Fun fact - in Switzerland the holes are not permitted. Bonus fact - Switzerland imports more cheese than it exports.

Kichererbsen 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Fun fact, but also fake news. Emmethaler cheese has holes even in Switzerland. It's the only part of that cheese that tastes any good, so why remove them?

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ricudis 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And how would they know if my cheese has holes, given that there is a non-zero probability that a random cut over a piece of cheese goes through no holes at all? They would have to make so many cuts that the cheese becomes grated. And grated cheese most definitely doesn't have holes!

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brainwad 4 days ago | parent [-]

They know the density of holeless cheese, and can compare to the sample. If it's underweight it probably has holes?

	▲	IAmBroom 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Eureka!

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tribaal 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is bullshit, Emmentaler has holes here as well.

Source: am Swiss, live in Emmental

	▲	rootusrootus 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Okay, okay, Wikipedia was wrong about the regulation on the holes, then ;-). Go edit it!

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JumpCrisscross 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> in Switzerland the holes are not permitted

For Emmentaler?

	▲	HelloNurse 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Someone might be confusing the large holes of Emmentaler (and imitations thereof) with the smaller and sparser ones of Gruyère.