I’ve been eating Cambozola lately and trying to figure out the odd pattern of little circles on the rind. They seem to indicate places where someone has inserted something and left a scar. The name of the variety apparently refers to a mix of Swiss camembert and Italian gorgonzola, and there are dots of blue on the inside that are roughly in line with the marks around the outside. So I suspect the gorgonzola is injected via a large needle…altogether it ends up having a very creamy and soft consistency with just a hint of the typical blue’s sharpness, which was probably the objective.
Well done, I say.
Hints to Cheese Makers
by James McIntyre (1827 -1906)
Addressed to Jonathan Wingle, Esq.
All those who quality do prize
Must study color, taste and size
And keep their dishes clean and sweet,
And all things round their factories neat,
For dairymen insist that these
Are all important points in cheese.
Grant has here a famous work
Devoted to the cause of pork.
For dairymen find that it doth pay
To fatten pigs upon the whey,
For there is money raising grease
As well as in the making cheese.
Beware what you take aim at when hunting in Indiana. CBS news reports that the authorities there have deployed robo-wildlife to trap the wily poacher.
Indiana State Conservation Officer Gene Davis said: “[The decoy] is gaining popularity because it’s actually being shot more. The people that are hunting that are seeing it they’re just dumfounded by it. They’re thinking a deer is standing along the road, they’ll get out and take a shot at it.”
I wonder if you are also “subject to a fine and criminal charges” if you run over the deer.
It just jumped out into the road, I swear!
Next, the authorities plan to use a combination of robotic stealth animals and spy rocks to covertly enter hi-risk zones, such as the militant-separatist compounds.
The Office of the Inspector General just issued a report titled “Security Weaknesses Increase Risks to Critical DHS Databases” (Redacted) OIG-06-17, December 2005 (PDF, 36 pages – 2 MB)
The Aussies apparently have found a way to use cheap web cameras to help lifeguards find people in the water. The Australian IT reports that low image resolution protects privacy while increasing the ability to detect swimmers (85% accuracy).