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Everything You think You know about the American Cheese is wrong.

This is what the Cheese makers and Cheese mongers of US want to say to You . Are You fed-up with people who think your product is a Joke .

If You do a Google Search for "why American Cheese is. "one of The Top proposals for the conclusion of The Sentence are "bad", "gross" and "not-Cheese ".

It doesn't help That "American Cheese " is the name for the orange, plastic-wrapped slices as well as representatives of the whole nation's Cheese output.

So What The World needs About Us Cheese know, instead of thinking, everything That is produced in the range of fad and mass?

"of course, You can think That ," says Patricia Michelson, founder of London's La Fromagerie. "Because That is what is exported. "

"Certainly in the UK there is a misunderstanding," explains the Cheese -a journalist and senior World Cheese Awards judge Patrick McGuigan.

"If You are the majority of the British people ask for the name of an American Cheese , You 'd go for That orange plastic Cheese , That is what the country is known for internationally. But the views are changing, especially among the people in the know. American Cheese have done well, things such as The World Cheese Awards. "

It doesn't help That it is enormously expensive to US Cheese across The Pond . There are some massive tariffs on US Cheese currently by the EU and the United Kingdom, depending on the type of Cheese in the United Kingdom.

"is she up to £60 ($73) for a kilogram," said Mr McGuigan. To sell "if You try to a UK customer, You say, 'we have this Cheese , this is Amazing - it's £60. "You can see, a lot of buyers don't go hmm, I'm sure of it. '"

"are You well to Cheese . But there are some good Cheese [elsewhere], and at half The Price . "

Cheddar , for example, is the subject of a 167. 10 euro ($187. 72) per 100 kg tariff, with Colby at 151 euro (US$166. 92) per 100 kg.

Patricia Michelson wrote About Us Cheese in one of your Books , then You could not find the publishers Try to find it in some European countries, US Cheese in London, for people to taste test for this article, proved to be impossible. It is usually brought in Only for special occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, what if Ms Michelson buys it for their world-famous Cheese shops.

had You intended to import, on Independence Day this year, But paperwork kept the show currently on in Paris.

she says it is a "mountain of bureaucracy" to non-pasteurized Cheese (from raw milk, and was not heated to remove bacteria) sold in the United States itself - And Then even more Red Tape to get them out of the country and in the UK.

as well as logistical issues, she says there are other obstacles.

Ms Michelson said she loves American Cheese , write a "great Chapter" on the subject for her second book, the Cheese .

"But try to get them to publish other countries, it was impossible," she sighed. "Places like France, Italy, and Germany said it was too much on American Cheese . It galled - they are Snobs . "

"farmer's Cheese are also really hard to in the US," Ms Michelson-adds. "You 'll Only Get In a specialty store, a farmer's market, or a very upscale supermarket.

"America is not the promotion of the farmers and their wonderful Cheese - so how on earth is it to travel anywhere else?"

What does not help, either, That "it is pre-packaged and processed to within an inch of his life", so That "there is no smell at all," she says, lamenting That people are "afraid of the smell of Cheese ".

she adds That another reason the mass-produced product is good, That people "don't want to wait - You want to make Something , cut it, pack it, sell it".

When people think of American Cheese , do You think of this. . or this one? Cheese author and speaker Laura Werlin has a theory about The Image problem.

"because American Cheese , grew up as a product in The First place," she says. "We have factories pretty quickly in Our Country , the evolution and as a result, people get used to the Cheese . "

Now, the artisan Cheese is taken-motion "really," she says, "But one of the challenges is That The Price of American artisan Cheese [in the U.S.] tend to be higher than a lot of decent, or really good, imports".

This, she explains, is simply because The High costs in connection with The Business in the United States.

"So, as a result, Americans tend to buy That produced more Cheese than the artisan Cheese - Unless You are Cheese Fans. "

Julia Gross, whose tattoos are a Cheese -mite-hundreds of these Cheese -Fanatics , will be held at the American Cheese Society conference this year in Richmond, Virginia, where the Cheese revolution is on full display.

In The Event You call them "Cheese camp", take part in workshops and lectures.

Beers, Local craft, paired with regional Cheeses of bars in the city, the self-proclaimed curd nerds share their extensive knowledge on the subject.

even Cheese karaoke (You sing curd and whey to the tune of Purple Rain , for example-the Text "I never said You were the Only Solids / I never meant You to send in the Drain / There is Only One Way to have them both Together / Only once, cut the VAT, You will see curds and whey").

Independent cheesemonger Julia Gross (whose tattoos are a Cheese -mite) wants to dispel The Myth That Cheese is in any way elitist.

"Cheese -making working class generally. It is a myth That Cheese is Only for rich people. The workers are the most important part of The Farm , The Cows are happy and it is quite sustainable," She Said . "We have to conclude That the work of the love to the customers.

"It's not just buy Something tasty to eat, it's cycle is a part of life. "

Mary Quicke tells US to compete in Cheese on an international stage British expert cheesemaker Mary Quicke, of Quicke's Cheese - 14th generation of the Quicke family Farm in the English County of Devon has addressed to the American Cheese Society competition in Many years, and is considered Something of a celebrity.

"an arrogant English man, The First year I was here, I thought, 'Ah bless, The Americans are always what it is"," she laughs.

"Over The Nine years That I have to judge this competition, it has an absolutely phenomenal increase in the quality of Cheese . "

"It's a massive renaissance," she adds.

she says, can learn to cheesemakers on both sides of The Atlantic from each other and The Academy of Cheese launched a professional qualification in the UK, inspired lead of a similar System, the from the American Cheese Society.

Meet the big Cheese

Avery Jones entered with their award-winning Cheese , a total of 1,742 Cheese , in competition at the American Cheese Society conference this year (for comparison, in The First year, in 1985, 89 entries) were.

Here are The Top three Cheeses in this year:

Michael Koch of the Maryland-Firefly farms, joint organizers of this year's conference: "The quality has increased dramatically. We are back to a more localized food system That leave Europe never. "

He says That the USA has a lot to offer The World , in part because of the lack of Cheese production.

"In The States , we are not limited by tradition. So there are Cheeses That have been made in Europe, in the same way for a very long time.

"Here, we are free to do things to try How To model this kind of Cheese - But then I rotate it and whimsical. We have the freedom to color outside the lines. We are fat with Cheese . "

Britton Welsh, third from the left, agrees with other 'Cheese -stock" with their awards cheesemaker Britton Welsh certainly. One of the best-selling products from Utah-based beehive Cheese , of which he is President, is Buzzed, the unusual, Hardly a Cheese rubbed with coffee grounds and lavender.

If it is already sold in the UK, however, he was for the equivalent of $70 per pound and in the USA, it retails for $24. While an exporter says took care of procedure, Mr Welsh, there are huge Transport and customs costs, the Cheese , and as a result it ended "is exorbitantly expensive and out of reach for most consumers from the United Kingdom". were

"Hopefully it will change one day, and the consumer in Britain, add in the location, You will enjoy our unique Cheese ," he said.

The young farmer's family

Trisha Boyce on your Farm , Trisha Boyce, a third-generation dairy farmer, and her husband Shakes took over chapel country Creamery in Maryland two years ago. Her toddler son, Trace is in his element on the dairy Farm , running around and say Hello to The Cows (he even has his own) and the sampling Blue Cheese , one of his favorites.

she says That , if it would change a small-Scale artisan cheesemakers, then The Perception of the American Cheese .

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Source of news: bbc.com