Government Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves

nxobject 2 years ago |

Sadly, it looks like a significant amount of the cheese in cold storage is American and Swiss [1] – they missed a fantastic opportunity to age cheddar en masse.

[1] https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/37CAA277-A371-3F73-...

malermeister 2 years ago | |

Is "Swiss cheese" the same thing as Gruyere? Cause if so, that stuff is cave-aged in Switzerland as well!

Stevvo 2 years ago | | |

No, it's equivalent to what we call Edam in Europe.

malermeister 2 years ago | | |

Just looked it up, seems like it's more similar to Emmental.

mikhailfranco 2 years ago |

Strategic Cheese Reserve (SCR)

Where is the Strategic Cracker Reserve (SCR)?

And the Strategic Special Reserve Port Reserve (SSRPR)?

derelicta 2 years ago |

I kinda want to try this government cheese.

euroderf 2 years ago | |

I got a block back in 1980-ish when they were handing it out.

It was... unexceptional. Better than Velveeta but not memorably so.

afpx 2 years ago | | |

I lived off the stuff for several years (along with the free dried milk and stale bread and mayo sandwiches). The worst part about it was all the mold you’d have to cut off. At the time, I didn’t know anything about taste. But, hey at least it kept me from starving.

derelicta 2 years ago | | |

Tbh I just want to bring a large block of cheese marked "GOVERNMENT CHEESE" on top to a brunch with friends.

euroderf 2 years ago | | |

with a proofreader's mark to insert "BIG" between those two words.

iszomer 2 years ago |

I thought the American Slice is it's main source.

ericpauley 2 years ago |

This article uses “billions” incredibly loosely. First of all, I wouldn’t call 1.5B “billions”. Second, 1.5B pounds is almost certainly under 1B wheels.

Fun read otherwise.