What? I absolutely my internal organs, including brains, well-cleaned before serving, and cottage cheese, while not my first choice of sides with organ meat, is perfectly adequate. See a traditional fried brain sandwich, absolutely looks like a bland (?) diner meal that would have cottage cheese as a side!
Here in Europe, lots of regionally specific products are controlled in terms of where they originate and how they’re made. Champagne is the famous one; if it’s not from the Champagne region, made according to the Champagne method, then it’s not Champagne, it’s sparkling wine of some variety (usually cremant). Similarly, balsamic vinegar, parmagiano-reggiano, etc., have strict rules about what you can put on the label, based on where it came from and what’s in it.
Greek yogurt is one of these. If it’s not from Greece, produced following the traditional process, then it can’t be called Greek yogurt. No carrageenan or xanthan gum to fake the texture, none of that stuff.
Territories outside Europe frequently don’t respect these labeling rules, because the EU can’t enforce its rules beyond its own borders. It does mean those products can’t be imported into Europe, but elsewhere, companies commonly use otherwise controlled terms to describe their products. There are some mutual trademark treaties governing this, so in a few cases the EU rules for certain goods are honored outside Europe; also, California Champagne is famously a weird exception. But Greek yogurt is not (yet) one of these internationally recognized products, so what gets labeled Greek yogurt in the US is not what Greeks would consider Greek yogurt, and it can’t be sold in Europe as Greek yogurt.
Wow, I just banned a new use with the completely normal username Massive_Truth. First post was a long diatribe about poor Epstein being innocent. Apparently there is an upswing in Jeffrey Epstein Conspiracy Theories.
So if any new users come in with an Epstein OP, please flag. The username might be more subtle next time.
Wow. Conspiracy theories about his death aren’t new, and perhaps they are plausible. But I wasn’t aware of any conspiracy theories that he was innocent.
It does read rather as if they think they’re going to drop their “truth” on you with a thud, squashing the opposition (which, around here, has probably slid out of the way unsquashed. Though possibly while providing a recipe for squash. – never mind me, I’m in the middle of a market harvest.)
Puts me in mind of editors on Wikipedia trying make sure that the encyclopedia had “THE TRUTH”.
I dealt with them frequently as an admin. Some people really struggle with the idea that objective facts you can verify are more important than your beliefs.