Pete of My GPS Camera Phone Photoblog asks:
Why is American cheese so yellow? What’s up with that? Is there some reason behind it? Is it a carryover from the Velveeta days? If so, why did they make it so yellow?

Well Pete,

American cheese ranges in color from white to yellow to orange. The color varies based on the quantity of rat urine that leeches in during the processing of the cheese. But, it’s okay because that urine gets pasteurized before the cheese is finished. The whiter the cheese, the less contaminated it is.

Seriously, though, American cheese is a processed cheese and it was originally made using cheeses like Cheddar and Colby. So, that’s where the color originates. Nowadays, it usually is a completely processed cheese with no natural cheeses blended in. The color can come from the ingredients in the cheese as well as any colorings that are added, and can vary by manufacturer and production process.

Learn more here: American cheese.

Do you have a burning question you’d like answered? Send it to: askdcr@dcrblogs.com.

Since no one wants to be a guest blogger, we’ll move along to the next piece of advice offered by the “blogging experts” and that is to have readers ask questions.

You see, that helps you generate content your readers are interested in, which keeps them coming back for more.

Mind you, it doesn’t really help grow your site if the same three people are asking the questions all the time. But, if you can get three people to ask questions, that’s half your readership right there. So, 50% participation is a pretty good deal, I think. Let’s go for it!

Okay, so you know the stuff I blog about and, for those that don’t, well look at the old posts. You can ask me any question. Anything. Well, no “adult topics” or anything like that. And, let’s nix politics too. There are enough political blogs out there that no one’s reading so why bother with another? At any rate, try to keep your questions within one of my topics.

Or not. I’m begging here, so I can’t be too choosy.

So, send your questions to: askdcr@dcrblogs.com. That address, of course, may change one day if I start getting a bunch of “Official [insert name of little blue pill]” junk mail.