bathtub cheese

bathtub cheese
 n.— «The germ can infect anyone who eats contaminated fresh cheeses sold by street vendors, smuggled across the Mexican border or produced by families who try to make a living selling so-called “bathtub cheese” made in home tubs and backyard troughs.» —“Tainted cheese fuels TB rise in California” by JoNel Aleccia MSNBC June 4, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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