PAC, I don't think a saffron covered "desert" would taste very good. As an aside, Happy Birthday to me tomorrow (74). YAAAAY. I can't believe I've lived this long.
instead of a non-cheese product, try this: a thin slice of aged cheddar topped by a slice of whole milk mozzarella. or a few dollops of Nancy's cream cheese with the cheddar. the melted oily shit in the American "cheese" were what you enjoyed; you can replicate that, and get real cheese, by combining cheddar with something that melts really nicely & smoothly - and comes from a cow, not a lab.
Ingredients are like tools.
They are either appropriate or inappropriate.
Except for tripe.
http://www.starchefs.com/events/studio/tec…
http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.ph…