The Opposite Of Cheese In A Sense

[graftarian]

B_E_

[Psybbo]

Beef?

[AlwaysConfused]

Beef

[graftarian]

I just don't get why it's 'beef'.

[Psybbo]

Dairy (milk/cows) herd and beef herd (mainly male)

[Calibax]

I don't get why it's beef either. Psybbo's explanation may be right but seems very obscure.
I assume it's this crossword, in which case I agree with your letters b?e?
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/source/XXXIV/308/pdf/page11.pdf

[factor-fiction]

The clue has a comma after 'cheese', if that makes any difference.

I can't improve on BEEF but if that's the answer it seems a pretty weak clue

[sandyRoe]

cheesecake and beefcake? Pictures

[factor-fiction]

Cheese can have other meanings - sentimental, a big cheese (powerful person), to stop; desist or to act in a grovelling manner, but i can't think of a suitable opposite. It may even be to do with saying 'cheese' for a photo.

It could relate to chalk but i can't see anything yet

[Retrochic]

often 'chalk is referred to as the opposite of cheese (as different as chalk and cheese). How you get B-E- out of chalk beats me though.

[sandyRoe]

Cheesecake was an old fashioned word for photos of attractive women and the opposite, beefcake, for pictures of men.

[Mamyalynne]

I think Sandy has it.

Cheesecake - Pics of sexy ladies
Beefcake - Pics of sexy men.

[Psybbo]

Cheese and beer as opposed to cheese and wine?

[Retrochic]

What does the 'in a sense' bring to the clue?

[sandyRoe]

Only in the sense of 'glamour' pictures could cheese be considered the opposite of beef?

[Psybbo]

Sandy, well done xx

[Tilly2]

Chalk!

[Psybbo]

Tilly!!

[Zacs-Master]

This is why I don't do crosswords.

[Calibax]

The solution confirms that sandyRoe was right.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/source/XXXIV/309/pdf/page11.pdf