Chet Over the past week, My OH found "Grafton Classic" (VT) It's a 5 YO cheddar with a bite. It hurts in the wallet at $8.99 a lb. LB Chet, most of the cheese that is made in the US sucks compared to the > stuff I was used to in Europe. * > > If I could find something properly made (A Wisconsin cheddar > perhaps?) how would you, as a cheese expert go about turning a fresh > cheese from there into an excellent cheese? Is over-wintering a > cheese in the garage worthwhile? Should I consider buying a lot of > milk from then stupormarket and doing then whole job - or is the > really crucial part of the process the ageing? I suppose I'm really > asking: what is the most economical/ least effort route to decent > cheese? > > And is there an easy way to incorporate chile flavors into the cheese?