You’ll have to bear with me here. I think today’s daily adventure requires a little background information to be fully appreciated.

I don’t like cheese. Never have. When I was little I was completely put off by it. I thought it smelled awful and was quite confident that it would taste awful too. I refused to eat it (even Kraft Dinner) and because I drank a lot of milk, my mother didn’t try to push it on me. This was a non-issue for many years. Almost all children dislike some food – or entire food groups – so nobody ever questioned me on it. Then I went to university.

Cheesecake was a very popular ‘treat’ in the residence I lived in during my first year of University and the fact that I wouldn’t eat anyones cheesecake did not sit well with many. “Well, have you tried Oreo cookie cheesecake though?, I bet you’d like that”!  “What about caramel cheesecake”.  Everyone seems to think that I didn’t like cheese because I hadn’t really tried it or I hadn’t tried the ‘right’ cheese yet.  Let me tell you, people like their cheese. When they learn that I don’t care for it they pepper me with questions and seem genuinely confused “How can you not like cheese”?  “Man, I wish I didn’t like cheese, I’d probably be 10 pounds lighter”.  It just doesn’t make sense in their world.

As the years have gone by I have come to realize that cheesecake and cream cheese are in a separate category from all ‘other cheeses’ (in my opinion). I should also clarify that I do eat pizza as well as nachos and lasagna made with mozzarella (only). I do not eat cheddar cheese EVER, nor any other cheeses. Except for Boursin which I find completely delicious but I categorize it as a glorified cream cheese made for crackers instead of bagels so in my mind it doesn’t actually count as a cheese cheese.

Adventure-A-Day: Day 5

So, back to today’s adventure.

I had cheese fondue for lunch.

I can’t even pronounce the names of the two cheeses that were contained in the box that I purchased at the grocery store this morning. I opened the package and squeezed the cheese blob (sounds appetizing, right?) into the fondue pot and lit it. I stirred it as it started to heat up and melt and then waited the full 5 minutes the package recommended letting it boil before trying it.

It didn’t look yummy, it didn’t smell yummy but I skewered a little piece of bread, plunged it in the fondue pot and popped it in my mouth anyhow.

It didn’t taste good.

There. Now no one can say I’m not being adventuress enough to even try it. I tried it and I can report back with 100% confidence that I STILL don’t like cheese.

That means more for the rest of you cheese lovers out there.

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