Cheese and butter

[nq:1]I'm from Asia so cheese and butter isn't something I'm familiar with. I went to supermarkets and looked for them. ... Shedd's Spread. No mentions of cheese or butter on their packages. What are they? What can they be used for?[/nq]
There are many laws in the US that determine what a product can be called on the label. If it isn't butter, you can't call it "butter". Shedd's is a non-butte

[nq:2]I'm from Asia so cheese and butter isn't something I'm ... packages. What are they? What can they be used for?[/nq]
[nq:1]There are many laws in the US that determine what a product can be called on the label. If it ... with cream cheese or peanut butter. With other things mixed in, cream cheese can also be a potato chip dip.[/nq]
What does 'whipped' mean?

[nq:2]There are many laws in the US that determine what ... in, cream cheese can also be a potato chip dip.[/nq]
[nq:1]What does 'whipped' mean?[/nq]
In this case, stirred in a way that aerates the product. The whipping creates tiny air bubbles in the product. The product is less dense than an unwhipped product.

[nq:1]What does 'whipped' mean?[/nq]
You really need a dictionary if you want to improve your English. It's simplest to have a printed one, but till you've got one of those, you could find some on line: put "English dictionary" in a search engine and take your pick.
"Whipping" means beating or whisking cream etc to get air-bubbles into it, so that it's foamy. It's a kind of very rapid stir

[nq:2]The Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread in my refrigerator has enough ... in, cream cheese can also be a potato chip dip.[/nq]
[nq:1]What does 'whipped' mean?[/nq]
It means "agitated or shaken briskly" or "stirred briskly". Butter is made from cream. If you whip it, by shaking it strongly for about 10 minutes, the cream first becomes thicker (what we call "whipped cream"), and then with

[nq:1](1) Is an apostrophe needed here? If I do use an apostrophe,should I write "Welsh Goat's Cheese" or "Welsh Goats' Cheese"?[/nq]
More than one goat is implicated, so I'd go for the latter, and I'd say it was mandatory. (OT: Why are we using this word these days? I'm sure it wasn't generally fashionable thirty years ago.)

(Other-thread-wise, was that the right poem, by the way?)

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[nq:2]What does 'whipped' mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]It means "agitated or shaken briskly" or "stirred briskly". Butter is made from cream. If you whip it, by shaking ... an apostrophe needed here? If I do use an apostrophe, should I write "Welsh Goat's Cheese" or "Welsh Goats' Cheese"?[/nq]
Tricky one, but I'd say no apostrophe. Certainly not the former, which suggests

We used to speak of things being compulsory, didn't we? Is there any subtle difference in meaning?

Laura
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[nq:2] should More than one goat is implicated, so I'd ... days? I'm sure it wasn't generally fashionable thirty years ago.)[/nq]
[nq:1]We used to speak of things being compulsory, didn't we? Is there any subtle difference in meaning?[/nq]
An interesting point. I think of "compulsory" in terms of something dictated by law, whereas "mandatory" means you've just got to have it for things to

Did you catch any of the matches this weekend Mike?

Imagine you're buying kit for a young Rugby fan. He wants a 'British Lions kit'; kit as worn by the British Lions, but not (*** forbid) their actual kit. Apostrophe or not?
I know, I know, you'd buy the kid an Australia kit instead...
DC, Welsh for purposes of Rugby.