Jamon, Y'all
Proof
America's Test Kitchen
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | When it comes to the foods and drinks that we consume, what's in a name? You can't just call any sparkling white wine champagne, well at least not legally in some places. In the EU, true |
| 0:15.7 | champagne can only be labeled as such if it's produced in the French region of |
| 0:20.3 | Champagne and under very strict rules, like which grapes can be used, where they were grown, |
| 0:26.0 | how they're pressed, and even how the wine is fermented. |
| 0:30.1 | Mexico's tequila has similar rules of governmental oversight, as does Roquefort Cheese, Kobe Beef, and Dar Shilling Tea. |
| 0:38.0 | Even the United States federal government passed a law stating that true Vidalia onions can only be grown |
| 0:44.7 | in certain counties in Georgia. Now I do appreciate the protection of these products. |
| 0:50.4 | There's a ton of history and tradition, time and passion that went into creating them in the first place. |
| 0:57.0 | But then the practical cook and diner and me wonders, |
| 1:00.0 | if I'm served a beautiful crisp, dry sparkling white wine that's not champagne and I don't know about it |
| 1:07.3 | Would I even notice? |
| 1:10.0 | Should I flip the table over in indignation if I'm served some sort of imposter of a stinky rogue |
| 1:16.2 | forte instead of the real deal? |
| 1:19.2 | Or was William Shakespeare right when he wrote, that which we call a rose, by any other name, |
| 1:25.4 | what smell is sweet. |
| 1:26.7 | From America's test kitchen, I'm Bridget Lancaster, and this is proof. |
| 1:37.0 | The folks at Oxo are on a mission to make everyday experiences a little better. |
| 1:48.0 | And for product engineer Becca Del Monte, it can be hard to leave that mission at work. |
| 1:52.0 | I think when you walk into someone else's kitchen you see right away. it can be hard to leave that mission at work. |
| 1:52.8 | I think when you walk into someone else's kitchen you see right away what tools they should have to make it better. |
| 1:57.5 | You are very aware of how much they're putting up with. |
| 2:00.8 | And everyone does this because it's just like over time they break down or |
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