# Lunar green casein

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-green-casein/130069>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-green-casein/130069 "2002-09-29T04:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![flabbygirlyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/45deac/32.png) [@flabbygirlyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flabbygirlyman)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-green-casein/130069/1 "2002-09-29T04:35:51Z")

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Why does that expression say " The moon is made of green cheese" ? Shouldn’t it be “The moon is made of blue cheese”? I never heard of green cheese. Or maybe it was originally supposed to be “The moon is made of cream cheese” ?

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-green-casein/130069/2 "2002-09-29T04:58:12Z")

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Good ol’ Cecil;  
[Here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990723a.html)  
Peace,  
mangeorge