On 2014-05-26 00:34:36 +0000, sf said:

> On Sun, 25 May 2014 19:01:34 +0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex
> > wrote:
>
>> While I believe that there are low-heat jalapeños, I do not think their
>> existence invalidates my suspicion that certain no-heat *CANNED* jalapeños
>> are in fact the waste left over after extraction of so-called "natural
>> flavor."
>
> I have never seen no-heat canned jalapeno's. If you're really in
> Oregon, maybe that's what they send up there. It's hard to find
> decent cheese up there too and I'm talking about Corvallis, which is
> one of four cities in Oregon I'd name first to have a decent cheese
> selection in every grocery store.

I haven't seen them either, but I haven't looked. Canned vegetables
are useless to me as most everything is cheaper fresh.

As far as cheese goes, we have lots of good local cheese (Rogue
Creamery and Tumelo) and even Fred Meyer has a good cheese island these
days. As far as cheddar goes, Tilamook is grody (melts funny, off
taste) but Bandon makes excellent cheddar that is priced like
government cheese but melts well, tastes good, and is produced in small
batches, though it is owned by Tilamook now.

I have about 10 cheeses in the fridge now, all of which are pretty
good. Though I must admit that none of our American faux-Parmesans
rate anywhere close to the real thing, and are even inferior to
Argentine Parmesan.