Happy National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day!

by Bob Sassone, Posted Jul 29th 2007 @ 9:37AM

cheese OK, your guess is as good as mine.

I've been searching the interwebs, but I can't find anything that explains what this day means. I've found several sites that mention that it is indeed National Cheese Sacrifice Day, but none that go into detail as to what it is. When Wikipedia doesn't have something, you know it's odd. I guess we are left to speculate.

Does it mean that we buy some cheese and sacrfice it somehow, or does it mean we aren't allowed to eat cheese today, as a sacrifice?

Wikipedia does have a long page on cheese, so knock yourselves out. And here's out cheese category to browse.

Update: As a reader pointed out in the comments, it's actually Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day. I've changed the headline but not the URL.

Filed Under: Trends, Ingredients, Holidays
Tags: american cheese, cheddar, cheese, gouda, monterey jack, mozzarella, national cheese sacrifice day, pizza, swiss cheese, SwissCheese

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7-29-2007 @2:17PM edpv2.0 said... Apparently, it's actually national cheese sacrifice *purchase* day. Which at least a couple (http://gogogastronauts.blogspot.com/2007/05/honest-to-goodness-meal.html, http://www.all-yours.net/c/gallery/2507.html) of people think means you purchase cheese to sacrifice to a mousetrap. Because that makes total sense.
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7-29-2007 @2:23PM AC said... Apparently, it's actually National Cheese Sacrifice *Purchase* Day, which at least a couple (http://www.all-yours.net/c/gallery/2507.html , http://gogogastronauts.blogspot.com/2007/05/honest-to-goodness-meal.html) of people think means you purchase cheese to sacrifice to a mousetrap. Because that akes total sense.
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7-29-2007 @2:31PM Julie said... This was a new one to me and you are right, it is very difficult to find out the origins of this strange holiday. But I actually found 2 greeting cards specifically for; "National Cheeses Sacrifice Purchase Day" here is the link: http://www.all-yours.net/c/gallery/cheesesacrifice11.html

I'll keep looking,
tfjules
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