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Article: CONNOISSEURS OF CURD GATHER TO PICK THE NATION'S BIG CHEESE CHEESES FROM 25 STATES ARE ENTERED IN THE NATIONAL CONTEST IN MILWAUKEE. U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP CHEESE CONTEST.(BUSINESS)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 16, 2005
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Byline: Ryan Nakashima Associated Press
MILWAUKEE -- John Umhoefer calls it the Olympics of cheese.
Every two years, hundreds of cheeses are sent in from across the nation to see which makes the cut and is crowned the U.S. champion of cheese.
This year, more than 1,000 cheeses from 25 states are in Milwaukee for the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest to be poked, prodded, squished, chewed, sniffed and ultimately spit out by 14 finicky judges.
Though every cheese that's entered is good, come today, only one will get to be the big cheese.
"It's kind of like the Olympics where you start out with a 10 and your flaws are downgraded," ...