Since moving out of the same house as the Food Nazi, I have enjoyed returning to things like 2% milk and full-fat ice cream. I had enough oat bran and flaxseed for a lifetime in 6 months, thank you, but I have to admit, I do try to pay a bit more attention now to what I put in my mouth.

So anyway, in the next town over, once a month through April, they're having a winter farmer's market. I went today. It was largely stuff like organic meat of assorted varieties (like, buffalo and goat, not just cows!), homemade honey and cheese, etc.

The friend who helped me do most of the moving here stopped at the last farmer's market of the season in town here and bought some cheese from an Amish family. She said it was really good, and they were there today as well, so I bought a regular hunk of cheese and a bag of "fresh" cheese curds. (Cheese curds are a Wisconsin delicacy ;-) -- it's what you skim off the top before you actually form the cheese -- they're usually quite tasty, and they make an amusing squeaking noise when you chew them.)

The bag says, "all natural, no additives." The Amish lady said, "they're so fresh, they were still in the cow 24 hours ago." My stomach says, -- well, if we had a "ralphing" smiley, it would go here. I was INSTANTLY sick to my stomach.

So. Is the lesson here "stick to pasteurized cheese" or "stop eating additives and chemicals"? I mean, is this a usual reaction, or is my body just out of whack after months of eating funny?

Just curious.

CB