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dsi1[_15_]

On 1/18/2013 7:36 AM, wrote:
> In another thread, people mentioned "yellow cheese" and
> "white cheese", which is incomprehensible to me, Brit
> living in Switzerland, so I checked the internet and
> found this enlightening explanation on Wikipedia:
>
> QUOTE:
> "American cheese is a processed cheese. It is orange, yellow, or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency, and melts easily. American cheese was originally only white, but is sometimes now modified to yellow. In the past, it was made from a blend of cheeses, most often Colby and Cheddar. Today’s American cheese is generally no longer made from blended cheeses, but instead is manufactured from a set of ingredients[1] such as milk, whey, milkfat, milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, and salt. In the United States,[2] it may not be legally sold as "cheese", and must be labeled as "processed cheese", "cheese product", or similar—e.g., "cheese food"."
> UNQUOTE
>
> Yuck.
>
> The cheesaholic in me is glad to be living in Switzerland
> and near France.
>
> Melanie
>

That's pretty smug. The Swiss invented process cheese and the French
make the very popular "La vache qui rit" known to us as "Laughing Cow"
cheese. American cheese should be called "European Cheese." :-)