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Government Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves
- ericpauley 2y agoThis article uses “billions” incredibly loosely. First of all, I wouldn’t call 1.5B “billions”. Second, 1.5B pounds is almost certainly under 1B wheels. Fun read otherwise.
- nxobject 2y agoSadly, it looks like a significant amount of the cheese in cold storage is American and Swiss [1] – they missed a fantastic opportunity to age cheddar en masse. [1] https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/37CAA277-A371-3F73-BCBB-C0D7041506E0 https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/37CAA277-A371-3F73-...
- malermeister 2y agoIs "Swiss cheese" the same thing as Gruyere? Cause if so, that stuff is cave-aged in Switzerland as well!
- Stevvo 2y agoNo, it's equivalent to what we call Edam in Europe.
- malermeister 2y agoJust looked it up, seems like it's more similar to Emmental.
- derelicta 2y agoI kinda want to try this government cheese.
- euroderf 2y agoI got a block back in 1980-ish when they were handing it out. It was... unexceptional. Better than Velveeta but not memorably so.
- derelicta 2y agoTbh I just want to bring a large block of cheese marked "GOVERNMENT CHEESE" on top to a brunch with friends.
- euroderf 2y agowith a proofreader's mark to insert "BIG" between those two words.
- afpx 2y agoI lived off the stuff for several years (along with the free dried milk and stale bread and mayo sandwiches). The worst part about it was all the mold you’d have to cut off. At the time, I didn’t know anything about taste. But, hey at least it kept me from starving.
- iszomer 2y agoI thought the American Slice is it's main source.
- mikhailfranco 2y agoStrategic Cheese Reserve (SCR) Where is the Strategic Cracker Reserve (SCR)? And the Strategic Special Reserve Port Reserve (SSRPR)?