No Need to Refrigerate

[rev_hp_meyers]

The declaration proudly displayed on the can of spray-cheese has always concerned me. Generally speaking I'm not an advocate for fake cheese product, but recently I've come to enjoy it, in it's proper usage. You see Jennifer and I have been eating a lot of vegetables; carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and corn among other things. My

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[jimbow8]

I have the same problem with vegetables: I don't like them. ;)

Fortunately, my doctor has given me an excuse to not eat them: the Low Fiber Diet.

[rev_hp_meyers]

You lucky bastard...well probably not "lucky" but it's nice to have a real excuse besides, "eww they're gross"

[orphanedmage]

Cheese was believed to be invented by shepherds. You see, back in the olden times (an era I believe you have some familiarity with) people needed easy ways to transport foods, liquids being paramount if you were taking long treks across plains or mountains as water is necessary. One of the things used was the stomachs of various animals. Goats in particular as they were one of the most commonly herded animals. Goats Milk is another common thing to be transported. When you put milk inside a goat's stomach you have the addition of the rennet which makes the cheese curds from the milk. By roman times chesse had become acommonplace item as troops needed food in the field and meat does not keep very long even with the preserving practices they had by then. But cheese tends to keep for a significant period of time no matter what the weather. They needed a way to guarantee fat tot he troops and here was cheese, the answer to all prayers.
Hope you enjoyed reading that as much as I enjoyed writing it.

[rev_hp_meyers]

Yes, my ancestors came from a place where they developed many innovative ways to preserve food over long times, unfortunately they continue to use those methods, even with modern refrigeration, freezing, and other less horrible preservation techniques. Yet cheese, oh cheese, is the same today as it was yesterday and it will be tomorrow.

[lifepart3]

For instance, they continue to pickle herring and make lutefisk.

[rev_hp_meyers]

That's pretty much what came to mind.

[anonymous]

What an ode to cheese. You oughta contact the National Cheese Council and see if you can get an official role as Cheese evangelist. They probably need one for Twitter.

[gr82live]

That was me by the way. Don't know why LJ can't keep me logged in like other sites can.

[rev_hp_meyers]

The cheese world is too political for me, lot's of infighting and turf wars. It's sad that something so good is perverted by greed, selfishness, and bureaucracy.

[jimbow8]

That's because the orange cheeses are always trying to get uppity towards the obviously superior white cheeses.

[lifepart3]

Being sauteed in garlic makes just about any vegetable taste better, IMO. Plus, garlic is kind of a vegetable, so you're not really cheating.

[rev_hp_meyers]

That's true. And garlic is supposedly good for you.

[drmagoo]

I think everything's better with garlic, with the possible exception of breakfast cereal.

[luminousx]

Even placenta.

Or was that polenta?

[drmagoo]

I hanker for a hunk of cheese. Of course, I always hanker for a hunk of cheese. If cheese were suddenly destroyed in a cheesepocalypse, I'd almost certainly be down to the weight my doctor wants me at, but that would be a hellish nightmare.

[jimbow8]

cheesepocalypse

Mad Max: Beyond Cheddardome

[rev_hp_meyers]

See my newest entry.