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Default Let the Games Begin: Cheese Sauces

On Fri, 14 May 2010 19:21:18 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick
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>On May 14, 6:31*pm, sueb > wrote:
>> On May 14, 3:27*pm, aem > wrote:
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>> > On May 14, 2:25 pm, Chemiker > wrote:
>> > *....

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>> > > I know this is a "chacun a son gout" question, but I think it would be
>> > > interesting to know what are your absolute fave's for cheese sauces
>> > > (maybe with recipes?). No holds barred. *[snip]

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>> > > Alex, anticipating an amazing breadth of responses on this topic.
>> > > Who doesn't like cheese? Except, of course, maybe (!) some lactose
>> > > intolerant types. Sad, that!

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>> > I don't think you should be encouraging them. *One of the depressing
>> > things about reading rfc over the years is the number of people who
>> > sincerely believe that Everything is better with cheese. *So wrong, so
>> > often. *There should be a separate thread for things that are better
>> > without cheese or cheese sauce. *Like broccoli and cauliflower, like
>> > potatoes, like tomatoes, like beef. * * -aem

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>> There are whole states filled with people like that. *I did a week's
>> field work with a Chinese colleague in the center of the country
>> (Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois). *At the end, she asked me
>> why people thought everything was better with cheese. *I realized that
>> on most of the menus we'd seen, there was always the option to "Add
>> Cheese! for only $2". *We don't see that out in California.
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>> I also had to explain the holy ghost and Amish people to her, but
>> those are very different stories.....
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>> I don't need cheese on my steak - I like that delicious taste of the
>> beef.

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>Who the hell eats a steak with cheese on it? I have lived in Nebraska
>for 40 years and have never seen anyone eat a steak with cheese on
>it. What the **** are you talking about?


Tube steak.