Cheesemongers' Cheese Tattoos

You know these cheesemongers love their job -- why else would they sport tattoos that express their love of dairy? The latest issue of Culture magazine features cheesemongers from all over the country and their cheese body art of choice. Reasons for sporting the tats include: "they just look badass," "ladies love it, and men wish they had the nerve to get one of their very own” and "without cheese my life would stink."

-Dave Puchta, Murray’s Cheese, Grand Central, New York City

-Jena Davidson-Hood, Sacred Wheel Cheese & Specialty Market, Oakland

-Ian T. Peacock, Di Bruno Bros., Philadelphia

-Felicia Johnson, Taylor’s Market, Sacramento

Learn more about these tattoos and see more cheese tattoo photos in the Summer 2011 issue of Culture magazine.

Comments

[KennytheRTiger]

08:47 PM on 06/24/2011

Nerd Alert

[jonsview2]

07:09 PM on 06/24/2011

I'm no fan of tatoos, but about 40 years ago as a child, I asked a neighbor where he got his. He replied that he got it in the army. He was a WWII veteran. I was impressed because I thought it was required of all servicemen as part of their ID!

[topgearrt]

06:46 PM on 06/24/2011

They look like crap on everyone......worse on women than men.....hard to imagine people actually get those hidious things.

[cmcclarty]

06:45 PM on 06/24/2011

I could see greenbay fans doing this!

[Lynn Kangas]

05:47 PM on 06/24/2011

Some tats can be nasty things. Also some done by untrained artists can be just as hideous. I have several tattoos but for me to get one they have to have some meaning. I am NOT that chick that walks into a shop and says "oh i want angel wings" or "i like her tramps stamp so i want one to" Each of the 6 i have has a meaning behind it, they weren't picked out of a flash book, you won't see another gal with them because they are all mine & unique. If you don't like them you don't like them it's that simple. But if you do like tattoos at least try to make them mean something to you when you get them, something bone deep meaningfull, like your childrens names or the lose of a friend or friends...a memorial tat so to speak. If your the cutsey girl getting a butterfly or angel wings or stars just because they are cute at 20 something doesnt mean at 40 or 50 something they will still be loved and cherished.

[hellcat1940]

05:13 PM on 06/24/2011

GO AND TRY TO FIND A GOOD PAYING JOB WITH TATTOS ALL OVER YOUR BODY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS,

[Jena Davidson Hood]

06:16 PM on 06/24/2011

I don't need to find a good paying job because I own a cheese shop, we're hiring if YOU need a good paying job.

I'm the woman in the third picture from the bottm.

[cmcclarty]

06:46 PM on 06/24/2011

They will cry to the labor board or the aclu.

[Haley11]

04:43 PM on 06/24/2011

I am a youth pastor and I have tattoos. My students also have tattoos. It is a new age and people choose to express themselves in other ways, that doesn't make them bad a dishonorable. If you connect EVERYTHING in our daily lives to the bible, a lot of us are doomed. When was the last time you went out to lunch on a Sunday afternoon or shopping? Doesn't it say in the bible it is a day of rest? I think people who are judgmental of people and the choices they make are worse off. Don't use the bible to sway people into thinking they are bad for something they choose to put on their body. Get over it. You really cant control it. Thats why young students don't want to come to church, because they are judged for what they look like and the choices they've made in the past.

[silkscreen001]

03:26 PM on 06/24/2011

As a Christian I agree with the Bible Do not pierce or tattoo your body, it is a temple. To do so is to dishonor God.

Bible aside, I do not think they are attractive and add nothing to an all ready beautful woman created by God in her natural state.

[Kev n]

03:43 PM on 06/24/2011

Although I don't believe in the Bible. I do think most tats are like subway graffiti. Just plain disfiguring to the human body.

[taterbugbanner]

02:49 PM on 06/24/2011

In my opinion some tattoos on some women are very sexy.others not so much

[joedokey]

02:31 PM on 06/24/2011

A tatto is nothing but a scar with ink in it. I've yet to see one that I would call "Art".

[PersonalityPlus]

12:27 PM on 06/24/2011

If you have a tattoo its an expression of yourself,an extension of something you believe in wholeheartedly!Ummm and no you dont have to be in the navy or any division of the armed forces to have one or be an athlete. You can just be anyone who likes the art. If you like it then who's to say its wrong? I personally have none, but I don't look down on someone or judge them because they have a tattoo. Gee a tattoo for them can be flattery. They AREN'T HURTING anyone or doing a CRIME just ADORNING their body , HARMLESS! Figure heck if this is what yo want and you like it Go for it! No one can judge someone by their expressions ! So some on here say they will look stupid or are not appropriate well then that's your opinion and your free to say it. But don't judge a book by its cover! I know people with tattoos and they are a nice group of people just expressing themselves!

[zach9764]

10:46 AM on 06/24/2011

Tramp Stamps...they Look UGLY!

[PersonalityPlus]

12:30 PM on 06/24/2011

I dont believe they are actually ugly. Its the trademark they are given that makes them sound ugly~~ thats all thats about. Beacuse someone thought of the word tramp you easliy associate it with just that a tramp. If someone would have said lower back stamp or back stamp would not be so easliy thought of as trashy.

[CO777CAPT]

10:32 AM on 06/24/2011

they are all cheesey.... what? you think you were in the navy? just think how much uglier they'll be when you turn 40, or 50! even your kids will think you're stu pid

[jokerdano]

10:11 AM on 06/24/2011

I saw a Young woman with a nice tattoo across her chest. From what she was showing she has a very nice chest also. But I had to laugh to my self the young woman tat was of the bald eagle. the reason I laugh was I was thinking in another 30 years that tat is going to look like a TURKEY BUZZARD. Plus my wife was with me so I had to watch my self.

[PersonalityPlus]

12:32 PM on 06/24/2011

whats a turkey buzzard?

[David Jeffers]

07:11 PM on 06/24/2011

One of the ugliest creatures on earth. Break out your google...

[Lois Marie CantoreRiti]

09:39 AM on 06/24/2011

I Love Tattoo's of any kind, i have 7 of them & will keep it up unless the wrath of God shoots me down.....lol