Posted on 03/31/2021 8:29:38 AM PDT by mylife
We've lost track of how many times we've started a paragraph with the words "in normal times," but in normal times we wouldn't have typed that phrase this often. And, in normal times, the monks at the Cîteaux Abbey in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteau, France would be selling its coveted raw milk cheese to restaurants throughout the country or to visitors who come to the monastery to experience more than 1,000 years of history (no, really) and almost 100 years of cheesemaking experience.
But since restaurants in France have been largely closed since the end of October, the 19 Trappist monks who live at the abbey have been sharing their space with about 4,000 extra wheels of cheese, a surplus that adds up to around 2.8 tons of uneaten dairy products. "We tried explaining to our 75 cows that they needed to produce less milk but they don't seem to have understood," brother Jean-Claude said, according to The Guardian. "Our sales are down nearly 50 [percent]. We need to clear out our stock."
n an attempt to give themselves (and their cheeses) a little space, the monks partnered with a website that sells nothing but products produced by abbeys and monasteries and hoped for a miracle. Last week, the cheeses went on sale through Divine Box and they set a goal of selling 2,000 pounds of cheese by Monday evening.
Whether it was divine intervention, good marketing, or just their award-winning cheese, within 24 hours customers had pre-ordered more than 2,006 kilograms (4,420 pounds) of the abbey's Reblochon-style cheese.
(Excerpt) Read more at foodandwine.com ...
There is no such things a surplus beer or cheese or bacon.......................
Don’t understand how we can order this Cheese. If it’s not pasteurized it can’t be sent to the USA.
I see no source on your link to purchase the cheese.
Can it be ordered?
Monks see to that, they sure like cheese and beer!... with bacon.
Wait, is this the right graphic?
Apparently buy maybe not in America, Obama shut down one of my friends for unpasteurized milk/cheese
They might have a tough sell with people throughout Europe still scared senseless of the Chinese evil spirit, Covid, that may have attacked this cheese. Good luck, boys.
They sold it all, which is surprising as the EU trade rules are BS
No..................
Moe! Larry! Cheese!...................
Who does that song? I love it!
It ain’t easy bein’ cheesey...................
It was a Three Stooges gag...................
Wow. Good for them!
Bonne chance!
There was a punk band that wrote a song about it, very catchy...
We’ve lost track of how many times we’ve started a paragraph with the words “in normal times,”
Pay Homage to our Fromage!
I’d love to try it - but I believe the FDA does not allow un-pasteurized milk products into the USA.
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