re: #836 Cato the Elder
That’s because most American stuff is cheesy imitations.
I can remember when all you could get here were two brands of cheese: “Swiss” and “American”. Both with the consistency of plastic, the taste of boiled milk and the look of a corpse.
Of course, if you really wanted to splurge you could get Velveeta or cheese-in-a-spray-can.
One of the few things we can be grateful to yuppies for is bringing back a taste for real cheese from their tours of the Continent.
I’m still waiting for the sausage sections of high-end markets to catch up with their cheese offerings.
Usually you can find some good artisanal cheeses in stores such as Whole Foods