"they don't seem to have understood"

Shit just got real for some French cheese-making monks:

"The Cîteaux Abbey, just south of Dijon, birthplace of the Cistercian Catholic order, usually sells its raw-milk, semi-soft discs only to restaurants or visitors to its on-site shop. But a drop in demand since the coronavirus crisis erupted last year has left the abbey’s 19 Trappist monks with 4,000 cheeses too many, a 2.8-tonne problem.

'We tried explaining to our 75 cows that they needed to produce less milk but they don’t seem to have understood,' said brother Jean-Claude, in charge of marketing at the monastery, which was founded in 1098.

'Our sales are down nearly 50%,” he said, with French restaurants still closed since 30 October as authorities try to stifle a third wave of cases. 'We need to clear out our stock.'”

Good cheese is one of my top three foods that I'm happy to have access to now that I'm back in America (real bagels, Maryland style crabs would be the others).

Honestly, just send me to this monastery with a fork and I'll take care of it.  Maybe some bread and fresh tomatoes too, natch.