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From: paul@dual.UUCP (Baker)
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Subject: Re: Color of cheese.
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Date: Thu, 19-Jan-84 17:48:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 19 17:48:22 1984
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I would agree that true English cheddar is not Orange, it is however
yellowish.  Other real English cheeses such as Leiceister and Double
Gloucester are orange though.  I don't believe these are dyed though.
I was led to believe that the colour of the cheese has something to do
with minerals that the cow eats with its grass.

On a related topic, why does there seem to be no true American cheeses.
All of it that I have ever found is of the plastic extruded type available
in orange, white and holey flavours.  There are a few oddments like Brie
made in Marin county, CA (not bad actually), but no "ethnic" U.S. cheeses.


	Paul Wilcox-Baker