[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help] 

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

LA Mayor Karen Bass Threatens Feds: Withdraw From LA Or the Violence Will Escalate –

Woman points gun at police and finds out

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ronny Jackson Accuses Biden Doctor Kevin O’Connor Of Sexual Misconduct

WHAT YOU’RE WITNESSING IN LOS ANGELES ISN’T JUST UNREST—IT’S MORAL COLLAPSE

Anna Paulina Luna Exposes the Guy Behind the Anti-ICE Riots

Mike Huckabee Working To Keep Netanyahu in Power

Israeli Military and Israeli-Backed Gang Shoot Aid Seekers in Gaza, Killing 14

Only 68 Building Permits Issued for Pacific Palisades After Wildfires Destroyed 6800 Structures

Violent Rioters Fire Off Exploding Projectiles at Police Horses Use Fireworks and Explosives to Attack Police

ICE Just Shattered Records With One Massive Operation That Has Democrats Fuming

Nolte: Insurrectionist Democrats Plan Another Summer of Blue City-Riots

Violent riots have now been reported in over 30 American cities. Heres a full list:

Mass shooter opened fire at graduation party was an migrant who was busted in LA ICE raids:

Cash Jordan: ICE Raids Home Depot... as California Collapses

Silver Is Finally Soaring: Here's Why

New 4um Interface Coming Soon

Attack of the Dead-2025.

Canada strips Jewish National Fund of charitable status

Minnesota State Rep. Vang just admitted that she is an ILLEGAL ALIEN.

1100% increase in neurological events since the roll-out of Covid mRNA

16 Things That Everyone Needs To Know About Violent Far-Left Revolution In Los Angeles

Undercover video in Arizona alleges ongoing consumer fraud by Fairlife

Dozens arrested after San Francisco protest turns violent Sunday

Looking for the toughest badasses in the city (Los Angeles)

Democrat Civil War Explodes: DNC Chair Threatens to Quit Over David Hogg

Invaders waving Mexican flags, pour onto the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles

Australian Fake News Journo Hit By Rubber Bullet In L.A. Riot

22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler

North Korean Bulsae-4 Long-Range ATGM Spotted Again In Russian Operation Zone

Alexander Dugin: A real Maidan has begun in Los Angeles


Miscellaneous
See other Miscellaneous Articles

Title: These Italian Criminal Masterminds Heisted $875,000 Worth of Parmesan
Source: [None]
URL Source: https://munchies.vice.com/articles/ ... f-parmesan?utm_source=vicefbus
Published: Sep 27, 2015
Author: Alex Swerdloff
Post Date: 2015-10-10 06:46:28 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: None
Views: 134
Comments: 1

These Italian Criminal Masterminds Heisted $875,000 Worth of Parmesan

By Alex Swerdloff

September 27, 2015 / 1:00 pm

In what is most certainly a grim sign of food depravity, a clandestine group of criminals were recently arrested by Italian authorities for the heinous act of stealing roughly €785,000 (US $875,000) worth of the nation’s delicious, iconic Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

The intrepid group of cheese thieves were arrested by police in Modena on Thursday for allegedly robbing the region of arguably its single greatest creation.

Authorities are claiming that that the merry band of thieves travelled throughout the Central and Northern regions of Italy in hopes of scouting out suitable warehouses and factories in which they might ply their shadowy trade. Throughout the course of their investigation, police were able to uncover some astonishingly complex tools for simple cheese thieves, including weapons, radios, tools used for breaking into targeted buildings, and electronics used to circumvent alarm systems. (Do you think we can bet on a gondola-driving Tom Cruise to accomplish an impossibly similar-sounding mission in his next cinematic escapade?)

According to Il Sole 24, the well-equipped gang of 11 individuals was successfully able to steal some 2,039 wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano over the course of roughly two years.

Apparently, our Italian friends are not the only cheese bandits around. In fact, a 2011 study by the Center for Retail Research in Britain found that cheese is the most commonly stolen food in the world. As Time reports, “According to the [Center’s] data, an astonishing 4 percent of the world’s cheese ends up stolen.”

Well then. That might explain the young couple from Chattanooga who shoplifted 57 blocks of cheese from Wal-Mart this past winter. And in March, a trailer stuffed with $85,000 worth of shredded mozzarella cheese was reported missing at a truck stop in Florida.

The Italian thieves, however, are not some small-time dabblers in American or, God forbid, string cheese. Shredded mozzarella? Blocks of cheese? Seriously?

True Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese—the so-called “King of all Cheeses”—is made from unpasteurized cow’s milk cheese, but not just any unpasteurized cow’s milk cheese. To qualify for the legally protected name in Italy and the rest of the European Union, the cheese must be made only in the certain designated provinces of Italy. It also must meet strict production and quality criteria; a special seal guarantees its authenticity, and lists the age of the cheese, the name of the dairy that it comes from, the production month and year, and a special code that IDs the individual wheel.

Those Italian thieves went for the good stuff. Maybe we can get Massimo Bottura to whip up a commemorative dish honoring Parmesan lost in the line of duty like he did for the devastating 2012 earthquake.


Poster Comment:

We would get a block of Reggiano at the Italian Deli in Illinois. Good stuff.

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest

#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0) (Edited)

Is it really that great? Did it have an authentic seal of authenticity? Never heard of Reggiano before this.

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2015-10-10   13:07:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest


[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]