Comment on Australia and EU on verge of striking free trade deal long stalled by beef, parmesan and prosecco
Zagorath@aussie.zone 20 hours agoIf they think their ingredients are so much superior than the same product made elsewhere, they should be fine with calling it “parmesan from Parma”. As it is, in places that respect this form of intellectual property, they’re essentially given a state-backed artificial monopoly that props them up more than their product can earn on its own merits.
beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
TFW Parma, Feta, Champagne are all places 😆
Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Whisky is a fantastic example of exactly what I’m talking about. Nobody has a regional claim preventing you making whisky whereger you want. Scotch whisky uses Scotch as an adjective telling you it’s the type of whisky made in Scotland.
If the town of Parma didn’t want people calling their cheese parmesan, they shouldn’t have named it using their town name as the noun for the whole style of cheese.
beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Parmesan is allowed, but not Parmigiano Reggiano, because its not from there.