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Product News from Specialty Cheese!

I've written in the past about Just The Cheese Chips, by Specialty Cheese Company of Lowell, WI. If you haven't tried them, these are exactly what the name says - chips made from crumbled cheese, seasoned in various ways, and baked until they are gloriously crunchy. They are, unsurprisingly, loaded with protein and calcium. They're also very filling; I find that a half-a-dozen of the disc-shaped chips are enough to satisfy my hunger for hours.

However, some of you have found Just The Cheese Chips to be too salty for your tastes. So I'm pleased to let you know (a bit belatedly) that in the past year Specialty Cheese has reduced the sodium in their Just The Cheese chips by 25%. These really are one of the best possible low carb snack foods - no weird Frankenfood ingredients here, just real cheese plus some seasonings. They're easy to carry in a purse or attache case, too, and they make ideal emergency food to carry while travelling. If you can't get them locally - my grocery store carries them! - you can order them online.

But there's more news from Specialty Cheese! At Expo West, the huge natural foods/health foods trade show I went to in March, the Specialty Cheese Company booth was my favorite! Why? Because they were passing out samples of their latest product: Frying cheese!

What's frying cheese? It's cheese that's formulated just for pan-frying (not deep-frying); it gets brown and tasty on the outside, and soft and melty on the inside, without melting down into a puddle in your frying pan. Unbelieveable. It's like eating a grilled cheese sandwich without the bread. I think I must have eaten a dozen pieces, hot off the griddle.

Frying Cheese comes in plain, garlic, jalapeno, and pineapple-mango. I'm torn between whether garlic or jalapeno is my favorite! I'm going to nag my pals at Bloomington's Sahara Mart to start carrying this stuff; it could become a staple around here. I suggest you ask your local stores to carry Frying Cheese, too. Barring that, you can order Frying Cheese (and Just The Cheese Chips) directly from Specialty Cheese Company. http://www.specialcheese.com/

These are the sort of low-carb products I really love - real food, not bad imitations of what was junk food to begin with. Get your hands on some!

Posted by HoldTheToast at April 22, 2005 02:08 PM