Neil
(Canadian ex-Pat)
On 2/6/07, Alison Place <alison_place_at_AueYVfhKdfyAnkmkozIQF0kg87x3gZtaIKnw086ZUv9b7mOhuS2GbDMzPWTZZ831SXy1PxPfsjrwrzT2Yx72sdk.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
>
> --- Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_edUwTkOCwOg3iLh0DqDZjRY8YLoKmLcPU01Oc4S2lNXyqHMZOlB0JvpsU8gvnA-eh8Fmj30memZdVl0ekDk.yahoo.invalid <chrislemens%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> > Alison disses cheezfud:
> > > Weird orange sliced stuff covered in plastic is
> not cheese!
>
> > But that way you don't have to unwrap it -- the
> > cheese and the food are equally tasty and
> digestible!
>
> Urk. I rest my case.
>
> > > In all seriousness, can you actually get any
> > Mexican cheeses where any of you live?
>
> > We have an excellent selection of craft (not Kraft)
> > cheeses, but they don't sell in normal supermarkets,
> > so you'll never see them unless you go looking.
>
> Very true. Farmer's markets and the like are the
> best hunting grounds, I'll bet. I gather that there
> are at least 200 or so smallish American cheesemakers
> who are trying to get people more interested in real
> food. And good for them!
>
> Not that Canadian cheese is all good, either.
> We, too, have the dreaded Kraft in our supermarkets.
> We have the Cheese Police up here, too, trying to
> insist that raw milk is inherently dangerous, ditto
> stuff made from it.
>
> Worst case that I know of was in Upper Canada
> Village, which is a recreation of an 1800's St
> Lawrence village, with its own mill, blacksmith shop,
> etc. They also have a cheese factory, which the
> regulatory sods tried to shut down, on the grounds
> that it wasn't a modern factory. Well, duh! Then
> they said, OK, you can sell it, but clad everything in
> steel, and don't let in any of the public. Likewise,
> duh! The St Lawrence Parks Commission managed to fend
> off their governmental colleagues, but it took a
> fight.
>
> Alison
>
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