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On Mar 29, 6:32 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> Why is it that two of the biggest Asian grocers in town carry Cheez
> Whiz? 2 types (regular and light), 2 sizes (large and larger), and
> one cheaper knock-off brand.
>
> This has always baffled me. One store has a good 8 sqft of shelf
> space devoted to Cheez Whiz, and the display always looks recently
> picked over - as if several dozen people have already bought some
> that day. It sits there right in between packages of pickled
> diakon, miso paste, fried tofu, kimchi, and fake meat products.
>
> My only explanation that it's the only White food in the store. They
> put it there just for the gringos who are baffled by all the other
> weird shit on the shelves.
>
> Is there really any use or explanation for Cheez Whiz in Asian
> cooking?
>
> -sw

Seems strange to have Cheez Whiz in an Asian market. Most Asians are
lactose intolerant.

Eddy

Some are some aren't. Without doubt the rate of lactose intolerance is
higher than
in other pats of the world. But if "Most" were intolerant there would be no
market for any dairy
products in Asian countries and they wouldn't be on supermarket shelves.
Interstingly, Lactose Intolerance is actually default condition for Humans,
the tolerance
having developed originally in Central Asia and having spread predominantly
westward since.

Musashi