Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> "Robert Bannister" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> "Reid©" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>> Following up to Peter H.M. Brooks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tio Pepe is very nice, though these days, being in Cape Town,
>>>>> I usually
>>>>
>>> have
>>>
>>>
>>>>> South African sherries, which are very good indeed.
>>>>
>>>> Sherry comes from Jerez. South Africa should think up their own
>>>> designation for their fortified wines.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Indeed. No doubt some day the Yanks will be forced to think up
>>> some different name for the gnat's **** that they call
>>> 'Budweiser'.
>>>
>>> Presumably you are as shocked when you come accross cheese
>>> claiming to
>>
> be
>
>>> cheddar that doesn't come from Cheddar.
>>
>> Only when it's orange. Don't the French or the Belgians call it
>> 'chester'?
>>
>
> Cheshire cheese is a different matter - it should only come from
> Cheshire.

I know what Cheshire is like, but that's not what I was asking. When I
did my first exchange with a French speaking boy to Belgium, I was
offered something that sounded like 'shestair' and which looked and
tasted like Cheddar.


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Rob Bannister