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My late Latin teacher (may $DEITY bless his soul) told me "edam" is Latin for "I am going to eat". It suits this cheese rather well.
JIP |
Talk22:32, 13 March 2006 (UTC)reply
According to the text, "sold as spheres with ... a coat of red or yellow paraffin". But what do we see in the picture? Rectangular pieces of cheese with no coating at all! Could somebody find a more appropriate picture for this fine and popular cheese?
88.112.98.20415:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)reply
I will buy some Edam and take a photograph of it... maybe tomorrow... and wtf is this "smells like poo" business i have not seen that anywhere
Soopermuse (
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00:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Note that a search for Edammer turns up very few English sites, even searching only for English sites. It does turn up stuff like "Edam fish-and-cheese / Edammer visschotel :: Eggs & Cheese ..." and "in her arm-chair, edammer kaas seen over a green whiles he bounds headlong mother a".--
Prosfilaes13:44, 2 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Article not written professionally
I think this article needs to be written more professionally because this does not look like it fits Wikipedia's standards.
Hachiko21:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)reply
Christmas
The Christmas template was removed. I concur, because its status as a Christmas cheese is not universal, but a highly regarded part of Filipino culture, as noted and linked in the article. -
Lexein16:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Fat content
In the text of the article it says that typical fat content of Edam is 28%, but in the boxout on the right it says that it is 11%. Which is correct?
Andy Buchanan (
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16:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)reply
There is a difference between absolute fat contents and fat contents of "dry matter" (I don't know the appropriate English phrase. This is literally translated from Dutch), which is the cheese without any water. I think 28% is without water, 11% is including water —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Omegium (
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contribs)
14:58, 12 January 2010 (UTC)reply
The "without water" measurement is called "Fat in Dry Matter", abbreviated FDM, in English. I will add this to the article.
Bill (
talk)
21:24, 19 April 2015 (UTC)reply
I have a packet of "Go Dutch Edam cheese" which says on the packet that approximately 68% of the calories are from fat, so the above assertions can be challenged.
ACEOREVIVED (
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14:49, 29 April 2013 (UTC)reply
Is there any commercial product available on the market...
which lies between Edam cheese and Vegetarian Edam cheese to reduce the content of cow milk but remaining the consumer's preferences???
NB: Vegetarian Edam cheese is available at www.mainland.com.au —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
165.228.147.130 (
talk) 03:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC) I believe that forcified cheeses with pastoral cereal milk, such as rice, oats, soy or other crops will reduce
dairy allergy enormously. Human mankind should do everything, including food consumption, more advanced than pets do--
165.228.147.130 (
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04:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)reply
The research on this issue is not difficult and I beleive that
sensory evaluation is the tool that will be used mostly
It's a reasonable question, even though this isn't a forum, (see the peach topnote above), but if you find broadly published,
verifiable,
reliable, 3rd-party, independent (no financial interest) sources discussing veggie versions of Edam specifically, bring them up here in Talk. "Sensory evaluation" as mentioned only by, say, me or you, would be essentially
original research and would be challenged for removal. Also, since Edam is a regional variety based on a formulation originated around Edam itself, it seems to me that any variation such as "veggie Edam" would also have to come from there, to be legitimately called "Edam (cheese)", which is the subject of this article. In my opinion :) --
Lexein (
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21:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Pop culture
Some time ago, an unsourced version of this tidbit was reverted because it was unsourced. Well, I found the source, but it's surely not notable until she actually gets the tat:
Helena Christensen, supermodel and editor of Nylon, clearly has a mind of her own on such matters. "I love all cheese," she tells the new (British) GQ, "French cheese, Italian cheese, even British cheese. I've seriously thought about getting a cheese tattoo. A nice Edam on my shoulder, maybe." ---- The Independant, Pandora, September 7, 1999
(broken)Google search result, showing relevant citable text.
PandoraThe Independant (archived via Highbeam Research), September 7, 1999. Clip which quotes the GQ article. Also:
Archive.org archive of FindArticles.com's archive of
The Independant's Pandora full article, citing the GQ article.
I personally think it's notable that MSU produces and makes available Edam, but to be encyclopedic, there should be _no_ multiple links to a single site - that's called link spam. I've trimmed it back, but the whole MSU mention is vulnerable to deletion without
WP:CITE decent citations. --
Lexein (
talk)
23:29, 9 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Followup - This article isn't about the MSU Cheese Store, so we'll not be detailing its months of operation or counter service. --
Lexein (
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12:06, 23 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Sources
Two great old books about cheesemaking, including sections about Edam:
The current revision of the article mentions that Edam is coated in "black" wax, instead of the usual red or yellow- the cheese in the accompanying picture is, ironically, coated in red wax. Any sources about the coloration? --
Danfish77 (
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02:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Gah. I had red and yellow wax colors sourced as indicative of age. Black is also used, but I didn't find RS for it. Feel free to correct as needed. --
Lexein (
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04:52, 21 November 2012 (UTC)reply
I have just added archive links to one external link on
Edam cheese. Please take a moment to review
my edit. If necessary, add {{
cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{
nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
I've made changes and added a worldwide section that mentions Babybel cheese. Most people familiar with Edam cheese outside of the few customary countries know it from Babybel, the largest manufacturer of such cheese. Despite somewhat acting as promotion for Babybel, it provides context to the popularity of Edam cheese worldwide. The citation used needs improvement. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Cxmplex (
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contribs)
17:22, 13 November 2021 (UTC)reply
The only source you've added is published by the company itself. Can you find an independent source that attributes the cheese's popularity to Babybel?
Ibadibam (
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06:23, 14 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Because a source is still lacking, and the content otherwise gives
undue weight to a single company, I've removed it for now. We can restore it once we have sufficient sources to write a neutral, well-rounded section on worldwide consumption or popularity of Edam cheese.
Ibadibam (
talk)
06:04, 28 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Goat milk?
The Infobox states: "Source of milk: Primarily cows/goats." Is that true? I cant find any source that states goats milk is a part of it. It should be purely made of cows milk.
The dutch version of Wikipedia also states its cows milk. So whay does it say cows/goats here? --
SevenMass (
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10:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC)reply