Stevia is used in places like Japan in the diet drinks, but the aspartame industry here has lobbied heavily against it, as has probably the sugar industry. I found it in a health food store, and it doesn't take much. I find it a little harder to make disolve in my tea. I haven't used it in a while, I have lazily switched back to the little saccharine tablets. But it is great. And Splenda is found in some soft drinks around here, Diet RC and Diet Rite Cola.
Big Pink, I didn't list mushrooms, but I'm sure when I got to that point I'd have remembered to put some in the quiche. Thanks for the reminder! I can't get the wonderful wild ones you do, I'll have to settle for the little white mushrooms from the grocery store.
I knew Alsatian was a breed of dog, and to bring this closer back to cheese again, a friend of mine had a keeshound, which I'm told meant "cheese hound" in German. Any confirmation on that?