[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Edam (was: Unfamiliar Words in GoF

[Neil Ward]

Rita wrote:

<< ...know those Dutch cheeses that are the shape of a flattened sphere and
covered in a layer of bright red wax? One of them is named Edam and the
other is named Gouda. Both are hard cheeses of yellow-white color, but I
can't tell them apart by taste.>>

Riding on the back of Amanda's riddle about Edam (yes: I had heard that
one), I meant to mention this when Rita posted the above.  I think I'm right
in saying that Gouda is usually covered in yellowy-orange wax, not red, and
that that's probably the only way some people can tell them apart <g>.

I have a sudden image of people chasing cheeses down a hill with a stick.
Am I imagining this, or is the reason for the round shape and protective
covering that the cheeses could then be rolled easily through the streets,
and around the cheese markets and emporia, of Holland ?  I could be mad - it
is nearly 3am.

Okay... deep breath.... I'm nitpicking on cheese now.  Time to get my head
down in a darkened room.

Neil
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