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Saturday: Simultaneous cheese crackage across our great nation
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Saturday: Simultaneous cheese crackage across our great nation
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This Saturday, Feb. 27, Whole Foods Markets nationwide will be cracking open wheels of D.O.P. Parmigiano Reggiano. While it won't be an attempt to break a Guinness World Record employees set two years ago — most wheels (nearly 300 in 270-plus stores) cracked simultaneously — it will definitely be a sight to see. (Disclosure: I count myself among Whole Foods' "team members." ) Cheesemongers will hover over wheels of 24-month-old Parm, awaiting 3 p.m. EST to dig in the traditional way. This centuries-old method, which employs five tools and takes about three hours to complete, keeps the salt pockets and crystallized, crumbly texture intact. Take away either of these and you just have curdled milk. Stop by a location for samples.
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