“What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror?”/“Halloumi!”

A popular cheese joke is:
 
Q: What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror?
A: Halloumi! (Hello me!)
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2009.
 
   
Wikipedia: Halloumi
Halloumi /həˈluːmi/ (Greek: χαλλούμι) or hellim (Turkish) (from Arabic: حلوم‎ ḥallūm [ħalˈluːm]) is a Cypriot semi-hard, unripened brined cheese made from a mixture of goat’s and sheep’s milk, and sometimes also cow’s milk. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled. Halloumi is set with rennet and is unusual in that no acid or acid-producing bacterium is used in its preparation.
 
Halloumi is popular in the Levant, Greece and Turkey. It has recently become very popular in the United Kingdom.
 
Twitter
Shellabellz
‏@Shellabellz
What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror….?
11:47 AM - 26 Mar 2009
 
Hijack (Bristol Music Culture
able
Re: All time top two bestest cheese jokes ever.
Reply #11 on: July 28, 2009, 14:12:08
What does the cheese say when it looks in a mirror?
Hallumi!
 
Twitter
Mich •••
‏@michlan
@garethpwatkins what did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror?
Halloumi!
7:39 AM - 10 Sep 2009
 
Drowned in Sound
What did the cheese say when he saw himself in the mirror?...
Halloumi!
What did the Mexican say to the man who tried to steal his cheese?
Nacho cheese!
albakio | 16 Aug ‘10, 16:00
 
Google Books
101 Amazing Food Jokes
By Jack Goldstein
Andrews UK Limited (andrewsuk.com)
2013
Pg. ?:
What does cheese say to itself in the mirror?
Halloumi.
   
Google Books
The Little Book of Cheese Jokes
By Jake Harris
West Sussex: Summersdale Publishers Ltd
2015
Pg. ?:
What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror?
Halloumi!
 
Hexjam
17 of the best cheese jokes of all time
Cheesy does it.
Rich Cooper - 13 February 2015
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What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror?
Halloumi!