Let's cut the cheese!!!

For Christmas Eve, my husband and I went over to our longtime friends home to visit and spend some time with them. They are Filipino and as a tradition in the Philippines, they eat this special cheese called Queso de Bola which is this REALLY aged cheese for like 40+ years and according to my dad! there's no real special reason on why they eat it on Christmas, they just do!

So as we were seated at the dinner table, my friend kept saying, " Ok, let's cut the cheese!" Of course, me being me, I had absolutely no choice but to reply, " please don't, we are at the dinner table!!" Of course myself, her husband and mine all chuckled, but it didn't seem to phase her, so she just looked like us quizzically and we continued on with our dinner.

After dinner and dessert, she again became excited and once again said, " I'm going to cut the cheese now," to which...like I said! me being me! I had no choice, " please don't cut the cheese, or at least not in front of us!!" Again, we started laughing but she just looked at us like we were crazy, until her husband asked her, " do you know what that means? That's a saying for farting!" She gave a half hearted chuckle and said " oh you guys ok well I'm going to go cut the cheese now!" LOL.....that was one of the highlights of my Christmas Eve and I just thought I would share...Until next time beloved.....please don't cut the cheese!