Horsetan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 You ought to try Brazil. Several million mosquitoes can't be wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve1 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 They don't have cheese in the US. Just rubbery yellow stuff with no flavour at all. It makes Edam taste like strong Cheddar. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Rubbery yellow stuff. That is going to leave me with some indelible mental images. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2016 They do have some decent cheese in America. It's all imported from Europe, however. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I remember in Hawaii Son No 1 had a hotdog with cheese expecting cheese something like Aussie Tasty (it is a cheddar I think). It was bright Orange and he did what any self respecting 10year old would do.... turned his nose up at it! One thing you may find here in Australia that the quality and range of food has increased massively... yes our cheese is good but it is not allowed to have any live culture in it when sold which is what I believe is an issue to some cheese makers! WE have such great fresh fruit and veg it is not funny! So generally with food is very good. Having travelled fairly extensively now I still put American food as generally poor compared to the rest of the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I remember in Hawaii Son No 1 had a hotdog with cheese expecting cheese something like Aussie Tasty (it is a cheddar I think). It was bright Orange and he did what any self respecting 10year old would do.... turned his nose up at it! One thing you may find here in Australia that the quality and range of food has increased massively... yes our cheese is good but it is not allowed to have any live culture in it when sold which is what I believe is an issue to some cheese makers! WE have such great fresh fruit and veg it is not funny! So generally with food is very good. Having travelled fairly extensively now I still put American food as generally poor compared to the rest of the world. I agree about the American food. But when we have travelled and stayed in small town America you can find some great food. As long as keep away from chains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) When I first came to the US (more than 30 years ago) I was shocked by the orange cheese. It is unnatural, but I see less and less of it these days. I am partial to locally made Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeños. It doesn't pretend to be a gourmet cheese and is intentionally mild (I like it on toast with ham, eggs and salsa verde) but nor does it belong to the petro-cheese family like Kraft Cheez-Whiz or Velveeta* - which I suspect are declining in popularity in favor of less processed dairy products. * Yes, Kraft again - like the orange singles. What I do see increasing a lot are the Mexican cheeses like - queso fresca, cotija, and crema Mexicana sour cream.And yes, most of the interesting cheeses in the US are imported. There are plenty of hard and semi-hard cheese options, including English cheeses, but much less so in the runny, stinky varieties. Australia, with a perpetual antipodean fear of the introduction of hoof-and-mouth disease, import even fewer cheeses (particularly in the stinky, runny varieties) than even the US permits. I was surprised when the customs officer told me on my last visit that things like packaged processed meats can now be carried into Australia. What surprised me more is that the customs declaration form wants people to declare prescription medications in the same category as illicit drugs. For some reason my son and I (along with many others) were selected for additional customs screening. The dog however was satisfied and we were sent on our way. Returning to the US, my bag was intercepted by the TSA. I suspect it was the jars of Vegemite that were the culprit. They're probably the same approximate density as plastic explosives. Either that or the rum, but they did open bubble wrap I had the Vegemite wrapped in. As to food, there is great food and awful food everywhere you go. Sweeping generalizations like 'American food is poor', is no different to saying 'English food is awful'. It's easy to substantiate both claims, but neither of them is accurate. Edited February 25, 2016 by Ozexpatriate 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The worse place I have ever been for cheese is Australia - absolutely useless stuff (and I lived in a Sydney suburb which had a specialist cheese shop selling the best that could be found in Oz and it was all wimpish stuff with no flavour and not very good texture). Absolutely true 20 years ago when I first arrived here. There was one specialist shop in Perth where you could buy something halfway decent but otherwise the place was a cheese desert. Things have now improved hugely with the development of a local boutique dairy industry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2016 Last November we visited the Wensleydale Creamery at Hawes, we were told they buy cranberries dirt cheap from America, put it in cheese then sell it to America at a seriously inflated price, glad they like it as it spoils the cheese. Currently enjoying Harrogate Blue, fairly strong and creamy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 What I do like is soft cheese with plenty of garlic and herbs in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Not today sir, no! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2016 Is there an internet 'law' that says that any discussion of cheese will eventually refer to the Python sketch. 'Cleeses's law of cheese' perhaps. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Is there an internet 'law' that says that any discussion of cheese will eventually refer to the Python sketch. 'Cleeses's law of cheese' perhaps. It's like a cheesy comestible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Is there an internet 'law' that says that any discussion of cheese will eventually refer to the Python sketch. 'Cleeses's law of cheese' perhaps. Well we could refer to the Parrot Sketch, but that would be silly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) Is there an internet 'law' that says that any discussion of cheese will eventually refer to the Python sketch. 'Cleeses's law of cheese' perhaps. Yes. I tried to steer a cheesy topic on another forum in the direction of Wallace and Gromit the other day though! Edited February 25, 2016 by BG John 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Well we could refer to the Parrot Sketch, but that would be silly! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2016 They don't have cheese in the US. Just rubbery yellow stuff with no flavour at all. It makes Edam taste like strong Cheddar. steve You haven't tried Tillamook then! https://www.tillamook.com/cheese-factory/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Is there an internet 'law' that says that any discussion of cheese will eventually refer to the Python sketch. 'Cleeses's law of cheese' perhaps. The Python Corollary to Godwin's Law. As any internet discussion* grows longer, the probability of a reference to Monty Python approaches one. * topics involving cheese, Vikings, Romans, Arthurian legend, or pet birds shorten the time to reach unity by a factor proportional to the length of the existing discussion. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) You haven't tried Tillamook then! Tillamook squeaky cheese curds. Noisy cheese to eat (and salty too). A beloved treat for Oregonian youngsters (and some not so young too.) A favourite (second only to the ice cream shop) for every visit to the cheese factory. Edited February 25, 2016 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted February 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2016 I've just come across this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Uck The signs indicating the name of the river have been subject to frequent vandalism, resulting in the council fitting specially shaped signs which reduce the ability of vandals to add the letter 'f' to the word 'Uck'. I don't see why East Sussex council doesn't rename the river 'F*ck' and have done with it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2016 fairly strong and creamy. You or the cheese? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The Python Corollary to Godwin's Law. As any internet discussion* grows longer, the probability of a reference to Monty Python approaches one. * topics involving cheese, Vikings, Romans, Arthurian legend, or pet birds shorten the time to reach unity by a factor proportional to the length of the existing discussion. And unwanted e-mail, although that also involves singing Vikings! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DavidB-AU Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Live closed captions simply gave up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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