> My local, nothing special, supermarket stocks over 100 species of cheese. I remember going to the US and being confronted either 3 (American, whatever that is, Swiss and Cheddar. Um, which is unlike any cheddar I've ever had. Frankly the biggest difference seemed to be the color (which is artificial).

When was this comparison done?

In the last decade or so American grocery stores have dramatically improved their cheese selections. I don't know if it is 100 different cheeses, but it is pretty darn close. And unusual regional cheeses come in all the time.

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bruce511 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is from more than a decade ago. Nice to here things are improving:)

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thatfrenchguy 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> In the last decade or so American grocery stores have dramatically improved their cheese selections. I don't know if it is 100 different cheeses, but it is pretty darn close. And unusual regional cheeses come in all the time.

Eh, I mean, sure, if you go to a Whole Foods or Trader Joe, you’ll find cheese that might rival a discount chain in France at premium prices. If you go to Safeway, Target or Walmart, the cheese will not be anywhere near what a French (or I assume, a Swiss) person would find acceptable.

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		My local QFC (Kroger), for all the complaints I have about it, has a pretty darn good cheese selection. So does my local co-op that I can walk to. Or the other bougie store less than a mile away from me. Within a 1 mile radius I probably have over 200 varieties of cheese to choose from!