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Rising Temperatures Are Threatening Italy’s Bank Reserves—Because They’re Made of Parmesan Cheese
(www.popularmechanics.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2026
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Don't worry folks, the bank is not literally made of cheese. Their source uses a less oniony headline: https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/11/extreme-heat-strains-italys-cheese-banks-where-parmigiano-backs-farm-loans
A single round of Parmagiano is $2000.
More like $20k!
Haha!
Bilbo! Another round of cheese for Thorin's Dustr!
No, $1500-2000.
https://www.labottega.ca/products/parmigiano-reggiano-whole-wheel-approximately-35-kilograms
It was a play on words.
round - a drink of liquor apiece served at one time to each person in a group
and
the fact that dwarves are prodigiously hungry and thirsty
gives us:
They would each require their own round of cheese for a round served to the group, which is what Thorin called to be delivered to the table. Hence the price tag.
But thank you for the earnest education on delicious cheese. The pungent, well aged cheeses have always been my favorite.
But there were 13 dwarves...plus Bilbo and Gandolf.
I'm a big time nerd and your joke was too nerdy for me, that's really something!