>No. There is a definite difference though between buying packaged cheese and buying cheese straight from the factory.

I take it you aren't big on the plastic sliced stuff from Kraft, or cheese wiz? I once knew a young woman who thought cheese wiz was the greatest condiment handed down to humankind from on high. She had to put cheese wiz on just about everything she ate. I still cringe at the thought and I'm still not sure why it has the word 'cheese' in its name.

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>>Aree you saying you can't get a decent cheese in the USA (generally) other than the processed slices? i.e. no cheddar, wensleysdale, cheshire, stilton, red leicester, caerphilly (just to mention some of the English - never mind the French), dutch edam, et al.
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>>>On this I agree. I grew up in Wisconsin and many of my relatives raised dairy cows. We always had fresh milk (yuck) and cheese and the cows grazed. Not many know this (unless you've been to Wisconsin) but areas in Wisconsin have some of the richest black soil in the world (due to the glaciers). The smell of alfalfa growing in the summer is really awsome. The growing season is short though. You can't find anything like the fresh cheese in the stores of course. I'm sure California cheese factories probably have the same. My favorite is actually cheese curd but you have to get it when it is fresh from the factory. There are many small factories in Wisconsin run by families. The cheese factories in Wisconsin still sell it in bags and even give it away to tourists.
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>>>>>When you say "cheese" I assume you're not talking about extruded processed slices but about natural cheese from grass-fed herds that therefore contains much greater vitamin, healthy omega fats and conjugated linoleic acid?
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>>>>This's our cheese: http://www.altinkilic.com/yedekk/img/urungrup/small_1.jpg
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>>>>We don't have a industrialized stock raising, so our cows are grass-feeded.
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>>>>>You aren't the only ones that eat sliced meat and full fat cheese for breakfast. The French do as well, and they have traditionally demonstrated a low rate of atherosclerosis and obesity. This is changing - 5% annual increase in obesity since 1997- making people wonder whether more recent arrivals on the food scene (? fast/processed foods ?) are more to blame than natural cheese and spiced meats.
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>>>>I like full fat cheese... :)
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>>>>>I understand that Turkish scientists consider that Turkey has a serious obesity problem. Apparently 30% of adult women and 15% of adult men are obese in some studies? That's higher than European nations but lower than the USA and middle Eastern countries that collect statistics.
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>>>>Turkey has not a serious obesity problem. Turkish people are poor, so my people cannot buy a lot meat as like americans. Turks have to eat grain based...