I love cheese. I mean I really love cheese. I buy it 2lb blocks. Everything I cook involves cheese in the same way that everything Danica Patrick does involves her boobs: it's a critical ingredient.
And because of that (the cheese part), this is just awesome:
Behold, the power of cheese. Flaming fromage has clogged up the Brattlitunnelen in Norway for almost a week. According to Reuters, a truck was hauling brunost, a caramelized Norwegian goat cheese, through the tunnel when the cheese somehow caught fire. Due to its high percentage of fat and sugar, the cheese can burn "almost like petrol" if it gets hot enough, and the fire-concentrating properties of the tunnel meant it tookfour days to put out the flames.
But there's still the toxic fumes to deal with – the tunnel near the costal town of Narvik remains closed and might not reopen for another week until fondue and its odors are cleared. You can watch firefighters work to put out The Tunneling Inferno in the video below.
And because of that (the cheese part), this is just awesome:
Opa! Flaming cheese closes tunnel in Norway after truck fire [w/video]
Posted Jan 23rd 2013 2:58PM
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Behold, the power of cheese. Flaming fromage has clogged up the Brattlitunnelen in Norway for almost a week. According to Reuters, a truck was hauling brunost, a caramelized Norwegian goat cheese, through the tunnel when the cheese somehow caught fire. Due to its high percentage of fat and sugar, the cheese can burn "almost like petrol" if it gets hot enough, and the fire-concentrating properties of the tunnel meant it tookfour days to put out the flames.
But there's still the toxic fumes to deal with – the tunnel near the costal town of Narvik remains closed and might not reopen for another week until fondue and its odors are cleared. You can watch firefighters work to put out The Tunneling Inferno in the video below.
