| daftykins | oh wow we just received our first squirrel: https://guernseypress.com/news/2025/02/28/fate-uncertain-for-elvis-as-he-gets-tracked-down-again/ | 22:15 |
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| zxmpi | a grey, illegal immigrant :-P | 22:19 |
| daftykins | how's this for bad news though? https://guernseypress.com/news/2025/02/28/dairy-stops-all-cheese-production/ | 22:20 |
| zxmpi | we have greys here. there's a red squirrel sanctuary nearby so we're supposed to kill the greys but no one does | 22:20 |
| zxmpi | how long till out of cheese error? | 22:21 |
| daftykins | do you reckon i should stockpile the remaining stuff and try to launch a black market? | 22:21 |
| zxmpi | home brew cheese is the whey to go :-D | 22:22 |
| daftykins | if i can find a small block i might pick one up to give it a good send-off | 22:22 |
| zxmpi | think of the street value in a few months! | 22:23 |
| zxmpi | only one cheese manufacturer on the island? | 22:25 |
| daftykins | hmm, not 100% sure but there's a special thing here for milk where the industry is propped up by not allowing any imported milk | 22:26 |
| zxmpi | could still export the surplus milk to a mainland facility to make the cheese. and still call it guernsey cheese | 22:30 |
| zxmpi | ireland had same problem at end of wwii. lots of excess milk and no way to export with the tech of the time. so farmers turned it into butter. ireland still has a massive butter and cheese exporting industry. some usa states ban irish butter ever few years because it's better than theirs :-) | 22:31 |
| daftykins | hah | 22:32 |
| zxmpi | https://www.irishpost.com/news/butter-lovers-in-a-jam-because-kerrygold-is-banned-in-a-us-state-114026 | 22:33 |
| daftykins | was it Ireland where i read something about farmers burying butter on their land o0 | 22:33 |
| zxmpi | huge % of german market too :-) | 22:33 |
| zxmpi | bog butter turns up all the time. often still edible as bog is anerobic. https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2019/march/14/irishbogbutterproventobe3500yearspastitsbestbeforedate/ | 22:36 |
| daftykins | :D | 23:05 |
| daftykins | best head to bed, there are things to accomplish this weekend! like learn how to make cheese... ;) \o | 23:23 |
| penguin42 | cheese grommit? | 23:25 |
| daftykins | it's all disappearing D: | 23:26 |
| penguin42 | perhaps you'll have to make a custard factory instead | 23:37 |
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