Julie Bove wrote:

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> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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> > Julie Bove wrote:
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> >>"Colgake" > wrote in message
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> >>> I accidentally bought low fat cheddar cheese -- tiny wording,
> >>> package was almost identical to the regular stuff. My wife tried
> it >>> first and was horrified, I tried it and tend to agree. It's
> thin >>> tasting and has a different texture.
> > > >
> >>> Does anyone have ideas for what we can do with almost a pound of
> >>> the stuff? Haven't used it before, so not sure if it's possible
> >>> to put it in something like mac and cheese and have it come out
> ok >>> by compensating by adding anything else (besides five pounds of
> >>> regular cheese, of course).
> > >
> > > It's only a pound. Toss it out!
> >
> > Julie, some people will at least try to use a food up before
> > tossing.....
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> They might but if it tastes bad and has bad texture, it will ruin
> whatever it's used in/on.

They say Americans are the worst about tossing out food. You might be
a sample of that.

Meantime, I added ideas he can look at where it may be an advantage in
some of them to use the lower fat one due to the cooking differences.

"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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>> > Julie Bove wrote:
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>> >>"Colgake" > wrote in message
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>> >>> I accidentally bought low fat cheddar cheese -- tiny wording,
>> >>> package was almost identical to the regular stuff. My wife tried
>> it >>> first and was horrified, I tried it and tend to agree. It's
>> thin >>> tasting and has a different texture.
>> > > >
>> >>> Does anyone have ideas for what we can do with almost a pound of
>> >>> the stuff? Haven't used it before, so not sure if it's possible
>> >>> to put it in something like mac and cheese and have it come out
>> ok >>> by compensating by adding anything else (besides five pounds of
>> >>> regular cheese, of course).
>> > >
>> > > It's only a pound. Toss it out!
>> >
>> > Julie, some people will at least try to use a food up before
>> > tossing.....
>>
>> They might but if it tastes bad and has bad texture, it will ruin
>> whatever it's used in/on.
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> They say Americans are the worst about tossing out food. You might be
> a sample of that.

No. I'm no a sample of that but if I find something to be yucky, I won't try
to use it in something else.
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> Meantime, I added ideas he can look at where it may be an advantage in
> some of them to use the lower fat one due to the cooking differences.

Yeah. I saw that.