"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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I glanced at a wedge of my fave cheese - Gruyere - agh - 22 a lb. Guess I
won't be tasting THAT again too soon.

I was in France recently and realized how generous they are with cheese as
an entree. I ordered a Trois Fromage Salad and was amazed at the 6 large
rounds, each probably a half an inch thick, of goat cheese, Camembert, and
Brie. I took half of it away in a napkin. It has to be relatively cheap
there - was served with a green salad and some fruit. What a lunch!!

As an aside, I was privileged to sing at a series of D-Day Commemorative
concerts. At the American cemetery at Omaha Beach, we sang our planned
anthem with hardly a dry eye, BUT when we gazed at our flag raised aloft,
we broke into our national anthem. We barely got the last 'home of the
brave' out, we were so overcome with the enormity of the sacrifice. I felt I
really WAS at the resting place of those so young and brave. I hope this
doesn't initiate another anti-Allies diatribe, but let me tell you, I never
before have felt so proud to be an American.

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Cheese prices have really gotten outrageous!