I’m a fan of Muenster, myself.
https://cabotcreamery.com/products/cheese-seriously-sharp-bar-dairy
If the government says they’re bad for you then I believe that it’s good!
I’m Italian by heritage and deem cheese and wine good for you!
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Cheeky!!
St. Agur
Sheet? Goat? Grassfed?
Cheese, like bacon, has a tendency to improve almost everything.
At it’s core, at the center of the earth, is a ball of spinning bacon, surrounded by a molten globe of cheese.
I bet I have over a dozen different cheeses in my deli drawer right now. It’s a weakness for me, for sure.
Since I was a kid, Velveeta has been a very popular product and I once enjoyed it. But today, it upsets my stomach and not knowing why. It turns out that Kraft changed its formula (I don’t when):
“Originally Velveeta was made from real cheese. Today, it’s mainly whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, milk, fat, and preservatives. By the Food and Drug Administration’s standards, that’s not real cheese—which is why the FDA forced Kraft to change its label from “cheese spread” to “cheese product.”
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a48858/facts-about-velveeta/
But today, I see that Velveeta remains to be a popular product on the store shelves. And as far as I know, it is the only “cheese” product that does not require refrigeration.
Cheddar, American and cream cheese raise breast cancer risk.
“... eating high amounts of cheddar and cream cheeses may increase women’s risk of breast cancer, but a high intake of yogurt may reduce risk of the disease... Cheddar, cream cheese may raise breast cancer risk by 53 percent...”
“How cheddar and cream cheese could give you breast cancer: Eating too much can raise the risk by 50%
“... US scientists looked at more than 3,000 women over 11 years, measuring dairy intake using a food questionnaire.
“They found cheese raised the risk of breast cancer by 53 per cent, particularly a high intake of cheddar and cream cheeses, plus American varieties.
“However eating yoghurt appeared to cut the risk by 30 per cent for the women studied.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4322418/How-cheddar-cream-cheese-breast-cancer.html
“Contrary to our observations between yogurt and breast cancer, we observed a marginally significant 53% increased risk of breast cancer associated with higher “other cheese” (American, cheddar, and cream cheese) intake (OR: 1.53; 95% CI: 0.99, 2.34; P = 0.05). No associations were observed with the remaining dairy groups and breast cancer in these data.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29955696/
(Maybe someone with more medical background than I have can help interpret the data regarding risk. An increased risk of 53% sounds large, but the original study characterizes this as only “marginally significant.”)
Pimento Cheese!
