Posted on 04/09/2014 4:32:00 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
He's talking about the European Union wanting to rename the meats in his case. The E.U. wants to limit what we call certain meats that are linked to specific regions across the pond. That means, for example, any bologna, black forest ham or brat not made in its motherland would need some other name.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfmz.m0bl.net ...
"Never have I seen such a public display of Poofery!", ( RSM ,Williams).
What the heck are you talking about 'retroactively'. The Vidalia onion industry started there in the 1930s and grew in popularity every year since then. It was only until the 1970s when they started seeing imitations and the "-like" onions grown elsewhere and created associations and the like to centralize the growing region. Besides being protected within the State of Georgia (1986) it is also a trademarked product, which IS offered at least some protection outside the state. In the end, I don't really care about the protections per se. I know when I buy a Vidalia onion, I always look to see where it was grown, so it's a moot point IMO.
I wasn’t specifically talking about ‘bratwurst’.
I was once deployed to Uzbekistan, where Russian is still spoken.
Local Uzbeks were horrified to hear that we fired up the grill just to “roast a few brats”. `Brat’ means brother in Russian. They thought cannibalism was afoot.
;^)
Perhaps someone should remind these cretins that if it wasn’t for the United States of America their entire continent would currently be named “Nazi Germany”.
First it was cheese...
You were talking to Tokyo Rove or some other little piggy?
That’s what I meant. The Vidalia onion has been around for long enough that in most people’s minds it just means “sweet onion,” so it became a generic name. You say you always look to see where it was grown (I look at all my produce to see that, frankly), so if only Vidalia onions from Vidalia could be labeled as “Georgia Vidalias,” that would probably make it easier.
I honestly don’t see how we can want the government to go in and start imposing names on things retroactively and then pursuing supposed violaters. But if a farmers’ group wants to start calling them Georgia Vidalias and try to set up standards for their production, I think that’s fine, and they can henceforth market them with the name Georgia Vidalia, which will make them more valuable to consumers. But having the government get in there and mess around with names is just something we don’t need.
There goes hamburgers, and vienna sausages. Well, vienna sausages, no loss.
Tokyo Rove?
When I’ve bought them, they were labeled Mexican Sweet Onions or just Sweet Onions. And they aren’t as sweet as Vidalias.
My personal opinion is that government should stay out of it altogether, frankly. Likewise for price supports for milk, dairy, ethanol (corn), all of that.
It is when you start accepting this government’s aegis/support you give up a piece of your soul, IMO. You also give up your freedom.
To differentiate them from the Mexican Vidalias, they should be called Vidalia Vidalias. Then when the Mexican Vidalias become Mexican Vidalia Vidalias, the Vidalia Vidalias should become Vidalia Vidalia Vidalias.
Glad I could help here.
“Yeah, those Vietnamese sure can make good sausages.” — Flip Wilson, c 1973
I suppose they want us to call champagne “fizzy wine.”
This is baloney.
There was a German that lived in Hamburg, but left because he got tired of being called a Hamburger.
He moved to Frankfurt.
DK
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.