Comment by SJC_Hacker
7 days ago
Cheese is the obvious one here. I can get a variety of foreign cheeses even at my local big-box grocery. Much better options than most domestically produced cheese.
Irish/Finnish butter (Kerrygold/Finlandia) is also fairly popular here.
If properly refrigerated, milk can last for months especially if pasteurized.
You can also evaporate milk and it will last nearly forever unrefrigerated if kept dry
> If properly refrigerated, milk can last for months especially if pasteurized.
But why take the risk when you can have fresh?
> You can also evaporate milk and it will last nearly forever unrefrigerated if kept dry
Is that still milk?
Cheeses yes, I randomly buy fancy cheeses. But most of my purchases are still boring predictable recent local cheese.
> But why take the risk when you can have fresh? > Is that still milk?
Some people just find it things like evaporated milk convenient. e.g, Coffee drinkers who don't want to bother with refrigerating the cream, so they use the powdered stuff.
In the case of European butters/cheeses, they just taste despite the higher cost.
I doubt anyone would actually prefer American butter, except maybe Americans, but it could be the American producers can make it more cheaply.
So maybe just let the consumer decide ?
> Coffee drinkers who don't want to bother with refrigerating the cream, so they use the powdered stuff.
Infidels! Coffee is the black as night stuff! The rest is just kiddy drinks!
When I say milk, I'm talking about drinking it as-is.
> In the case of European butters/cheeses, they just taste despite the higher cost.
Ok but I'm European. My favourite butter - with taste - is manufactured 124 km away from me :) It's nothing fancy, just butter. Not even expensive. Maybe 10% more than the average local butter.
This subthread started with the post that said the EU is taxing US dairy and chocolate products prohibitively.