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What I love about Comte cheese is that it CANNOT be replicated. It is place-specific. The milk must come from a certain breed of cow that ate a certain type of flower only in a small area.

I just can't get over it. It is place in cheese form.

My favorite thing ever.

I used to use so much bleach before I thought it through and became aware of the impacts of my use. Now I just use it to sanitize cutting boards and the sink and faucet after handling raw meats.

I work in the nutrition field, and we conducted a test to see just how much bleach is needed to sanitize surfaces (not disinfect; diapering areas should be disinfected!). It is amazing how LITTLE is needed.

For a homemade sanitizer, use this recipe:

Fill any sized spray bottle with cool water (tap is fine). Take the spray nozzle and dip the stem in bleach, up to 3/4 the length of the stem. Place dipped stem in spray bottle of water, swish around to get bleach into the water. Repeat 2 more times. Tada! Your done!

I spray cutting boards, any tongs used to handle meat, and the sink, faucet, and surrounding counter after preparing meat. Every couple of days I spray the drain area of the sink because, well, ew. That's it.

Otherwise, I scrub the sink and any smelly things with baking soda and dish soap, spray with vinegar and rinse.