"Opinicus" > wrote in message
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> ConnieG999 > said:
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> >> I heard a reference to hook cheese while viewing the Food Channel on
> >> making maccaroni and cheese. Does anyone know what hook cheese is?
> > You probably heard "hoop cheese".

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Well, I've lurked here a while and this is my first post. Around here
(central North Carolina, USA) hoop cheese is what a lot of older people call
medium to sharp cheddar cheese. There used to be a little country store
nearby where my grandparents would stop and buy 'hoop cheese' and the clerks
would cut a wedge off a big wax-covered wheel (possible source of the 'hoop'
part of the name) of cheddar. When I was a kid it was always sharper than I
liked...

So in regard to the original poster's question, it might help if we knew who
the host of the show was and what the provenance of the recipe was. There's
that older lady from South Carolina who has a show... if it was her, she may
well have meant cheddar cheese. Especially as the OP said it was a
mac'n'cheese recipe, I'd bet on the cheddar. Just my $0.02, and now I'll
re-lurk...

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Are from eternity, and shall not fail.
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

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