> I dearly look forward to seeing as many of our
> American neighbours as possible at Tentacles this year
> (I'm still dodgy on coming, but hopeful), but feel
> that the offer to bring the cheese has just caused
> most of our European friends to start crying with
> laughter, if not something far more embarrassing.
> With all due respect to Wisconsin cheddar, and a few
> other places with decent dairies, the U.S. is a cheese
> wasteland. Do you not realise that "American cheese"
> is a recognised legal term worldwide for pasteurised
> process cheese? Weird orange sliced stuff covered in
> plastic is not cheese! Then there's Cheez Whiz, an
> American icon. I have a friend who used to work in a
> dairy, and that's what you got if you fucked up the
> vat. I mean, talk about lowest common denominator.
> ;-)
All completely true - but a proper burrito needs cheese somewhere
between the level of Kraft cheese and a good Gruyere. Wisconsin
cheddar is ideal. The trick is that it should be North American -
otherwise it is not a proper burrito.
> In all seriousness, can you actually get any
> Mexican cheeses where any of you live? I hear that
> they have heaps of good, locally-made stuff in several
> different varieties, which occasionally make it north
> of the border.
I'm much more likely to bring an appropriate European cheese.....
Jeff