Then I remembered I bought mozzarella sticks so I'm cooking those in the oven for a snack.
I love fried cheese. Mozzarella works well.
Just dip the cheese in egg then breadcrumbs, then shallow fry.
Cheese, in any form, is a yes from me.
Due to all the popularity of "self claiming" lactose intolerance (Which I think is bullshit, except in certain, fairly rare clinical cases) and supporting various almond, soy or other legume based milk substitutes, there was a huge amount of unsalable dairy products over the past few years.
So we had a huge dairy product over production. Enter the undying entrepreneur. NOW, we have an overage of cheese products on the market. All northern American made. Oddly (to me, anyway), most of the surplus seems to be Swiss style cheeses from all points north.
Not any of the fancy cheeses seem to be affected, but buying baby Swiss at a dollar per pound is awesome!
Cheese in any form is a YES from me too.
I say that anyone who dismisses things like dairy and gluten intolerance except in these "rare clinical cases" should be forced to spend a few hours in an enclosed space with me after I've consumed a few sandwiches and/or a bottle of milk.
They may change their tune.
This is a potentially dangerous misconception.
I am pretty lucky. I can eat pretty much anything. I won't die, I won't sh1t blood, my head won't swell up, I won't break out in welts.
What will happen is that my guts won't be able to digest lactose or the carbs in wheat. I will be nauseous, feel bloated, and I will be passing gas that smells like death.
I will also need to be in close proximity to a dunny for a day or two.
A few years back my family stayed in a holiday spot a couple of hours away from home. We had a nice little cabin with a separate room for my wife and I.
We went to a bloody awful restaurant. I ordered "gluten free" pizza, paid the extra $5 or whatever, and boy that gluten free base sure tasted like a regular pizza base. Because it was.
I woke up that night, no sign of my wife, door closed. I went looking for her, she was squeezed in beside our little daughter in a single bed. Breathing had become an issue for her, even with the windows open.
We drove back home the next day. Windows wound all the way down in the car as we scooted down the freeway at 110 km/h (70 mph). We made a couple of toilet stops at fast food places. And one urgent toilet stop behind a tree next to the freeway. It wasn't food poisoning, I know what food poisoning feels like.
Yeah, they sure worked me out. Gluten intolerance is imaginary except in rare clinical cases. They got that extra $5 for nothing. Haw haw haw.
I do eat cheese. I'm not allergic to lactose, just intolerant. If I eat 100g of cheese that contains 1% lactose, that 1g of lactose won't cause any major issues. If I drink half a litre of milk, that's 25g of lactose and that IS going to be a problem. Cheap cheeses that are high in lactose I try to avoid.
And I'm not taking a shot at you specifically DD, because some so-called experts make the same claims. Like I say, they are welcome to spend some time with me in an enclosed space after I've consumed things that cause these imaginary intolerances, and they can breath in the imaginary noxious fumes.
The problem is that some people conflate intolerance with allergy. Just because I can't digest something doesn't mean that I'm allergic to it. So if you give me an allergy test.... I'm not allergic to anything. Nuts, gluten, dairy, eggs. None of it.