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2005-05-10 Europe

EU Empire continues to grow - Feta is legally Greece's now

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Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-05-10 13:15|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1739 views since 2007-05-07] Top

1 Going forward, I guess we'll all be referring to non-Greek feta as "the cheese formerly known as feta".

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-05-10 13:57|| timurileng.blogspot.com]">[timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-05-10 13:57|| Front Page Top

2 ...but they can only sell it in 2 liter bottles.

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-10 14:01|| 2005-05-10 14:01|| Front Page Top

3 Dumbasses. Process, not location, determines what kind of cheese it is. Absolute bottle-size-determining power corrupts absolutely.

Posted by BH 2005-05-10 14:09|| 2005-05-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

4 LOL! You guys hit the ~~sweet~~ salty spot!

Posted by .com 2005-05-10 14:09|| 2005-05-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

5 Would a feta by any other name stink as much?

Posted by Billy Bob Shakespeare 2005-05-10 14:10|| 2005-05-10 14:10|| Front Page Top

6 Maybe the Danes could start calling it FetaCheez.

Posted by BH 2005-05-10 14:11|| 2005-05-10 14:11|| Front Page Top

7 "I Can't Believe It's Not Feta!"

Posted by BH 2005-05-10 14:13|| 2005-05-10 14:13|| Front Page Top

8 Greece to Denmark! It's Nacho Cheese!

Posted by BH 2005-05-10 14:17|| 2005-05-10 14:17|| Front Page Top

9 Gosh, did anyone notify Wisconsin?

Posted by .com 2005-05-10 14:18|| 2005-05-10 14:18|| Front Page Top

10 Thank God they got that one sorted!

Posted by Tkat 2005-05-10 14:36|| 2005-05-10 14:36|| Front Page Top

11 I haven't been this worried since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Posted by Matt 2005-05-10 14:55|| 2005-05-10 14:55|| Front Page Top

12 This has intercultural incident written all over it. Better book time at the ICC / ICJ / QRSTUVWXYZ. And call del Ponte and make sure she's available. Gonna be ugly. Better up the global "fair share" tax from 7% to 8% to cover it.

Posted by .com 2005-05-10 15:04|| 2005-05-10 15:04|| Front Page Top

13 I saw us 'Merkins' start selling Pheta, pfeta, and feshizzle cheese at 1/2 the price of Feta. our logo could be:

"Pheta/Pfeta or Feshizzle. Its the other white crumbly cheese."

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-05-10 15:22|| 2005-05-10 15:22|| Front Page Top

14 This whole affair sounds cheesey.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-10 15:22|| 2005-05-10 15:22|| Front Page Top

15 "Processed feta-flavored cheese product"?

Posted by Fred 2005-05-10 15:26|| 2005-05-10 15:26|| Front Page Top

16 I want to know what the ruling says about Boston Baked Bean, American cheese, Philly Cheese Steaks... oh yeah and the Cleveland Steamer.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-05-10 15:31|| 2005-05-10 15:31|| Front Page Top

17 Man, I hope the EU never hears that Cincinnati chili is from Macedonia.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-05-10 15:48|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-10 15:48|| Front Page Top

18 which region's claiming smegma?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-10 16:11|| 2005-05-10 16:11|| Front Page Top

19 Tell ya whut... if NY doesn't stop claiming the Kansas City strip as it's own, it's gonna be war.

Posted by BH 2005-05-10 16:12|| 2005-05-10 16:12|| Front Page Top

20 The picture is from anotther conference shouldn't the burning issue be Feta? And why would anyone want tu bn Feta? Is Feta better burnt?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-05-10 16:30|| 2005-05-10 16:30|| Front Page Top

21 So know it's Pheta, pheta is phat cheeze boyoozh.

Posted by RJ Schwarz 2005-05-10 18:05|| 2005-05-10 18:05|| Front Page Top

22 Alright, everybody making or eating Buffalo Wings who isn't from Buffalo, NY -- you better pay me off now, or I'll report you to the EU!

;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-10 19:03|| 2005-05-10 19:03|| Front Page Top

23 This does it! I am feta up with EUropeans!

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-05-10 19:45|| 2005-05-10 19:45|| Front Page Top

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