Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 14:08:00 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:57:53 +1000, Bruce >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 12:34:54 -0400, wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:40:06 +0100, Janet > wrote:
> >> > > > In article >,
> >> > > > says...
> >> >>>> Subject: Swiss Cheese
> >> >>>> From: Nancy Young >
> >> >>>> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On 9/2/2017 11:08 AM, Janet wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> > [quoted text muted]
> >> >>>> > varieties of cheeses made in Switzerland; that means
> different >> recipes >>>> > and method, different textures, different
> looks. >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> >
> >>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...uide-to-swiss-
> >> >>>> > cheese_n_966145.html >>>> >> >>>> But only one type is
> referred to as Swiss cheese, >> >>>
> >> > > > in America. I'm not in America.
> >> > > >
> >> >>> Outside of the USA, nobody has a clue which one type Americans
> >> mean
> >> > > > when they talk about Swiss cheese.
> >> > > >
> >> >>> Janet UK
> >> > >
> >> > > My experience with cheese in other countries says you are
> wrong, >> > > because all countries that produce cheese produce many
> types yet >> > > it's very rare that any name a cheese with the
> country name, I >> > > can only think of two off hand, American
> cheese and Swiss cheese, >> > > and world wide everyone knows what
> those two cheeses are. >> >
> >> > No.
> >>
> >> To me, this is Swiss cheese:
> >>
> <https://www.ah.nl.kpnis.nl/static/pr...430363735_1_Lo
> >> wRes_JPG.JPG>
> >
> > Congratualtions for being the one off in the world for that. The
> > rest have a clue regardless of country and have for 3 days now.
>
> Don't get angry over nothing. I now know that Americans call Swiss
> cheese what I've called 'farmer's cheese' all my life. But before this
> thread, Swiss cheese was a grated cheese with a very specific smell to
> me.
>
> I hope you can handle that.

I am not angry, I note some didnt keep up and after others (not even
me) clarified what Julie meant, there were still jabs.

It didnt go over well to try to explain Julies Washington State Swiss
reference and get blamed by those who had not read it and 'assumed'
they knew what is was.

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