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Article: CALIFORNIA VS. WISCONSIN, ROUND 2; But Cheetos aren't cheese
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2006
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California is about to overtake Wisconsin in making cheese. Or so
reports the venerable and generally reliable New York Times.
We don't doubt the basic facts of the Sept. 30 article. Wisconsin
produced 2.4 billion pounds of cheese last year. California produced
2.14 billion. It's not unreasonable to conclude that, given
California's cheese-making pace tripling the amount made over the
past 15 years that the state will soon pull ahead of Wisconsin.
In quantity.
Quality that's an entirely different matter. Cheetos don't count
as cheese. Which is why we take issue with only one word in The Times
article's headline, "Wisconsin's crown of cheese is within
California's reach." And that word is ...