Biting into string cheese is fine, actually

Some food rules are necessary — it's best for everyone if I don't eat tomato soup with a fork, for instance — but some are less "helpful guideline" and more "low-grade tyranny." Among the worst of these is the unspoken law of string cheese consumption: If you bite into the string cheese, you're not just eating it wrong. You're also a monster. The truth is that biting into a stick of string cheese is fine. In fact, it's often the best way to eat a cheese stick, a snack that people weirdly expect to be "fun" even though its real value lies in its practicality. String cheeses are individually packaged, ready to eat at a moment's notice. If you won't be away from a fridge for too long, it even makes sense to carry one around in case you need a quick protein boost. String cheese appears on dozens of lists of easy, portable snacks. Read more...More about Cheese, Culture, Web Culture, and Food