Re: OT: baloney and cheese

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen wrote:
> I think it's amusing that "American" cheese is actually processed cheese
> food, i.e. not cheese at all.
What's 'American cheese'? Those individually-wrapped squares of cheese
that don't melt when you heat them and don't break when you roll it? Do
people call that 'American cheese'? We call it square cheese or plastic
cheese here.

(On a cheese-related note, in Australia, Coon is a company that makes
cheese. The vast majority of Australians, I would say, do not know what
Coon means elsewhere. Apparently quite some time ago, Coon had an ad
trying to convince people to say 'coon' instead of 'cheese' when people
took your photo. So some Australians, having found their way into
America, actually did this. Great embarrassment and/or confusion all round.)

Tristan.

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