BIG (like Americans) IF TRUE
(midwest.social)
Godric
2 North American 4 Youwhat? that seems impossible
Let that sink in!
CHEESE GROMIT
The US would have to be made of milk. Idk what the conversion rate is, but we're talking a couple of feet of milk on the ground at all times.
I mean you'd have to make the cheese just for a spot of dry land.
Eventually, the milk would overcome the US and then the World.
It's the Milky Way.
Wasn't this the exact plot of a danger mouse cartoon...?
What does milk have to do with American “cheese”..?
Not that particular cheese, but yes I panic when the cheese box is empty. Please, I need my stockpile of cheese. I think there is a national warehouse full of cheese too somewhere. Probably Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
May interest you!
Dutch guy here. That's not cheese. Don't you dare place that junk in the same category as our holy (pun intended) gold.
I'm sure France, Switzerland and Italy agree with me.
Look, nobody is eating cubes of American cheese and pretending it's gouda. It's for cheeseburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches. It's uniquely suited for it. It melts better. The flavor is strong and unsubtle, which matches well with a well-seasoned burger or stands on its own in a grilled cheese.
Just because you don't understand a food doesn't mean it's bad.
are we still talking about Kraft Singles, here? because those have zero flavour
maybe I need to get a refresher on the differences between american cheese in Canada and in the US
If you think Kraft Singles have no flavor, then we must not be talking about the same thing. There's much better American cheese than Kraft Singles, but I can't imagine describing them as bland.
Make a cheese burger or grilled cheese sandwich with American plastic and one with proper Dutch cheese and compare. No way in hell the American cheese (like in the picture) wins.
Just because you don't understand a food doesn't mean it's bad.
Just because you never had proper cheese means you don't know what you're talking about.
just because you've never had proper cheese
Do you seriously think the only cheese that exists in the entirety of the US is kraft singles?
I'm sure your cheese is delicious but I'm also positive I've had some cheese that's much better, and I got it in America. It's a big country.
I've had many different cheeses on my burgers. I'm sure I've even had a gouda burger. They can be fine if you're going for like a specialty burger with other non-standard toppings, but a straight-up cheeseburger? That's not what proper Dutch cheese is made for, so why would you use it like that?
Different ingredients are better in different contexts.
Gouda in the Netherlands is not the same as gouda from anywhere else
Cheese burger with Raclette cheese :p
Dutch girl here. There is absolutely good American cheese. It's a huge place and they have a lot of great cheese makers, just like how europe has some absolute crap. Go to the Jumbo and pick up some "White salad cubes" and tell me they're better than this.
That said, none of this cheese pictured is good, or even mediocre.
True, there really are a lot of people making proper cheese in the US. Wisconsin has a large amount of Dutch-style cheese production (stemming from Dutch immigrants). There's plenty of French ("mold cheese" like camemberts) and Italian style fresh (ricotta, mozzarella) cheese producers. Probably proper British cheddar producers as well.
So yes. Tons of proper cheese being made in the US, all [insert country]-style cheeses though.
But what exactly is "American cheese" then? I'd say this can only refer to this plastic crap. The US exported this yellow dyed cheap plastic curdled milk through McDonald's, then the rest of the world started making "American style cheese" because it is cheap to produce and has a long shelf life.
I would genuinely be interested to hear if there's any exceptions? Are there any actual cheese making processes that were invented in the US that are not a derivative of immigrant cheese-making?
Any Native American (buffalo?) cheeses maybe?
American Cheese is made with Sodium Citrate which is totally fine to eat. It's an emulsifying salt commonly used in molecular gastronomy... It's not plastic. American cheese has its uses like someone else said. It's literally just other cheeses like cheddar or Colby, melted in milk and emulsified with the sodium citrate. What is so bad about cheap cheese that has a long shelf life? Not everyone can afford to eat the fancy mountain-cave aged Swiss alp cheese.
Besides... People have been making cheeses for thousands of years, like how many more different ways to make it can we come up with? It's all the same basic ingredients at the end of the day. There are only so many permutations someone can come up with. The rest of the world kinda had a head start.
Also I just thought of another American cheese invention. How about cream cheese? Do you hate that too?
"It's literally just other cheeses molten in milk and emulsified." That's solidified cheese sauce and still made from [insert country]-style cheeses. The "making cheese of milk", the proces that produces actual cheese and flavour already happened.
I don't even hate it, I like it on a burger or in Mac and cheese. It's just not really cheese, and not really American. My question was, is there an actual American cheese?
The cream cheese is a nice one! I'm genuinely into cheeses and wondering what type of actual American cheeses there are.
Also, I find this a really funny analogy for USA culture in general.
