6:04 pm UTC Apr. 6, 2021
COLBY – JoAnne Peterson sent me an astonishing email a few months ago.
The Wisconsin state Legislature was considering making Colby cheese the state cheese, the 73-year-old Brookfield resident wrote. Make a push for that.
I took that to mean she wanted me to support Colby cheese, and, therefore, be a part of the advancement of good taste and official recognition of one of the most important discoveries in human history.
The shock wasn t that JoAnne assumed that I would have
any influence on statewide policy: I m lucky I get to decide what I eat for breakfast. What s inconceivable is Colby cheese isn t