alt Hacker News> If properly refrigerated, milk can last for months especially if pasteurized.
But why take the risk when you can have fresh?
> You can also evaporate milk and it will last nearly forever unrefrigerated if kept dry
Is that still milk?
Cheeses yes, I randomly buy fancy cheeses. But most of my purchases are still boring predictable recent local cheese.
> But why take the risk when you can have fresh? > Is that still milk?
Some people just find it things like evaporated milk convenient. e.g, Coffee drinkers who don't want to bother with refrigerating the cream, so they use the powdered stuff.
In the case of European butters/cheeses, they just taste despite the higher cost.
I doubt anyone would actually prefer American butter, except maybe Americans, but it could be the American producers can make it more cheaply.
So maybe just let the consumer decide ?