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Hungry? Snack on the Statue of Liberty

by Ellen Slattery, Posted Mar 31st 2008 @ 10:00AM

The CurdNerds unearthed this ridiculous video of Professional Cheese Carver Troy Landwehr fashioning an enormous block of orange cheddar cheese into - what else? - the Statue of Liberty.

The video is sped-up and set to music, and is as much a music video for the background band and an ode to oily, bland cheese as it is a promo for Showtime's State of the Union TV show.

In a world of the Wing Bowl and extreme cake decorating, the only obvious next activity to gain status was cheese carving. There are a few nail-biting moments there toward the end, when a crack in the statue's oily, curdy base threatens to topple her. But - spoiler alert! - Landwehr prevails, and to my relief, the statue is completed, carved cheesy torch and all. Although, at times during the video, if you squint, the sculpture bares a strange resemblance to Bart Simpson.

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Ingredients
Tags: america, cheese, curdnerds, Landwehr, sculpture, state of hte union, StateOfHteUnion, statue

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4-03-2008 @10:14AM Troy Landwehr said... The cheddar cheese I carved was from Foremost Farms Marshfield, WI just place 3rd best mild cheddar group in the World Championship Cheese Contest. So no this is not BLAND cheese that I carve.

The reason it looks oily is because as I finnish an area I spray the carving with PAM cookings spray to stop the cheese from drying out and cracking.

It was a tough four days but well worth the work.
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