"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 10/12/2018 11:56 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On 10/12/2018 4:10 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>>>> On 10/12/2018 3:32 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/12/2018 1:12 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Izzit any wonder Americans are buying more and more foreign cheeses?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> American cheese is good for only one thing .....it's melting
>>>>>> properties.
>>>>>> Otherwise, American cheese SUCKS!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I mean that is all sincerity. 8|
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nb
>>>>>
>>>>> Meltability is a good thing. 
I like actual American cheese. The
>>>>> kind you can get in the deli section of the supermarket. Not processed
>>>>> American "cheese-food".
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Me too, but it saddens me how many people think American cheese is
>>>> nothing
>>>> more than Kraft singles.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm thrilled "young people" are discovering imported cheeses. But that's
>>> not a reason to declare war on *real* American cheese. I'm sure lots of
>>> dairy farmers would agree with me. 
>>>
>>> Look at the places the article is talking about. Wendy's. Panera Bread.
>>> I've eaten at Cracker Barrel but I never ordered their mac & cheese.
>>> These are millenials who don't cook. Despite the article, they don't get
>>> to dictate what's available for me to buy at the store.
>>
>> I'm not a cheese snob although I have found a few to be too sharp or mild
>> for my tastes. I generally buy whatever I find the best deal on. If I get
>> something that's too sharp, I can mix it with mild or vice versa. I do
>> keep certain ones almost all the time. Those would be med. cheddar,
>> Swiss, gouda, mozzarella, Parmesan and Feta.
>
> It wasn't all that long ago you claimed you couldn't *find* Swiss cheese
> in the stores near Bothell. You seemed to think there was some sort of
> shortage. I guess they've straightened that out. Now you're a cheese
> maven.
I can find it now. Where I couldn't find it was when I lived on Staten
Island. Some of the grocery stores here are small and don't stock a lot of
variety. I must have looked at one of those. Winco has their own Swiss in
blocks. Cheap and good.