Last Wednesday, I stumbled upon this article about raw milk sales being legalized in Wisconsin.
So what?
If you're asking that question, perhaps you have never been exposed to the world of raw milk cheese. In that case, yeah, big deal.
For the die-hard cheese heads and dairy enthusiasts out there, this is really good news. It means we are one step closer to legalized production and sales of raw milk cheese. I'm not clear what the phobia of unpasteurized milk is- there have only been two reported deaths in ten years as a result. With cheese production, unsafe milk with the wrong bacteria won't coagulate properly anyway, which is easier to identify when the milk is unpasteurized and in its natural state. It also has far more nutrients than pasteurized.
As far as unpasteurized cheese goes, there are simply no words. It just tastes a zillion light years beyond what you can get in the store. I still dream about unpasteurized Camembert I ate in Brittany, which would often become the main part of my meal.
Hope this spreads to the coasts soon. Leave our milk alone!
Again, find the yahoo article here.
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