Neufchatel cheese reminds me of my given name. The name I suffered through all the way up until 8th grade when I finally decided to drop my Chinese first name no one could pronounce (and one I won’t mention here 😉 to go by my middle name Elizabeth. Life suddenly became easier and those that avoided me for fear of pronouncing my name wrong suddenly seemed so relaxed when saying hi. That’s kind of the way I feel about Neufchatel Cheese. Even though I see it at the store every time I reach for the Cream Cheese, I always avoided it having no idea how to pronounce it and having no idea what it was. I probably still don’t know how to pronounce it but after getting to know it a little better it’s really just as simple as its sister Cream Cheese.
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