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Hoop cheese is difficult to find being made commercially in the United States, due to the difficulty of automating the manufacturing process. It was once so popular however, that a device, called a hoop cheese cutter was manufactured and used in general stores during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This object resembled a turntable with a knife blade suspended above the turntable and was built by scale companies of the period to cut the exact amount of cheese the customer wanted.