated higher for a firmer result: https://www.24heures.ch/grimentz-des-meules-de-fromage-de-142-ans-136870990084 https://www.24heures.ch/grimentz-des-meules-de-fromage-de-14...