Posted: 01.07.2010

Cheese would become Wisconsin's official
state snack under a bill up for public hearing on Thursday.

The proposal by Democratic state Sen. Jim Sullivan of Wauwatosa
doesn't differentiate between cheddar, blue or Swiss. And it also
doesn't say anything about curds.

What it would do is make plain old cheese the official snack,
joining corn as the official state grain, cranberry as the official
state fruit and milk as the official beverage.

Cheese has been getting a lot of love from lawmakers this year.
Another proposal would name the bacterium that converts milk
into cheese as the official state microbe.

The bill will be considered by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
 

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