Re: OT: baloney and cheese

I think it's amusing that "American" cheese is actually processed cheese
food, i.e. not cheese at all.  Switzerland is a small place, and few
Americans can probably place it on a map.  I bet a significant portion of
the country is uncertain about its current political status, and a good
chunk of us don't know whether or not it's a real country.  I'm sure that I
can find at least 20 US-born types who won't be able to tell me that "Swiss"
means "from Switzerland", even if I phrase it in the form of a yes-or-no
question.  But at least everyone knows that Belgians only make two things
(chocolate and waffles), each with one variety.  Right?

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> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of John Cowan
> I suppose Swiss people think it's bizarre that Americans insist on calling
> Emmenthaler (or our imitation thereof) "Swiss", as if there were no other
> cheeses from Switzerland.  (As for me, my favorite Swiss cheese
> is Jarlsberg.)
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