[bizi]

my mom used to make it with velvetta...very creamy if I recall correctly you could add parmesan to it to give it some sharpness.
Just a thought.
bizi

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yeah seems like velveeta should work pretty well! .... cep i've never seen that here either. (velveeta's great on broccoli too.)

there is one place i might be able to get cheddar and/or velveeta though. there is supposedly an "american foodstore" someplace. first i have to find what it is called and where it is. i'm guessing they sell things every-day american stuff at not-everyday european prices. my mom who has been to every normal supermarket under the sun, confirmed just now she has never seen cheddar or velveeta here.

Mari thanks for the virtual package offer Vermont Cheddar, YESS!!! - my fav type of cheddar is Cracker Barrel Vermont Sharp White! and no... i wouldn't attempt mac & cheese either, without cheddar or a facsimile like velveeta or american cheese.

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yesterday - lunch, afternoon, dinner

• pasta with cauliflower, carrots, cherry tomatoes
• 2 beers
• octopus-potato salad
• a little loose-leaf lettuce, plain
• 4 oblong cherry tomatoes, plain
• 3 cups coffee (of which 1 caf) w/ milk & sugar

today - at dinner and later, because of stomach upset

• 1 pc sesame wasa cracker
• 1 cup broth
• 1/3 avocado, plain
• 1 slice wheat bread, plain
• 1 plain sliced turkey sandwhich on wheat toast, plain
• 2 cups coffee (of which 1 caf) w/ milk & sugar

[Dmom3005]

Waves

If you can locate Velvetta or something like it. You can make
Mac and Cheese, It would be fantastic.

It used to be the only kind I made.

Donna

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well the other night i made a fantassssssstic octopus salad. came out really tender almost the texture of lobster.

last night i made zucchini and peppers with fresh tomatoes again, topped with 2 eggs each made a meal. very tasty, lots of fiber, vits, protein and very low fat.

Donna we cannot get velveeta here, nor anything like it....

all the cheese-food type products taste funny - not similar to american cheese or cheddar. i might attempt to do the mac and cheese using a blend of other cheeses after all, if i can dream up a combo that i think might be good? maybe sharp provolone plus parmesan or something? i dunno. i have to think about it. this place has tons of cheeses but only certain kinds, i really don't understand why i can't find things like muenster and havarti... sigh.... i thought those were european cheese... sigh.

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[bizi]

oh that would make a very good mac and cheese.
I felt really hungry today so had a big lunch, turkey meatloaf and mashed potatoes and brocolli and kale. I (on occasion) veer away from subway and go to this health food store to eat like today.
They use all organic foods and free range poultry and grass fed beef so everything is healthy and fresh.
dinner last night was blackened talapia( which was very very spicy) and yellow, summer squash, and a strongbow cider that I like after dinner.
bizi

[Mari]

Hi,

I don't know much about cheese -- can't keep track of the names.
I did some searching.

These are mostly British or Danish or Dutch with a few others.
How about
-Capretta
-Red Leicester
-Cantal de Salers
-Cantalet
-Caerphilly
-Gjetost / Brunost
-Gloucester
-Lancashire
-Mimolette
-Matusc Misto Capra Il Forteto
(texture like cheddar maybe, but taste not so much)
-Ubriacon
(does not taste like cheddar but might taste like American Cheese)


http://www.food.com/library/cheddar-cheese-564

http://www.foodsubs.com/Chesfirm.html

http://www.coldbacon.com/cheese.html


Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBu...ext=1&index=18


M.

[bizi]

I really enjoyed the monty python sketch! lol
bizi

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Originally Posted by Mari

Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBu...ext=1&index=18

oh dear Mari.... (tears streaming down cheeks)

thank you ever so for that...
*lovvvve* the cheese shop sketch

hadn't seen a good old python sketch in ages!

the spam sketch came right after the cheese shop sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2...=20&playnext=2

back to youtube now off to find the Parrot Sketch...

"Piiining for the fjooooords???????"

"He's pushing up the daisies!!!"

"This, is an EX-Parrot!"

and maybe the traffic light sketch... and the lumberjack one... ahh, now you've got me started....

p.s. afraid i haven't heard of most of the cheeses... don't worry yourself, i'll play it by ear... try something when i'm inspired and brave enough to risk a mess, parental beratement and culinary disaster

and now for something completely different:

-- The Larch.

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oh Bizi if you've never seen this you MUST...
Monty Python - The Parrot Sketch

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