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October 17, 2006 Food + Drink » Food + Drink Features

A Cabot Habit 

Instead of "trick-or-treat," say "cheese?"

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You adjust your costume, knock on the door, and wait anxiously until an adult appears with a big bowl of . . . cheddar? Yep! This year, Cabot Creamery is encouraging people who give Halloween handouts to substitute cheese for chocolate. In particular, the company recommends its Cheddar Minis as a healthy alternative. Parents will like the fact that they're individually wrapped.

With obesity and childhood-diabetes rates swelling, Cabot health spokesperson Sara Wing suggests, "While a special treat now and again isn't going to harm anyone, it's important that kids not learn to associate celebrations, good behavior and special events as opportunities to gorge on sweets."

Scientists now believe that eating cheese can help reduce tooth decay - a bonus if less health-conscious parents continue to provide sugar-soaked Smarties, Snickers and Starbursts at Halloween.

You can find Cheddar Minis at Hannaford, Shaw's and Costco, or from the Cabot website at http://www.shopcabot.com.

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 Former contributor Suzanne Podhaizer is an award-winning food writer (and the first Seven Days food editor) as well as a chef, farmer, and food-systems consultant. She has given talks at the Stone Barns Center for Agriculture's "Poultry School" and its flagship "Young Farmers' Conference." She can slaughter a... more

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