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Do you like brined feta?

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This was snapped at the world's largest Costco in Salt Lake City, Utah ...

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1 hour ago, ElsieD said:

I assume that was at the Costco Business centre?.  

The feta was in the store's regular, refrigerated  dairy section. 

 

 

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AlaMoi

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feta cheese making calls for brining the fresh feta - before 'packing' it for use . . .

 

is there an unbrined feta?

or an extra brined feta?

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1 hour ago, Shel_B said:

The feta was in the store's regular, refrigerated  dairy section. 

 

 

Well, then, that's a boatload of feta.  I wonder who (non business) would buy that amount?

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2 hours ago, ElsieD said:

Well, then, that's a boatload of feta.  I wonder who (non business) would buy that amount?

This might help you to better understand the situation at the Salt Lake City Costco.

 

The largest Costco in Utah has aisles of two and five-pound blocks of cheese, cases of yogurt, two-packs of milk gallons, and every other kind of dairy product you can imagine ... in super large sizes. The store has three refrigerated coolers - each measuring 3,000 square feet. An interesting aside is that, hanging just outside the coolers, by the entrance, are warm jackets for the customers to use while shopping in these house-sized refrigerators.

 

The freezer section in this Utah Costco is also vast and carries some products you won't find elsewhere, like whole lambs and pigs.  Here are some lamb carcasses hanging in a freezer compartment. In the same room, but in other compartments, were goat and pig.

 

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This location is a combination of a regular Costco warehouse and a Costco Business Center. Local businesses shop here for products for their vending machines, restaurant equipment, and bulk items for restaurants. Customers come from great distances to fill their trailers and box trucks with supplies and food items. It's a bit of a special place.

 

When I told them about this store, a couple of friends who live in Nevada started planning a trip to visit the place. These people have travelled the world, and continue to travel throughut the US and Canada. One of their great travel pleasures is to visit Costco and Whole Food stores whenever they can.

 

Recently, I was told that Costco is planning to open an even bigger store in Fresno, Californai.  If Fresno gives their approval, they can claim they have "Costco's world largest store" at 241,000 sq. ft. with 32 gas pumps & a car wash.

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3 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

feta cheese making calls for brining the fresh feta - before 'packing' it for use . . .

 

is there an unbrined feta?

or an extra brined feta?

I should have said "feta packed in brine."

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8 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

How much $$$ was it for how much feta? 

 

$30.00 for 9-lbs.

 

Unfortunately, this is a cow's milk feta.

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5 hours ago, ElsieD said:

Well, then, that's a boatload of feta.  I wonder who (non business) would buy that amount?

 

Mormons with large families.

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Costco aren't able to sell that in the EU or 25 other countries  including the UK and China, which still respect EU food regulations. Of course, that includes Greece, although Costco don't have a presence there. It even includes China where Costco sells genuine Greek Feta. 

 

By law in the EU and EU regulation respecting countries, due to its PDO status, Feta can only be made with sheep's milk or a blend sheep's and up to 30% of goat's milk. It must be brined.

 

Feta-like cheeses can be made, but the name can't be used. Salad cheese is one such rename I've seen a lot.

 

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3 hours ago, Shel_B said:

 

$30.00 for 9-lbs.

 

Unfortunately, this is a cow's milk feta.

I just paid $7 CAD for 200-odd grams of it, so I could certainly see myself buying 9 lbs of feta to take advantage of the deal. Lots of salads here, in the summertime. 

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I used to go to SLC every year for a business conference. I'm surprised I never heard about it--I'd have made a point of going, for sure! Mind you, I always drove there and back, so I wouldn't have been buying any of those things to transport back to KC.

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