Many Americans, however, are accustomed to thinking something is wrong when they see these so-called scruffy cheese. I grew up always having cheeses incorporated with my meals, there's nothing like a roasted, fresh goat cheese with greens. It's runny, you serve it with a spoon. The average portion served at Union Pacific is 3 ounces. Maintaining cheese also can be costly.
Different cheeses have to be handled in different ways.
They need different refrigerations, they have to be served at just the right temperature. Sometimes they over-ripen. But cheese is an easy launch pad for other things we do make a profit from. Such as a nice glass of dessert wine. Barbara Sullivan is a Chicago-based freelance writer.