Is there a reason for Swiss cheese's continued existence?

[Kzoo]

12 minutes ago, donkpow said:

I assume, for the purposes of this discussion, that the words “Swiss” and “Emmentaler” are interchangeable.

https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Swiss_Cheese%2C_Emmentaler_Cheese_Standard[1].pdf

Maybe           Maybe not.

 

[ChrisL]

1 hour ago, Razors Edge said:

And real cyclists will know all about this:

When I first got into cycling in 1981-2 I would see guys with drilled out parts often.  I always thought it looked cool.  

[Tizeye]

I prefer Gerelere or Raclette. Swiss is more aero.

[Airehead]

Two words

Rueben sandwiches

[groupw]

Could it be it's not the taste, but the holier than thou attitude that bothers RG?

[Ralphie ★]

2 hours ago, ChrisL said:

When I first got into cycling in 1981-2 I would see guys with drilled out parts often.  I always thought it looked cool.

I remember reading somewhere that even the bananas were drilled for lightness.

 

[Road Runner]

I never knew that Cheese was from Switzerland.   

I thought he was from SC.  

[Further]

Back when my tasters work well I loved a ham and swiss on rye bread

I still like it but the flavor is mostly memory

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

7 hours ago, jsharr said:

Do you know what this is?

 

I'm going to guess it's the frame of the car that hit some guy at 140mph and broke his hip.

 

[Wilbur ★]

36 minutes ago, Further said:

Back when my tasters work well I loved a ham and swiss on rye bread

I still like it but the flavor is mostly memory

Toasting it enhances the flavours.   

[Scrapr ★]

2 pages....

I thought we were going to talk about @AirwickWithCheese

 

[Randomguy]

I have it on very good authority that Swiss cheese is the only cheese served at the lairs of supervillains worldwide.  

True story.

[Dottleshead ★]

Swiss cheese is the best ever and has the fewest calories 

[maddmaxx ★]

2 minutes ago, Dottles said:

Swiss cheese is the best ever and has the fewest calories 

Of course.  15% of it isn't there.

[Dottleshead ★]

On 5/19/2021 at 9:59 AM, Randomguy said:

This chick is clearly on drugs:

I want to marry her. Is that wrong?

[Randomguy]

11 minutes ago, Dottles said:

I want to marry her. Is that wrong?

Maybe.  Are you converting to the Mormon faith?

[Dottleshead ★]

4 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

Maybe.  Are you converting to the Mormon faith?

I’m not sure I’ve ever considered a woman’s faith as being something to prevent me from pursuing her. I mean get serious RG. 

[Digital_photog ★]

Swiss cheese is the best cheese.

[Razors Edge ★]

Honestly, folks who don't like Swiss cheese should be shunned!

[Kzoo]

22 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Honestly, folks who don't like Swiss cheese should be shunned stoned and then drawn and quartered!

FIFY

[Digital_photog ★]

1 hour ago, Razors Edge said:

Honestly, folks who don't like Swiss cheese should be shunned!

 

1 hour ago, Kzoo said:

FIFY

The Amish people who make it would only agree with the shunning.  The killing is contrary to their religion.

[maddmaxx ★]

On 5/19/2021 at 9:53 PM, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said:

 

I'm going to guess it's the frame of the car that hit some guy at 140mph and broke his hip.

 

Part of a 1963 Pontiac

[Tizeye]

Swiss cheese isn't Swiss. While it does resemble Emmentaler cheese, it is made from processed pasturized milk ot low fat milk where true cheese from Switzerland (including Emmentaler) is made from raw milk. I personally prefer Gruyère and Raclette. 

[maddmaxx ★]

Swiss Cheese is Airwick's European cousin.

[Ralphie ★]

I had to use Swiss for today’s lunch. Better than nothing!

[donkpow]

17 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

Honestly, folks who don't like Swiss cheese should be shunned!

You must be Amish.

[Tizeye]

My Swiss SIL accompanied me to Publix deli for some subs. He refused to have Swiss cheese put on his sub. He loves cheese...and makes an awesome fondue for dinner...but American cheese called Swiss is an abomination.

This is his cousin making cheese with pure immediately after milking the cows. This was the beginning of the year production with the cows returning to the high altitude pastures last week and the cheese is flipped with a salt brine applied daily as it ages for a year. Now that is cheese - solid with no holes.

 

[Razors Edge ★]

1 minute ago, Tizeye said:

but American cheese called Swiss is an abomination.

Did you ask him about the yellow "American" cheese? Or Velveeta? Or any number of the other cheeses in the deli counter?  I'm pretty sure most Europeans don't just struggle with our "Swiss" cheese, but likely most of our deli cheeses.

[Randomguy]

No holes in your Swiss cheese? Here's why

MAY 28, 2015 / 12:22 PM / AP

BERLIN - The mystery of Swiss cheese and its disappearing holes has been solved: The milk's too clean.

A Swiss agricultural institute discovered that tiny pieces of hay dust are responsible for the famous holes in cheeses like Emmentaler or Appenzeller. As milk matures into cheese these "microscopically small hay particles" help create the holes in the traditional Swiss cheese varieties.

The government-funded Agroscope institute said in a statement Thursday that the transition from age-old milking methods in barns to fully-automated, industrial milking systems had caused holes to decline during the last 15 years.

In a series of tests, scientists added different amounts of hay dust to the milk and discovered it allowed them to regulate the number of holes.allowed them to regulate the number of holes.