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The Great Cheese Conspiracy

Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:20 am
Posted by trombonetiger
BTR
Member since Sep 2014
62 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:20 am
Alright folks, here's the deal. I'm originally from up north- When I was young my parents would take me to the grocery store and while at the deli, they would ask the worker there if I could have a free slice of cheese. They'd always say yes and I would get some cheese out of the otherwise boring grocery trip. However, I moved down south and mentioned this off hand to my buddy and he looked at me like I was crazy!

We have a hypothesis that it's a regional thing but we just don't know for sure. Did y'all get the free cheese? If you wanna contribute to our understanding of this phenomena, you can also fill out this anonymous google form. Google Doc

Thoughts???
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
21359 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:21 am to
A lot of holes in this cheese conspiracy.
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
14844 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:21 am to
Your mother was probably banging the cheese slicer.
This post was edited on 12/8/17 at 12:22 am
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70121 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:22 am to
I have never thought to ask for free cheese. I have seen HEB here in Texas have cubes of cheese out to sample and you can ask for a sample of deli meat.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
29020 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:23 am to
You sound like kind of a dick tbh.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:24 am to
No free cheese down south until you post pics of your wife on the OT. It's weird but that's the rule.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85489 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:25 am to
Should be titled "The Great South or Not Conspiracy"



:catsy:

ETA -
This post was edited on 12/8/17 at 12:30 am
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
18854 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:29 am to
We used to get a free cookie at Winn Dixie’s and Brookshire’s. frick yo cheese, baw.
Posted by HogBalls
Member since Nov 2014
8596 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:32 am to
quote:

When I was young my parents would take me to the grocery store and while at the deli, they would ask the worker there if I could have a free slice of cheese.

Lol poors
This post was edited on 12/8/17 at 12:32 am
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20585 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:38 am to
No free cheese for carpetbag yankees.
This post was edited on 12/8/17 at 12:40 am
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58407 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:52 am to
Plenty people in the South get free cheese from the government.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 12:57 am to
quote:

Alright folks, here's the deal. I'm originally from up north-

Stopped there
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55542 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 1:16 am to
I'm only familiar with the peanut butter conspiracy.

I used to the get the can of sardines.
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 1:21 am to
quote:

Thoughts???


Down here, we get .99/lb ground beef after 7 PM. Just ask your Albertsons butcher; they'll know what you're talking about.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132820 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 1:43 am to
you are a bit cheesy
Posted by Jimmy2shoes
The South
Member since Mar 2014
11004 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 5:08 am to
The best free cheese is government cheese!
If you ever had it you know what I'm talking about.
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11494 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 6:07 am to
You give us one example of this happening up north and that proves it is a great northern tradition?
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117769 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 6:15 am to
quote:

trombontiger



The free cheese you’re referring to is what we call lagniappe.

Usually, you’d end up buying that particular type of cheese if it’s good. That’s what we do with crawfish anyway.

Hope this helps.
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18562 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 6:38 am to
Bring a kid to the store and ask for free cheese from the deli. That's the only way to truly answer this question. Maybe your buddy's mom never asked or wanted him to have cheese.

Publix gives free cookies to kids. Trader Joes has a basket of fruit for kids to have for free.

The Publix deli counter always offers a sample of the meat or cheese they're slicing for you.

Whole Foods often has 3-4 cheese samples throughout the store.

You can eat a full free meal at CostCo if you're there between 1 and 3.

I'd say we're good on free food in the South.
This post was edited on 12/8/17 at 6:39 am
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
40295 posts
Posted on 12/8/17 at 7:05 am to
if my mom got cheese or meat they would always give us a sample of it first to see if we liked the thickness of it. it wasnt just handed out though. i still see this
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