Unified Theory of Cheese

So Brent walks by my cube heading to the minifridge which lives directly in front of my cube. He was carrying a bag of shredded sharp cheddar cheese. I was drinking a soda (Diet Coke to be precise). He says "Mmmm, cheese is good." I say "Yes, cheese is good." Then I look at my soda, at the cheese, and say something about how it'd be nice if we could combine cheese and soda. Brent says that sound horrible, but we start debating which type of cheese to use.

Ed: Well, it doesn't matter what kind of cheese you use as long as it tastes good. It could even be cheese extract.
Brent: That's not cheese.
Ed: Yes it is. If you take something that's a part of something else, that part you took is a part of cheese.