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title: ""The big question, of course, is why? Dear god, why? Tandoh, writing…"
date: 2019-05-17
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# "The big question, of course, is why? Dear god, why? Tandoh, writing…

*May 17, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheese-made-celebrity-belly-buttons-and-armpit-bacteria-goes-display-180972189/](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheese-made-celebrity-belly-buttons-and-armpit-bacteria-goes-display-180972189/){target="_blank"}
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\"The big question, of course, is why? Dear god, why? Tandoh, writing in The Guardian says for her the cheesemaking project, dubbed Selfmade, is a reaction to what she sees as over-reaction and restrictions on food cultures and traditions like raw milk cheese. "This kind of stubbornly strange, silly, unsterile food antic is right on cue," she writes. "Raw-milk cheese is permitted in Scotland but is under threat, and it is against this backdrop that our cheese selves roll in: stinking, fermenting rebuttals to a food culture that values control over spontaneity, consistency over organic growth."\"
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