Some might think this is udderly asinine - but it's true.
Novak
Djokovic, the champion Serbian tennis player, has bought the world's entire
supply of donkey cheese.
Pule
is a Serbian delicacy made with donkey's milk.
It
is said to be the world's most expensive cheese, which makes Djokovic's bill
all the more exorbitant.
The
crumbly, white cheese sells for 1000 euros ($1233) a kilogram, but it's unclear
exactly how much the Australian Open winner has bought.
Djokovic
is behind a new chain of restaurants set to open in his home country and he
wanted to shore up enough to guarantee continued supply.
Pule
has just one producer, a farm about an hour west of Belgrade, and each kilogram
requires 25 litres of donkey milk.
The
farm's manager, Slobodan Simic, said the secret to the taste was that the
donkeys were raised on one of the country's famous wildlife and nature
reserves.
"It
will save a lot of effort having to deal with various restaurants, with only
one customer buying the lot we don't have to worry too much about
salesmen," Mr Simic told the UK Daily Telegraph of Djokovic's extraordinary
purchase.
“It
is a great vote of confidence as well, in what we do here."
Reuters
reported last month that the farm was home to 130 Balkan donkeys. The females
in the herd are milked three times a day.
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