In article >,
Michel Boucher > wrote:

> Dan Abel > wrote in news:dabel-AB86A0.12432629122008@c-61-
> 68-245-199.per.connect.net.au:
>
> > Our local cheese factory, a few miles out of town, claims to have beaten
> > the French at their own game
>
> And exactly what game is that?

Making soft ripened cheeses.

> As for their awards, they refer to "16 awards in the American Cheese
> Society International Competition and 6 Medals in the “World Cheese Awards”
> Competition". How many French cheeses were submitted in competition in the
> American Cheese Society International Competition?
>
> The "World Cheese Awards" are London (UK, one presumes although it doesn't
> specifically say so) and Wisconsin (US, one presumes). Beating the English
> doesn't amount to a victory over French cheeses at all.

They claimed to beat French cheeses. I didn't see any detail, either.

> And my guess is we're talking pasteurized cheeses here, not raw milk which
> is much more popular in France.

They pasteurize their milk. For a while, there were a few complaints
about unwanted mold, so they started pasteurizing the cheese, and I
stopped buying it. They no longer pasteurize the cheese.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA