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dinner. Sounds a bit grand and possibly over the top for a mid-week family meal. But the cheese course is so much more than the consumption of more rich in saturated fat, and salt, high-calorie food.</p><figure id="9a76"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*9RuOUt9ZeGbfgITafypCPg.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@rodlong?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Rod Long</a> on <a href="/s/photos/cheese-and-crackers?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="86e2">The cheese course turns the occupants at the table into grazers. It keeps us glued to our seats, or sometimes not as the dinner conversations expand and take shape into something more than a download of what happened to you during the day.</p><p id="1b3d">Props, pictures, and all sorts of paraphernalia from around the house arrive and fill the table. As we discuss and debate, grazing into the night on beautiful cheeses. Some blue, some smelly, accompanied with crackers, crisp celery sticks, slices of cherry red crunchy apple, nuts, dried fruits and a jar of some confit concoction a kind neighbour produced earlier in the year from their toils in the allotment. And the odd splash of Port, for colour!</p><p id="eeaf">Our household cheese course animal analogy would be similar to the eating habits of Ziggy

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and Ozzie the cats. Our eating slows; the rush to finish then dash off no longer hangs over our heads. Instead, we sit listening and talking, enjoying each other’s company.</p><p id="8138">The complete opposite to our babysitting dog duties of the two slobbering English Mastiffs. Which thankfully, after a decent walk across the fields, scoff their food at speed, then stretch out across the kitchen floor to relax and nap.</p><p id="a379"><b>Take Away</b></p><blockquote id="4bc3"><p>Too much cheese could lead to high cholesterol and high blood pressure, increasing your cardiovascular disease risk (CVD). In the UK, the standard portion size is 30g (the size of a small matchbox or two-and-a-half dominoes)</p></blockquote><p id="2d5f">Grate your cheese before stuffing it into a sandwich. There’s a good chance you will use less cheese. But if you want to be sure, weigh it first.</p><p id="8c93">When grating cheese, don’t be tempted to gobble up that little bit at the end, the piece that’s too small to be grated — it still counts as cheese!</p><p id="30fe">If you’re really keen on cheese and who isn't and have a medical or dietary requirement, head down the cheese aisle, and check out the low-fat stuff. I hope it will be just as tasty, and I guess it does what it says on the tin “low fat.” I’ve not had the need to try it myself as it kind of feels a bit like having a non-alcoholic beer — what’s the point!</p></article></body>

The Hidden Desire And Covert Late Night Fridge Raid For Tasty Cheese

Park the cheese up the table next to the Port for just one moment; this is more than simply cheese.

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First off, I’m not a mouse in disguise. Secondly, there are far worse things you can do in life than tiptoe into the kitchen and raid the fridge to enjoy a generous platter of cheese and crackers late at night. Possibly with a glass of Port to aid digestion while adding a little colour to the snack tray, much of which offers a great source of protein and calcium.

The downside of such late-night feasting is it will undoubtedly sit on the tummy. Do this too often, and your regular snacking habit could lead to a little additional and unwanted weight gain.

Okay, forget the could — it has, and the jeans are feeling slightly tighter. (stretch denim it’s the future)

The preferred cheese chow down would have been our final course at dinner. Sounds a bit grand and possibly over the top for a mid-week family meal. But the cheese course is so much more than the consumption of more rich in saturated fat, and salt, high-calorie food.

Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash

The cheese course turns the occupants at the table into grazers. It keeps us glued to our seats, or sometimes not as the dinner conversations expand and take shape into something more than a download of what happened to you during the day.

Props, pictures, and all sorts of paraphernalia from around the house arrive and fill the table. As we discuss and debate, grazing into the night on beautiful cheeses. Some blue, some smelly, accompanied with crackers, crisp celery sticks, slices of cherry red crunchy apple, nuts, dried fruits and a jar of some confit concoction a kind neighbour produced earlier in the year from their toils in the allotment. And the odd splash of Port, for colour!

Our household cheese course animal analogy would be similar to the eating habits of Ziggy and Ozzie the cats. Our eating slows; the rush to finish then dash off no longer hangs over our heads. Instead, we sit listening and talking, enjoying each other’s company.

The complete opposite to our babysitting dog duties of the two slobbering English Mastiffs. Which thankfully, after a decent walk across the fields, scoff their food at speed, then stretch out across the kitchen floor to relax and nap.

Take Away

Too much cheese could lead to high cholesterol and high blood pressure, increasing your cardiovascular disease risk (CVD). In the UK, the standard portion size is 30g (the size of a small matchbox or two-and-a-half dominoes)

Grate your cheese before stuffing it into a sandwich. There’s a good chance you will use less cheese. But if you want to be sure, weigh it first.

When grating cheese, don’t be tempted to gobble up that little bit at the end, the piece that’s too small to be grated — it still counts as cheese!

If you’re really keen on cheese and who isn't and have a medical or dietary requirement, head down the cheese aisle, and check out the low-fat stuff. I hope it will be just as tasty, and I guess it does what it says on the tin “low fat.” I’ve not had the need to try it myself as it kind of feels a bit like having a non-alcoholic beer — what’s the point!

Food
Cheese
Family
Life
Health
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