[Sca-cooks] pig cheese

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Well, here's a fine mess.

On the one  hand, I am inclined to accept that it is a hoax, given that I 
can't find the  cheese mentioned anywhere else, except on sites which also 
seem to be based on  this one.

On the other....

First of all, the article itself is  written in perfect English; the 
comment? "The cheese does not really  exists"?

And certainly there's controversy about just who wrote  it:

"JP, LifeInItaly.com is a real online magazine, not much different  than 
say southernliving.com

The neither an editor nor a contibutor to the  online magazine admitted to 
any such thing. Only a random poster with a disqus  account. Sorry but a 
random post in the comments section means nothing,  especially when s/he 
offered no  proof"
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/novak-djokovic-buys-entire-world-supply-of-donk
ey-cheese

The  second half of the statement is also inaccurate; remember the first  
link?
"It's Edward Lee of Louisville's 610 Magnolia and Top Chef.  “
....Lee managed to accumulate a few jars' worth of pigs' milk, from which  
he made half a cup of pig ricotta that he says was delicious. "


So,  I'd be hesitant to take the article as fact, not having found 
confirming  evidence for it. But the comments (which don't always appear, by the 
way) don't  seem probative either.

Jim Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

Newly  translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and  Butter in Old Regime France 

In a message dated 3/19/2013 1:31:46 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
chefchristy at kingstaste.com writes:
Paolo . 2 years ago  
Ok - We admit it ! The Porcorino article was a joke ! The cheese does  not
really exists since it is almost impossible to milk pigs and therefore  to
produce cheese from the milk."