"My comment was made as a slight against the realm of processed cheese food products, not as a slight on American-made cheeses in general. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
No ofense taken at all.
One of the most exciting things-and really the thing that made me want to come to work every morning-was getting folks away from the mass produced cheeses-and yes there are plenty of mass produced/heavily processed "fancy" imported cheese out there.Most of us are familliar with a goat cheese from france called Montrachet.It is produced from dried milk and frozen curds and never sees human hand till it is unpacked at the market.And yet phoney food snobs think it is someting great.This is just one of many European cheeses that now(thanks to the dollars decline)sell for huge prices in the US.

I am so glad I am not lactose intolerant-that would be hell for me.