• Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Seriously? They don't stockpile like wheat or corn? I know they have a fuckload of corn, why aren't they storing it? Cheese is so far down the priority list of what food you should stockpile

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I think there is a reserve of wheat and corn, but it's puny compared to the enormous amounts produced every year. However as another commenter here explained, CHeese is incredibly easy to store, and functions as a way to store diary anyway, so it doesn't really take much to create a strategic reserve. Much harder to do that with corn and wheat, which goes bad and grows mold if left unanttended.

      • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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        2 years ago

        We can preserve wheat as beer. Meat, veggies, and eggs can be canned and/or cured.

        Gov't reserve of beer, century eggs, olives, and prosciutto, for both economic and mental health emergencies.

        • NPa [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          replace all cops with balding, slightly overweight guys called Giuseppe who feed you anti-pasti until you stop having an emergency. :AyyyyyOC:

    • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Seriously? They don’t stockpile like wheat or corn? I know they have a fuckload of corn, why aren’t they storing it? Cheese is so far down the priority list of what food you should stockpile

      most of the subsidized USA corn isn't actually the kind you can grill and eat.

      It's the kind used for animal feed that humans can't actually directly eat. I think that it's the same one used in high-fructose corn syrup, but idk if it can be used for cornmeal or anything like that.