Posted on 02/06/2009 2:44:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge
CANTAUCO, Chile (Reuters) – It was supposed to be a magic recipe for instant riches, but instead hundreds of residents in this sleepy town in central Chile are up in arms over a "magic cheese" scam that has left many deep in debt.
Chilean housewife Erica Pavez was one of around 300 residents taken in by the pyramid scheme, buying kits to make "magic cheese" said to be used in beauty products like luxury shampoo and moisturizers.
Lured by the scheme, Pavez and her family spent about 25 million pesos (27, 745 pounds)) on the kits, which they believed contained special ingredients to produce the "magic cheese" but in fact turned out to be boxes of crystallized bacteria worth around $4 each (2.7 pounds). The kits cost nearly $400 a piece.
"We are modest people here, casual workers and we got more and more into debt so that we could get into the business," she told Reuters as she prepared to file her claim with visiting French investigator and examining magistrate Sylvie Gagnard.
"I am very disappointed," she said in tiny Cantauco, 75 miles south of the capital Santiago. "We have nothing."
She produced the cheese at home following instructions to mix the ingredients with milk and ferment them for two weeks. The small, round cheeses she believed would be turned into expensive beauty products ended up on the scrap heap.
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The whole thing sounds gross
Poor people! Not only did they get ripped off, soon they will be overun by Mooses attracted to the Cheeses!
I like (magic) cheese.
Do you like (magic) cheese?
“magic recipe”, “scam”, “worthless”, “deep in debt”???
Sound familiar? “hope,change” “deep in debt”
Both resulted in a putrifying worthless mess.
Impeach zero.
Stupid people buying into get rich quick schemes just don't invoke much sympathy from me. Especially when some of these scemes involves ripping someone else off along the way, but then they whine when they turn out to be the victim? Waaahh! to bad sucker.
There’s probably a few billion or so in that godawful Porkulus bill to subsidize the magic cheese industry.
Behold the power of cheese.
¡Encarcele a sus hermanas!
¡El mooses! ¡Ellos morderán!
YUM.
I added magiccheese as a keyword. I clicked the keyword.
Seems this ain't the first thread under "magiccheese"
Seems there are other magic cheese idiots.
Sister...Moose...Cheese...Beeber the Rats!
Where are you getting your Liederkranz? It is my favorite cheese also. I used to get it from Bordens, but was told that particular plant burned down along with all the Liederkranz spores. I love that stinky stuff.
You were on this thread last year
Madame made millions in 'magic cheese con'
pinging your lists.
Well, sirs. Looks like we gots us another magic cheese ping.
Have fun.
Actually I haven’t bought any for a few years. In my town we have a wonderful privately owned grocery that has many cheeses......I think I’ve gotten it there. Limburger is a close second.
When I was in kindergarten, I attended the after noon session, after having lunch with my Dad. We had Liederkrantz with Kippered Snacks on Rye crisp. About a week after school started the teacher sent me home with a note that said: “Just WHAT do you feed this child??”
Heheheh.
“Not much of a cheese shop, is it?”
Thanks for your link. Looks like this is "recycled news" (AKA 'olds'; 'leftovers'; 'orts' scraped from the editor's desk.) from last year that isn't even an "update", unless you count the inflation of the 'police estimates' of how much she took in.
Years ago, at a sci-fi convention, a friend and I rented a room we couldn't afford. To pay for it, we 'sublet' floor space for sleeping bags.
When we wanted a bit of privacey, out came the saltines, limbuger, and sardines. Worked like a charm. LOL
Hey; I said we were poor! Had to make do. That was also, along with sliced onion, one of our favorite deer camp snacks.
While homemade cheese is difficult, eventually I am hoping that somebody comes up with a small scale (if not home) mycoprotein (edible fungus) maker. One of the big manufacturers of this markets it as “Quorn” meat substitute for vegetarians.
However, they are missing a bet in making it for vegetarians. Instead, by blending it with animal fat and meat flavorings, it would have the same flavor and texture as chicken or turkey, and would make a tolerably good meat substitute for the rest of us.
This might be important if a large percentage of our domestic animals are wiped out by the Avian flu. Flavorings and animal fat last a lot longer than fresh meat. And mycoprotein is very high in both protein and fiber.
Having small scale plants in most cities would also be a big help if there were jumps in the price of meat for other reasons. Years ago, the far less satisfying Textured Vegetable Protein was used as a meat substitute, but never really took hold.
Mmmmm........just LOVE those sardines on Rye Crisp. Great camping food also.
A moose once bit my sisters cheesemonger, in the shower
I'll invest as soon as my Nigerian money gets here.
This is hugh adn series! Set your Beeber to Stune!
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