Friday, June 1, 2012

Re: [FSHS] 500,000 rounds of Parmigiano-Reggiano damaged in...

ah, yes, Federal Hill, one of my favorites!
Dan Defebbo 1:46pm Jun 1
ah, yes, Federal Hill, one of my favorites!
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Kevin Fetzer
Kevin Fetzer1:44pm Jun 1
Yes Dan, things in Italy and things in RI :-)
Dan Defebbo
Dan Defebbo1:41pm Jun 1
Kevin, spoken like a man who knows how things in Italy work.
Kevin Fetzer
Kevin Fetzer1:08pm Jun 1
Thanks Dan, I stand corrected, a small hit to the local economy. And I was assuming that we all know how the entire 'damaged' goods will be 'parted out', if you will, and most likely pull in more than the original value, plus there is the insurance payment for the 'loss'. Any cheese that does not got bought up will be sold at a discount to the pig farmers for the finer and more expensive prosciutto....capito?
Dan Defebbo
Dan Defebbo12:35pm Jun 1
Actually, Kevin even at $18.99/lb (which only Weis Market customers pay), it comes to less than $800,000,000. Considering that the regional GDP of Emilia-Romagna is about 139 billion Euros per year this loss only represents less than 0.442%. Don't forget, that's just the cheese that was damaged, it should be assumed that some of it can still be sold. That's the thing about Parmigano, it still tastes great when you break it up into little pieces. Can anyone tell, I'm procrastinating from doing something productive?
Dan Defebbo
Dan Defebbo8:24pm May 31
When I lived near Venice, we ate Grana Padano because it cost half what Parmigiano did. I just looked the other day at my grocery store and they're both the same price ($18.99/lb). Serves me right for living in central Pennsylvania. I gotta find me a Trader Joe's.
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