But what exactly is “American cheese” then? I’d say this can only refer to this plastic crap. The US exported this yellow dyed cheap plastic curdled milk through McDonald’s
Pretty sure it got popularized by being distributed to the troops in WWI (and then even more in WWII), not with McDonald's.
Interesting!
I only know this type of cheese as cheap cheeseburger cheese.
But I can now find info about this "processed cheese" included in the rations for US soldiers.
France agrees with you but also looks down on your cheeses and calls all of them "Gouda" even if not from Gouda haha
Ah I don't mind. It's France, they only have Nice people in one city so I get it. And honestly, Dutch cheese is nice on bread but French cheese is a delicacy. Same with the bread. And I don't know if you ever had Dutch wine, but I'm deeply ashamed we even dared to name it wine.
Nice pun.
Thanks I worked hard on it.
Thanks I worked hard on it.
Tryin' to figure out which of those words is a city in France... 🤔
I just needed a win, I don't want Toulouse
I've had some once at a restaurant in Amsterdam that was grown in Brabant, the sommelier said with climate change it was similar conditions to Burgundy in the 70s, but I certainly couldn't taste that hahaha.
Cheese wise, I like them a lot but indeed they feel maybe a bit more utilitarian than a delicacy (like a lot of Dutch food actually), I would say that some of the ones with more age are tough.
I like to say, the Dutch eat to live, the French live to eat ;)
I like to say, the Dutch eat to live, the French live to eat ;)
It even goes as far as that we export the highest quality products and keep the shit ones for ourselves because we're too cheap. Export high quality vegitables to France and import mediocre quality from Egypt for example.
Yes! I learned about this recently and to be honest, I was outraged haha. How I wish I could find a nice coeur de boeuf tomato for example...
...and Austria and Germany.
Y'all are a tad bit too adventurous with cheese to my Basque Spaniard liking even.
Please tell me it's a typo/rage bait and they eat that much in a year
You actually think it's possible to eat this much in a day?
This comm for my fellow red-white-and blue blooded Americans, and our cousins to the north and south, not limp-lilly Frenchmen, thanks.
And before you ask, no I will not get my blood tested, I cannot afford it
I believe they call this American Cheese.
American here. Actually this is only about half of the cheese I eat in a day.
I would need three times as much to fill the cheese drawer in my fridge.
That's a big fridge, but I bet you hear that from all the boys.
Its the ladies that are really impressed.
I came to the comments specifically looking for this joke 😂
Same, didn't find it so I got to make it myself this time lol
If I could afford it, I'd eat that much cheese too.
It's just 90 eurocoins of cheese Michael, what is it, 10 dollars?
Sorry, I may have skewed the numbers a little bit.
This is why it's important to use median, not average. smh
The average american only eats 2 ounces of cheese a day.
Charles Entertainment Cheese, who eats 7 billion pounds of cheese a day, is an outlier and should not be counted.
please do not doxx me
When reached for comment, he replied "Please, Charles Cheese is my father. Call me Chuck."
Reminds me of a joke (kinda) thought I had years ago. Chuck E Cheese should open a fine dining white tablecloth restaurant called Charles E. Fromage.
Charles Edward Cheddarton's. He's a fat British mouse but runs a fine establishment unlike his American cousin.
I'm fully on board with this, provided they offer a prix fixe, 12-course meal.
-
Hors d’Oeuvre: Parmesan bites with marinara
-
Amuse-Bouche: Stuffed banana peppers
-
Soup Course: Minestrone
-
Salad Course: Caesar
-
Appetizer: Cheesy bread with artichoke cheese dip
-
Fish Course: Slice of anchovy pizza
-
First Main Course: Slice of Hawaiian pizza
-
Palate Cleanser: Orange sherbet
-
Second Main Course: Slice of meat-lovers' pizza
-
Cheese Course: Mozzarella sticks
-
Dessert: Cinnamon rolls
-
Mignardise: Chocolate lava cake and medium-roast Folger's coffee
Vintages:
1985 Coca Cola
1997 Pepsi Cola
1987 RC Cola
1996 Dr Pepper
1999 Mr Pibb
1979 Mountain Dew
2004 Moutain Dew Code Red
2004 Mountain Dew Baja Blast
2001 Sprite
1998 Fresca
2003 Barques Root Beer
2003 A&W Cream Soda
i'm requesting french onion, not minestrone
"Very well. Let me just go and confer with our chef to make sure we can accommodate your request."
[Distant, muted sounds from kitchen, including plates crashing and yelling.] "...Che Cazzo? Vai a dire a quel figlio di puttana di andare a farsi fottere, e se quel pezzo di merda chiede un'altra sostituzione nel menu, digli che gli taglio le palle io stesso..."
