On Mon, 01 May 2017 11:50:23 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Mon, 1 May 2017 08:46:18 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
>wrote:
>
>>On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 5:28:20 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Mon, 01 May 2017 04:26:49 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Mon, 01 May 2017 20:45:28 +1000, Bruce >
>>> >wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Mon, 01 May 2017 03:14:40 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> >On Mon, 01 May 2017 19:50:11 +1000, Bruce >
>>> >> >wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Just get American equivalents of those cheeses. As long as it tastes
>>> >> >> good, who cares if you do the exact same thing as mountain folk on the
>>> >> >> other side of the planet?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >What did you not understand about the inability to find decent cheese?
>>> >> >You live in the middle of nowhere, so surely you have a faint clue.
>>> >>
>>> >> Oh come on, don't you live in SF? You can buy organic lactose-free
>>> >> Bolivian yak cheese from fair-trade free-range yak shepherds.
>>> >
>>> >Read what I said again.
>>>
>>> You can't even get decent brie in SF?
>>
>>There are "cheese snobs" everywhere. What sets them apart from us common folk
>>is their refined taste in cheese. If you think wine snobs are bad, there is
>>nothing like a cheese snob. They are special.
>>
>
>There is nothing like the taste of good cheese. I often ask for a
>special one or something from a special cheese house for a Christmas
>present. A friend stops at a dairy in Oregon and gifts me a wheel of
>super duper white cheddar a couple of times a year. I use Tillamook
>and so forth for regular cooking and I don't care because it works. I
>don't consider myself a snob because you may eat whatever you prefer.

There you go: good cheese from your own country. No Swiss snobbery, no
importing of unique "can't get that here" cheeses.