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Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:45 pm
by Kili01
Surely, if farmers want to Increase their producion of Halloumi under the new rules they need to increase the number of herds of Cyprus sheep and goats? It seems to me that there are noticeably less herds of these animals than there used to be say in the years before Cyprus joined the EU. This isn’t a new situation I remember the local papers saying that Halloumi was going to have to contain more sheep and goats milk than the minimum 20% which was being used in production. ‘Village’ made Halloumi, if you can get it,is much nicer than the one produced commercially,
Dee

Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:57 pm
by Devil
Easier said than done. The herds were decimated by scrapie. There is also less ground for mobile herds to graze the authorised plant species. Nothing to do with the EU, either; not enough animals and less incentive to breed them.

Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:29 pm
by Kili01
Maybe something will have to give. Perhaps herds will be allowed to graze other grasses as well?

Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:30 pm
by Kili01
Maybe something will have to give. Perhaps herds will be allowed to graze other grasses as well?

Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:59 pm
by Jim B
Just returned from the UK. Halloumi was on the menu every restaurant we went to eat. There should be standards to provide a quality product.

Jim

Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:24 am
by PW in Polemi
Kili01 wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:45 pm ‘Village’ made Halloumi, if you can get it,is much nicer than the one produced commercially,
Dee
And it doesn't squeek on your teeth either! 😀

Re: Halloumi Shortage

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:48 am
by Dominic
Yes, it's like comparing a slice of long-life mild cheddar to a chunk of Vintage Farmhouse.