[Magdalen] Say Cheese!

[Marion Thompson]

Maybe to some it's because they are foreign, 'fancy', and, therefore, 
somewhat suspect, and not every-day like good old familiar Cheddar et al.?

Marion, a pilgrim


On 8/18/2016 10:39 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> I had a toasted bagel, coffee, and a wedge of Brie, the latter  purchased
> at the local Wegman's, for breakfast today.
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> My spouse gagged at the cheese with some remark like, "I don't know
> you can stand that awful stuff!"
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> OTOH he lives on the solid cheeses - Cheddar, Ementaler, etc.
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> Why is it that in the USA soft, ripened cheeses are so  unpopular?
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> The soft cheeses we get in the USA - Brie and Camembert,  pale
> in the odor/strength department to some of those routinely found  on
> good restaurant cheese trays in France.
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> David S.
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