The Great Cheese Debate

Yorkshire Feta cheese. Should it exist? Should Greece be given a monopoly over it's production? Should you give a s**t?! For those of you who have been asleep for the last few years and have not heard about this sEUd (stupid European Union demand [it's a new phrase that I just made up]) then have a read of this: [link]

If you couldn't be bothered reading it, then I'll paraphrase for you. Basically, the EU has decided to try to make it illegal to make Feta cheese outside Greece (even though the term 'Feta' refers to the style of cheese made around the Mediteranean and not specifically Greece). There is a company in Yorkshire called Shepherds Purse who have been making Yorkshire Feta since 1987 and should the sEUd be fulfilled they will have to stop making it. It really is pathetic and should it happen I will start a (one man) campaign to make it illegal to make Yorkshire Puddings outside of Yorkshire - I'm sure Shepherds Purse will back me up.

Feta Cheese

Yorkshire Pudding

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