Arlette Laurent asks, from New York, why the British finish a meal with savoury cheese not a sweet-tasting pudding (Letter, December 1).
Cheese, unlike sugar, is good for teeth, neutralising mouth acids within two minutes.
Adding to the lingering, gustatory delectation of a Roquefort, parmesan or Gorgonzola, casein coats your teeth, reducing decay, cavities and sensitivity.
Caseum et mel edo (I eat cheese and honey), but the other way round.
John Doherty
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
