Cheese.

[Mexican18]

Overheard in Tesco's yesterday.
" I wonder why you can't get proper Parmesan anymore? There's just that Parmigiano, foreign stuff, that comes in a big hard lump"
Oh,deary me!

[campbellking]

Friend of mine was having a wedding 'cake' made from 3 tiers of cheese. She was tasting potential layers with her husband to be in Morrisons when the young assistant asked her about decorations. My friend explained they were going to use grapes and various herbs, at which point the assistant breathed a sigh of relief and said ' I was wondering how you were going to ice it'

[THECORBYLOON]

I didn't know they were the same thing Why are there different names?

[Mexican18]

Oh,deary,deary me!!

[THECORBYLOON]

Why the different names?

[Mexican18]

Parmesan is a translation of Parmigiano.

[ubasses]

They probably only ever bought that horrible powdery (supposedly grated) in cardboard tubs. Not seen it in ages, not even sure if they still sell it.

[Peter Pedant]

foo and mehicano did ya say - -- hard cheese !

hi boys are you there? staring at log tables too long
some names of towns have different pronouciations - Paris and Pree

and some actually have different names for the er same place
( toponyms) Rome and Roma

Parmesan and .....
yup
I looked eet up because I thought it was Parmigianino
zer leddol parmay-han - it isnt - - er sozza - eet eezn t

[Mexican18]

I think you're right Ubasses. It is better shaved, anyway.

[Peter Pedant]

oh damn mehicarno - you spoilt my multilingual polyglossal frou-frou

[Peter Pedant]

no it dries out if you grate it

Hey - in 1973 - we were god knows where
and parked up in a lay by in eetaly on the way to Ankara or Angora
and were ( six of us) used to rooting in rubbish bins
and found a box with six nine or twelve wedges of parmesan

which we liberated

then ten mins later - someone else stopped and took real interest in 'our' rubbish bin. and looked and looked
kinda odd for a rubbish bin

we sped off for - - ankara or angora
and had a lot of cheezy spaghet on the way !

[Peter Pedant]

o god the rest of the site is STILL on bliddy RFU songs
did you know the archbish of canterbury has been defrocked?

erm if you did
you certainly didnt learn it on AB -

In February 2018 Carey was granted "permission to officiate" by Steven Croft, the bishop of Oxford, allowing him to preach and preside at churches in the diocese. This was revoked on 17 June 2020 as the Church of England said that there was new evidence linking Carey to a review into abuse committed by John Smyth.

[Mexican18]

PP,I think you should have a drink and lay down for a while!
I'm thinking about my first can of Stella!

[aelmpvw]

stinking bishop is one of my favourite cheeses . . .

[Peter Pedant]

godmanstone
or god man - cheddar - costs an arm and a leg and has such a delish crea my texture that I can hardly stop er eating it
[ well I am not gonna stuff it iup ..... am I ]

[LadyCG]

I still laugh when people ask for "chaw ritz aw" rather than "chor ee tho"

[Bobbisox1]

I laugh when I read // the cheese must have slid of your cracker ///
Must remember that one Lcg :0)

[jennyjoan]

PeterPedant - you can speak and write proper English but you like to fool people.

[Mamyalynne]

I think Peter means, Godminster Cheese.

[Ellipsis]

For Bobbi

[pastafreak]

My favourite cheese at the moment is Montagnolo Affine, at its best when past its use by date ;))