Amo a Sam amat

#AusPol

With 'feta' on the block, what new name should #Australians use for a white soft sheep / goat milk cheese, stored in briney solution, that's good in a frittata and a rocket salad?

Wet white cheese (say what you see)
14.3%
Saltwater cheese
45.7%
Goat cheese (ew)
8.6%
Coon (please don't, for the love of...)
5.7%
Danish cheese (? what even?)
0%
Canberra cheese
14.3%
Canavan sovrinitty cheese
2.9%
VonDerLacta
8.6%
Poll ended at .
Mar 24 at 1:47amWeb
Show threadWhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮Mar 24
@Heterokromia Why can't we use "Feta" anymore?
Show threadAmo a Sam amatMar 24
@NickSchwanck There a new free trade deal with the EU. I was going to post a link to an article, but nothing in-depth has passed me by yet.
Show threadMojo ♻️Mar 24

@Heterokromia @NickSchwanck

Cheeses like feta belong to a whole family of brined white cheeses made from sheep’s or goat’s milk that have existed across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East for thousands of years. So the type of cheese is much older and much broader than any one nation.

You see similar traditional cheeses across the region:
• Beyaz peynir (Turkey)
• Sirene (Bulgaria and the Balkans)
• Jibneh Arabieh (Levant)

Show threadAmo a Sam amatMar 24
@mojo @NickSchwanck HJow dare you pollute my timeline with facts. My very word Jerry!
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Mar 24
@Heterokromia Fetta. Already in use by many. Or, if they insist, Fettta. Pointing out, of course, that Australia has almost as many Greeks as Greece, and why can't they call it a name from their own language?
Show threadDaniel CarosoneMar 24
@anne_twain @Heterokromia or go the other way.. feeta
Show threadFaraiweMar 24

@Heterokromia defs something exotic sounding, the more outrageously foreign to Yurpians, the better. Pretend a koala and a roo crafted it, near a billabong, while the crocs played didgeridoo, name accordingly.

Make it happen.

Show threadAmo a Sam amatMar 24
@faraiwe Sell it in cubes and call it Wombat Cheese?
Show threadFaraiweMar 24
@Heterokromia see?? That's the spirit. Now work it m04r and bettah.
Show threadGreg NewtonMar 24
@Heterokromia caprovine
Show threadMorten Hilker-SkaaningMar 24
@Heterokromia feta Inspired cheese.
Show threadwarkolmMar 24
@Heterokromia why did you even put option 4 in there....
Show threadAmo a Sam amatMar 24
@warkolm Rush of blood to the head. I regretted it almost straight away. I was hoping for some kind of ironic 'Straya!' vibe, but oh well, regrets expand to fill the time since the mistake. Sorry all. Ignore that one.
Show threadDavid PMar 24

@Heterokromia

"Fedda"

It's how we all pronounce it, isn't it?

Show threadMarg is grimMar 24
@Heterokromia Partner calls it fetid cheese - clearly not a fan. I grew up on the stuff but even the bulgarians can't call it feta these days...