Comment on What is the point of individually wrapping cheese slices in plastic, only to cover a bunch of them in more plastic?

roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To my understanding, it is actually made of cheese, just cheese that has been melted, pasteurized to extend shelf life and then cooled back into solid cheese again.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it was cheese it would be legal to label it as such.

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    • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s the same reason you couldn’t call peanutbutter “peanuts”

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Americans owe the peanut butter grandma a huge debt. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Desmond

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  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not quite. You’re almost there. The manufacturers add emulsifying chemicals and preservatives.

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  • jaidyn999@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Its salted curds like cheese, but its not matured. Instead mineral salts are added which absorb the water, the same sort of stuff used in corned beef, bacon and ham.

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• misophist@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s American cheese. The objectively superior cheese for melting on a burger.

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  • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    only because it’s easy to melt, not because it actually taste better than other cheese options such as cheddar, swiss, or pepper jack.

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    • misophist@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, but it does actually taste better specifically on a burger.

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      • PeachMan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        American “cheese” can fuck right off, Gouda melts just as well and actually tastes like…you know…cheese.

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      • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m f you like eating melted plastic

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    • infamousta@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kenji Lopez-Alt has a cool video where he uses American cheese as the emulsifier to make some less-melty cheeses participate in a grilled cheese. I have been using it more for its emulsifying agents than anything lately: https://youtu.be/CD8UTr5mMVk?si=n5xOumvtBqromQtB

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• MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s “orange” and “oil”

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• Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re thinking of cheese wizz or spray cheese.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, I’m not.

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