Oh that adorable Laughing Cow. In the early 1990′s, when I was living in Spain, I fell deeply in love with what I thought was an unusual product. It was a processed cheese that came packed in individual foil wedges. These little foil wedges were placed together to make a full circle, and were placed in a small, round, flat, cardboard box.

The outer box was imprinted with a cartoon cow in an open-mouthed laugh, with wheels of its own cheese dangling from its ears similar to gypsy ear-rings. I fell deeply in love with this crazy cheese and its funny name, “La Vaca Que Rie” that translates to “The Cow That Laughs”.

I used these little processed cheese wedges in almost everything. It is a semi-soft cheese, so I loved to spread it on bread or even crackers. My very favorite use was melting it into pasta sauces. But I also could not resist popping the bite-size cheeses in my mouth and having them 1 by 1. I had to be sure not to eat very much on hand as I would have them compulsively the way other individuals eat chocolate bon-bons.

When I left Spain to come back home to the Usa, I considered I would miss my new favourite snack. To my surprise, when I came home, I found this adorable little cheese had made its way into grocery stores around my home country. The Laughing Cow is originally from France where its name is La Vache Qui Rit. This joyful, laughing farm animal is created by Fromageries Bel (Bel Cheeses) and is their most popular product. It is made of cream, whole milk, and a combination of cheeses, however most particularly Comte.

The cheese makers at Bel have added loads of new flavors over the years. Right now you can eat your laughing cow in all sorts of flavors like ham, mushroom, onion, or pizza. The cheese was a specialty item with limited popularity for a long time and no Laughing Cow cheese coupons accessible any where. But it merely took one brush with celeb to lift this crazy, little cheese into recognition. Requirement for the cheese went through the roof when the light version was made common by enthusiasts of the South Beach Diet.

Initially I think I was sad to notice its popularity go up. These joyful, little wedges were my secret. Don’t misunderstand me. I was glad to notice the cheese become a lot easier to find everywhere I go. Warehouse stores began carrying the cheese in bulk bags. That should make me glad, correct? So why did it trouble me that these folks were consuming my cheese?

Then I found the best benefit for the cheese’s newly found popularity. I found a Laughing Cow cheese coupon. Abruptly the whole thing was worth it. When I began finding Laughing Cow cheese coupons in supermarket mailers I knew my secret little cheese had strike the big time. Way to go crazy, little cheese. Make the whole world glad.