Another Stupidmarket Experience (kind of long)
kilikini wrote:
> I went to Publix Market today to get a good quality cheese so I can make
> Swiss cheese fondue for Christmas Eve. (Yes, Publix is the best we have
> here, before we start the gourmet debate.) I asked the deli clerk what the
> best melting Swiss cheese was because some I've gotten in the recent past
> turned to oil and glob. She looked at me and said, "I don't know, I've
> never melted cheese." Mouth agape, I questioned her response. "You mean to
> tell me, you've never melted cheese and had the oil separate from the
> solids?" There were 3 deli clerks at the counter and they were all looking
> at ME like *I* was nuts.
>
> "Okay", I explained, "I just need a good quality swiss cheese to make
> fondue. Can you recommend one?"
>
> "Fondue? Are you sure it's made with swiss? Don't you need a really,
> really soft cheese for that?"
>
> Again, it was my turn to be stunned. "Um, no, my family and I have been
> making Swiss cheese fondue for years. I've just been having trouble finding
> a decent cheese that doesn't separate. Can you recommend one?"
>
> So, the clerk attending me buzzed another clerk, who promptly showed up and
> the question was posed: "She's looking for a cheese for fondue. She's
> asking about Swiss. Can you use Swiss for fondue?"
>
> The man looked at me and said, "Swiss? We have packets already prepared for
> fondue. I don't know what kind of cheese they are, but the stuff is all in
> there." He scurried off to get the prepared food while I called after him,
> "But, but, but, wait!"
>
> If I wanted prepared food, would I be asking for cheese?
>
> In any case, the clerk brought back two frozen packages of Velveeta-like
> 'fondue' cheese. Heat in the microwave. Granted, Velveeta may have it's
> purposes, but in my opinion, fondue isn't one of them. I tried to explain
> that that defeats the whole purpose of gathering together in front of the
> pot, with cubes of bread, adding extra wine, if needed, etc. He just gave
> me a blank stare and said, "You use bread with fondue?"
>
> At that point, I sighed and said, "Just give me a pound of Boar's Head Royal
> Swiss, please."
>
> The attendant smiled and declared, "That one *is* the best!"
>
> Duh! Isn't that what I was asking in the first place?
>
> Sigh.
I think a Jarlsberg is better
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