La Vache qui rit au Kentucky?!

Bonjour Kentucky! So it turns out that "Fromageries Bel Incorporation" has been producing their cheeses (Laughing Cow, Boursin, Mini Babybel, etc.) in little 'ole Leitchfield, Kentucky, since the 1970s*. Grayson County/Leitchfield is about 2.5 hours from Lexington. Field trip? Anyway, having discovered the cheeses abroad and then returning home to discover them in my local grocery, this news makes me rire.

Apparently things are going really well and Americans are eating even more of the stuff than the French. Something like 8,000 tons to 6,500 (tv5.fr). I suppose when we do something, our motto is quite literally "Go BIG or go home." Furthermore, it's somewhat ironic (or sad?) that this stuff is currently being billed as "so healthy," and that in reality Americans are getting fatter from the French dairy product. We all have our growth areas... No pun intended.

Gaining weight eating French cheeses? Who's rire-ing now? Damn cow.

*The cheeses are also produced in le Wisconsin and le Dakota du Sud.

http://www.gcnewsgazette.com/view/full_story/1501229/article-Leitchfield’s-Bel-Cheese-plant-to-be-featured-on-Food-Network-National-Exposure

http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/info/p-1914-7-jours-sur-la-planete.htm