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peterpam
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How come you have Champagne that comes anywhere but that region in France or what about Parmesan cheese that doesn't come from Parma Italy or Genoa salami that doesn't come from the same city in Italy? These words have all become synonymous with the items they are associated with. I grew up in Buffalo, NY yet for some odd reason there are Buffalo Wings all across the world now. That's the way it goes when the actual food item get intermingled with the regions they are associated with and well, the change is now permanent.
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Cheddar isn't an area, it is a process. You 'cheddar' the cheese. It isn't describing the place it comes from like Parma ham.
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Unlike the rest of the European Union countries Britain was slow to apply for PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) status for most of its products. As a result the British can't call a sparkling white wine made from the same grapes and by the same process, "Champagne", but the rest of the EU can call a cheese that they make "Cheddar". PDOs only work within the EU and in the USA and Canada, for example, it is perfectly legitimate for them to call a home-produced wine "Champagne" and a home-produced cheese "Cheddar". In fact many people in North America have drunk so-called "champagne" that hasn't been within 5,000 miles of France, or think that "cheddaring" is a process and nothing whatever to do with Cheddar, that beautiful place in Somerset, England. Philistines all!
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Sorry all - I clicked the wrong button. This should have been a comment.
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Yes, it is processed many places.
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