Thursday, 13 August 2015

Two More Borders





A few weeks ago the EU granted protected status to Bramley Apple Pie filling. The news raised a few eyebrows “across the pond,” perhaps because we feel we invented this particular pastry. After all, what’s more American than apple pie? I’ve actually tasted the Bramley variety, and I can tell you it’s nothing like the pies you find here; any more than a Jersey Royal Potato resembles an Idaho Russet. Protected status is meant to preserve the reputation of certain foods and drinks. They may not bear a particular name unless they’re produced in the proper way and in the proper place. I’m sorry I can’t buy Melton Mowbray Pork Pie or Cumberland Sausage in Utah, but I know their protection benefits agriculture and tourism in Leicestershire and Cumbria. My grocer carries something labelled “Wensleydale Cheese,” but it isn’t from Yorkshire. The taste and texture can’t touch the cheese we used to drive to Hawes to sample.

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