Government Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves

[nxobject]

Sadly, it looks like a significant amount of the cheese in cold storage is American and Swiss [1] – they missed a fantastic opportunity to age cheddar en masse.

[1] https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/37CAA277-A371-3F73-...

[malermeister]

Is "Swiss cheese" the same thing as Gruyere? Cause if so, that stuff is cave-aged in Switzerland as well!

[mikhailfranco]

Strategic Cheese Reserve (SCR)

Where is the Strategic Cracker Reserve (SCR)?

And the Strategic Special Reserve Port Reserve (SSRPR)?

[derelicta]

I kinda want to try this government cheese.

[euroderf]

I got a block back in 1980-ish when they were handing it out.

It was... unexceptional. Better than Velveeta but not memorably so.

[iszomer]

I thought the American Slice is it's main source.

[ericpauley]

This article uses “billions” incredibly loosely. First of all, I wouldn’t call 1.5B “billions”. Second, 1.5B pounds is almost certainly under 1B wheels.

Fun read otherwise.