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Posted by Muzikmike (R) on March 24, 2008 at 07:00:31

In Reply to: RE: Eating while road tripping. Calling all cheeseheads. posted by free.ranger on March 23, 2008 at 19:13:06

There are some extraordinary cheeses made in California, Wisconsin (not just your everyday Wisconsin cheddar), New York; almost every state. Wine and cheese have been mated for hundreds of years.

France takes cheese very seriously. DeGaulle, in a speech during the 1950's jokingly (barely) stated that no one could bring together a country that makes 265 different cheeses. The count is more like 650!

Steven Jenkins "Cheese Primer" is a book that, if you do like cheese, will turn you into a real fanatic. Those who like food and haven't explored the world's cheeses are missing out on something very special...but then most people don't like strong tastes of any kind.

To dismiss cheese as "merely" cheese is like dismissing wine as merely an alcoholic drink. Yes, there are snobs; but only the best things in this world are worthy of snobbery...there aren't any McDonald's snobs, are there?
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The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. James Branch Cabell

• On the subject of the French and their approach to wine... - ElbowGeek 08:38:33 03/24/08 (2)
  • Sauterne is a regioan but is generally taken to refer to their late-picked / noble-rot Semillons - Timbo in Oz 13:56:07 03/24/08 (0)
  • When you drink a great wine it's magical; - Muzikmike 08:46:13 03/24/08 (0)

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