This cheese blog is for a class, I am currently taking, called "You Are What You Eat." This blog will let you in on my observations and ideas about cheese. You will get to read about how I and those around me eat it. You will get to read about where it is eaten and what meals it appears in. I will, at some point, discuss its many forms and how it is made/produced. I will also get into how cheese potrays identity and to who.
I meant to post these sooner, but here are some of the notes I have already taken:
January 24, 2008
Cheese, it’s everywhere! I have only begun to make observations and so far have seen it at every meal. Now that I think about it, I have also eaten it at every meal since. This is normal for me. I love cheese and eat it a lot. Not always the same type or form, though. I have eaten American sliced cheese in a sandwich, crumbled feta and shredded cheddar on salad, grated parmesan on pasta, and whipped cream cheese on a bagel. Let me remind you, this was all eating in four meals over the past two days. I wonder if I’ll eat cheese tonight at dinner!?!?
January 27, 2008
Well my cheese eating streak has come to an end. The funny thing is that it ended as soon as I went home this weekend. Strangely I only had cheese once this weekend. It was in a breakfast sandwich, purchased at Dunkin’ Donuts. My sisters also had a slice of cheese in their sandwiches. My mom, on the other hand, was given a small pre-sealed container of Philadelphia cream cheese that she was to spread on her bagel herself. Sliced cheese is pretty much standard so they just put a slice on it you cheese. I’m assuming that is why they don’t spread the cream cheese on for you. A good amount is up to the consumer’s discretion.
January 29, 2008
My experience with cheese today was very interesting. I informed my friends, while eating lunch, that I was keeping a food journal based on cheese and that I was going to observe their cheese eating. Two of them informed me, almost immediately, about their love for cheese. My friend Maeghan, on the hand, told me she didn’t like cheese, as she took a bite out of a cheese pizza. She then explained that she only ate it on pizza. I found that to be very odd. Then I saw something that was much more peculiar to me. My friend Tracie had topped her pasta with shredded cheddar cheese. I had never seen that before. I always thought pasta called for a creamy cheese sauce or grated parmesan. I guess not. Then, I looked at my turkey and pesto sandwich with two slices of provolone cheese. I realized that all the delis on campus tended to have the same three types of cheese: sliced American, provolone, and Swiss. I guess those are most popular in sandwiches around here.
