Our Taste Test of Supermarket Feta Cheese

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Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Julia to a taste test of feta cheese.

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  1. I like Viggo – it's all sheep's milk, not too salty, a nice balance of creamy, funky and firm – and it's readily available (in my area) as solid blocks in brine – my go to feta for raw and cooked applications

  8. In Europe if the Feta cheese is not made in Greece and to the correct recipe for example its made with cow's milk, it cannot be labelled as Feta, instead it is typically labelled as "salad cheese" it avoids any confusion on the part of the consumer, you always know you are getting the genuine article. This is the same for many products in Europe, such as Parma Ham, Prosciutto Ham, Stilton Cheese, Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, etc. I think the worst offender I saw while travelling in Canada was "Black Forest Ham" which is also a protected product in Europe. In Canada, it was a processed wet slice of boiled meat puree that was chopped and shaped and stuffed into a casing. In Europe Black Forest Ham looks much like Prosciutto an air dried ham that has been made using a specific protected method. Honestly food in USA and Canada just seems like its trying to imitate and cheat the consumer out of their money. Why mis-represent food. In Europe all of these products would be classified as fraudulent and the manufacturers would be fined. Its like Toyota selling a copy of a Mercedes and calling it such. I don't understand why Americans are OK with this, but I suppose money talks and these producers would lobby against any additional controls.

    Edit – Typo

  26. Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have really great Feta, and I’m Greek so I would know. BUT, those are splurge stores for me and way out of budget for most Americans. I ain’t no diner owning Greek either, so I’m not buying the good stuff all the time.

  33. There's no catching up to be done.

    America just doesn't do enough sheep to make a sheep's milk cheese industry.

    We have around 6 million sheep, with over 80% being for meat, and a population of ~330,000,000 people.
    Greece has over 8 million sheep, with over 6 million being for milk production, and a population of ~10,000,000.

  39. My AOL screen name was 'Feta and Olives.'

    You know, sometimes we associate a certain taste with something and nothing else tastes right.

    I love spaghetti but no sauce tastes right except Chef Boyardee. The closest acceptable sauce is the Spatini sauce used in US school lunchrooms. They were the only two I ate til I graduated high school.

  40. I assumed when I saw the thumbnail that you would have ignored the part about the name and then you started the video with that. Excellent. I assume I got that idea because when I have visited the states! I have seen “champagne” from California and had a good chuckle. 🙂

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