"I apologize, but the chef...uh...respectfully declines menu substitutions at this time."
theres more cheese in the french onion tho
Barques got me
I wish I could takes credit for that one, but I tried to spell it from memory. I knew there was a 'q' in it, but not much more.
Someone beat you to it. https://charlesefromage.org/website-design-for-charles-e-fromage-bistro
Holy shit, it's a real restaurant (and a front yard business, to boot)!
I doubt they beat me to the idea, but they certainly did on executing it. That is glorious!!!
Charles Divertissement Fromage, non?
I don't think we should count Wisconsin either. They have so much they wear it on their heads.
Speak for yourself, I personally eat 100lbs each day (200lbs on Sundays)
Casual!
*adn
nonsense. that's one meal.
America has more varieties of cheese than any other country in the world.
While they can be roughly grouped into 3 categories (White, Orange and Mixed), America isn't limited like other countries to using different milk, surface treatment and aging. Instead they can produce unlimited variety by adding specific amounts of hydrogenated mineral oil, synthetic flavoring, modified starch extracts, industrial waste products and high fructose corn syrup.
There's no end to the ~~creativity~~ profitability!
It also helps that we don’t follow the protected designation of origin, so you can only make comte in one province of France, or literally anywhere in the US.
Your sarcasm is weak.
I've had more kinds of cheese in a day from one generic grocery chain than you can easily find anywhere else.
I lived in Wisconsin for a year.
I know there are a lot of cheese varieties in the US (although I couldn't name one original American cheese off the top of my head).
But when the only grocery store within a 45 minute drive is Walmart, it's difficult to try them.
Uhhh, American cheese, duhhhh...
So basically, reconstituted English cheese. Makes sense, I guess.
I wish I had 90lbs of cheese money
Nice try, nacho cheese doesn't come in blocks
Hey this cheese isn't yours, it's nacho cheese.
we had a nacho cheese tap installed direct from the city
Where would a meal be without a tasty beverage to wash it down with?
NOW THAT'S BUENO, AMIGO
I wish.
The pound must have gone to shit after Brexit if this is all that 90 quid'll get you.
Thoughts and prayers for the starving Brits.
Have you considered they may be very fancy cheese? Although even still £90 for this seems like a bit much.
It's in their constitution.
That's the average, I eat that for breakfast. My local deli has twice daily cheese shipments just to replace what I had for breakfast.
Nothing beats a sausage, egg, and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese on a toasted everything bagel.
This but on an asiago cheese bagel
I will NOT let that sink in.
I have no idea what that thing has gotten into.
You have been declared an enemy of the state of Wisconsin.
And other countries better mind their own fucking business about it too.
Hahahaha, damn right!
If it wouldn't stop me up like a cork, I'd eat that much every day!
And none of that crumbly commie cheese. I'm talking melty American, baby.
Hey Ill take some of that crumbly commie cheese! Variety is the spice on your grilled cheese... or however that saying goes.
I reported you to ICE, commie!
I was wondering who did that. They came into my work today and murdered me.
And they be shiddin and fardin all over the joint.
Uh no. Eat a lot of cheese and you'll be constipated af
Not if you're lack toes and tolerant.
American “cheese”
American Chees is just Swiss that hasn't aged.
Sorry you can't read and think "processed cheese food product" means American Cheese.
You probably think the stuff that squirts out of a can is real cheddar too.
Which Swiss?
“American cheese is a type of processed cheese made from cheddar, Colby, or similar cheeses, in conjunction with sodium citrate, which permits the cheese to be pasteurized without its components separating.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheese
It’s flavourless processed milk solids.
This Wikipedia article contradicts itself, because Kraft Singles don't even qualify as American Cheese due to them not containing actual cheese (which it says in the article). Actual American cheese is just as flavorful as whatever cheese it's made from.
The sodium citrate trick is really useful for recipes containing cheese. You can make sodium citrate from lemon juice and baking soda, melt a chunk of cheddar or colby with it and you have instant queso
should i?
Is that with the plastic on or off?
Plastic inside
Not even remotely close to true, but holy fuck could you imagine trying to suck all that down?
Your mom has
Take it back
I'm sorry
Ok I forgive you
Pffft, I wish. I doubt i have more than 3 pounds of cheese in my fridge.
I gotta up my cheese game, letting down my homeland smh my head
Maybe they are talking about the currency.
Brit-lover detected, ban incoming
Which is why in America they look for Mornay sauce residues instead of blood in homicide crime scenes.
Edit: grammar
Nope. I prefer Munster.
