Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoCheesing it upslrpnk.netimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1279arrow-down1imageCheesing it upslrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese
minus-squarePrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoThank you so much for this. The Wikipedia rabbit hole it opened up led me to the fact that “vintage” originally meant “wine harvest”.
minus-squareJasonDJlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’). Interesting. It makes a lot of sense now, knowing that.
Thank you so much for this. The Wikipedia rabbit hole it opened up led me to the fact that “vintage” originally meant “wine harvest”.
late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).
Interesting. It makes a lot of sense now, knowing that.