The biggest cheese heist ever... ?

I probably should post more often than I have been but work's been killing me and, frankly, the WTR is getting neglected because of it. I'm sorry sweetie, I promise it's not you. Daddy's just busy...

"...4,627 pounds (2.3 tons) of cheese were taken, enough for Howe's 18,000 men to receive a ¼ pound each . The cheese was valued at £153 pounds or $5,919 today..."

So, I found the abosnippetpit of information embedded in a history lesson entitled, "Damages Sustained: British Looting in Chadds Ford after the Battle of Brandywine." Within this enthralling article I discovered that even the British celebrate Cheese Friday, though they do it in a much more malicious, and somewhat illegal, manner. I've providing you with the best part but if you decide you'd like to read the whole article - and I definitely suggest you don't - just click on the hyperlinked title above and it'll whisk you away from wherever you are and drop you into a 9th grade history class.

Happy Cheese Friday. Please celebrate responsibly.