"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:41:08 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:01:17 -0500, Dave W >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I don't think Wisconsin limburger is capable of ripening. Its like the
>>>Twinkies of cheeses. It may last for decades without refrigeration. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> It used to, but I agree with you on the current cheese.
>
> The Wisconsin limburger used the same process and bacteria as any
> other traditional limburger. The process has not been cheapened.
>
> BTW: The FDA has rescinded it's proposed enforcement of not using
> wooden boards for cheese aging, which otherwise would have meant the
> end of domestic limburger. The bacteria-laden boards are crucial to
> limburger production.

Good! I think in a case like that, they should just be required to slap a
sticker on there that says something akin to eat at your own risk and then
explain what possible, even if remote risk there might be.