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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