Posted on 11/14/2024 5:19:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
It's a stinkin' crime.
Neal's Yard Dairy, an artisan cheese purveyor in the UK, shared that it was the victim of a massive cheese theft that saw more than 22 tons of cheddar stolen out from under them.
"We have some difficult news to share. Neal's Yard Dairy has been the victim of a theft resulting in the loss of over 22 tons of clothbound Cheddar," the shop shared on its Instagram page. As it further explained, the theft was carried out by a fraudulent buyer who posed as a "legitimate wholesale distributor for a major French retailer."
The shop delivered more than 950 wheels of Hafod, Westcombe, and Pitchfork Cheddar before they discovered it was all a ruse. However, it added that "despite the significant financial blow, we have honored our commitment to our small-scale suppliers and paid all three artisan cheesemakers in full."
According to the BBC, the shop usually sells the Hafod Welsh for £12.90 (about 16.72) for 300g, the Westcombe for £7.15 (about $9.27) for 250g, and the Pitchfork for £11 (about $14.26) for 250g.
"The artisan cheese world is a place where trust is deeply embedded in all transactions," Patrick Holden, who owns the farm where the Hafod cheddar is produced, shared in a statement. "It’s a world where one’s word is one’s bond. It might have caused the company a setback, but the degree of trust that exists within our small industry as a whole is due in no small part to the ethos of Neal’s Yard Dairy’s founders."
Tom Calver, from Westcombe Dairy, added, "The amount of work that’s gone into nurturing the cows, emphasizing best farming practice, and transforming the milk one batch at a time to produce the best possible cheese is beyond estimation." He added, "And for that to be stolen, it’s absolutely terrible."
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Even Jamie Oliver is in on the case, posting on Instagram that the "amount stolen equals the entire annual production of Hafod cheese, potentially creating a significant gap in the artisanal cheese market." He added, "As the world’s most consumed cheese type, Cheddar’s theft affects Neal’s Yard Dairy’s exports to 20 countries … Cheese enthusiasts are advised to be wary of suspiciously large quantities of premium Cheddar on the black market. Remember, if the deal seems too gouda to be true, it probably is! Let’s find these cheese stealers."
Neal's Yard Dairy noted in its post that it's working with law enforcement authorities to identify the perpetrators. "In the meantime, we would like to put out a call to everyone within our esteemed community of cheesemongers around the world. If anyone is offered or receives cheeses they believe may have been associated with this theft, particularly clothbound Cheddars in a 10kg or 24kg format with the tags detached, please contact info@nealsyarddairy.co.uk."
SCOUT: It’s not much of a cheese shop, is it?
OWNER: Finest in the district!
SCOUT: (annoyed) Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.
OWNER: Well, it’s so clean, sir!
SCOUT: It’s certainly uncontaminated by cheese....
Cleese: “…Do you have any cheddar? (He asked, expecting the answer ‘No.’)”
Palin: “Mmm…No. Sorry. Not today sir.”
Cleese: “No cheddar?!? It’s the most popular cheese in the world!”
Palin: “Not very popular ‘round these parts.”
Cleese: “Hmm. And what IS popular ‘round these parts’?”
Palin: “‘Illsdale, sir.”
Cleese: “Hillsdale is it? Very well, I’ll have some of that, then.”
Palin: “Oooh…I’m sorry.”
Cleese: “What now???”
Palin: “The cat’s eaten it.”
Cleese: “Has he?”
Palin: “She, sir.”
Cleese: “Tell me: how does this shop stay open?”
Palin: “Oh, it’s the best cheese shop in manor, squire!”
Cleese: “Explain the logic behind THAT statement!”
Palin: “Well…It’s so CLEAN, sir!”
Cleese: “It’s certainly devoid of any cheese!…”
You remember it better thanI did! 🙂
I’ll bet that the shop is the one that was featured in Monty Python’s skit featuring John Cleese.....They were out of ALL cheeses.
I cheated; I looked up the script LOL
It appears someone infiltrated their place of purveyance in search of some cheesy comestibles.
That ain’t nothing, the US government stole 80,000 lbs of butter, because it wasn’t labeled as Dairy.
That ain’t nothing, the US government stole 80,000 lbs of butter, because it wasn’t labeled as Dairy.
That ain’t nothing, the US government stole 80,000 lbs of butter, because it wasn’t labeled as Dairy.
My favorite cheese shop in the world...
I walked in there once and was the only customer, so I launched into the cheese shop sketch. The young Polish girl behind the counter looked at me like I was insane—she had no clue what I was talking about. :D
I'm surprised you don't know, being a doctor and thus having a scientific background.
Intervals of 1000 are standard usage in scientific and engineering practice and have been for a very long time. It's not just weight (gram/kilogram). It's fractional time (millisec, microsec, nanosec, etc.), large quantities (thousand, million, billion, trillion, etc. and kilo, mega, giga, tera, etc.) and so forth.
1000 is the accepted interval where you switch to the next name, in most areas of science and certainly engineering. Indeed, whereas "scientific notation" uses integer powers of 10, "engineering notation" uses only powers of 10 that are multiples of 3 (10^3 being 1000).
Aside: the "MKS" system (meter/kilogram/second) has largely won out over the "CGS" (centimeter/gram/second) system which is still used in some scientific sub-fields.
If it’s $10 per pound for cheddar imagine how much Venezuelan beaver cheese is.
My apologies for a bad assumption. I have managed to miss your comments about it in the past, sorry about that, Doc. :-)
> I am talking about every non-scientific day life, which is where 90%+ of human activity activity takes place... One cannot easily picture 100 grams in the same way one can picture a half-pound.
Point acknowledged. With regard to weight, I have a fairly good concept of how much is a gram and a kilogram, as well as an ounce and a pound. All the others, metric or customary, are puzzles and I have to convert to one of those four units mentally. In particular, the British "stone" (nominally 14 pounds) eludes me as a weight unit. "He weighs 13 stone"; I have no idea what that is until I multiply.
You'd be surprised:
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