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Sacré Bleu! Cheese enthusiasts are mourning the possible extinction of brie cheese (www.salon.com)

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Countless fans took to social media to share ways they're enjoying brie before the cheese is gone for good

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[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 10 points 8 months ago

The problem is that originally, up to the 50s, the Brie and the Camembert's were slightly greenish/grayish.

The strain of molds have been selected to only keep the nice white that we know today but the problem is that by doing so we drastically reduced the genetic diversity of these organisms.

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