• ilyenkov [she/her, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    American cheese is good and I will die on this hill. Real American cheese is made with actual cheddar or colby cheese, it is just treated with emulsifying salts so that it melts in a satisfying way on your burger or other warm sandwich. Other cheese doesn't do this - American cheese is the best cheese for burgers.

    This is different from something labelled as a "cheese product," or "Kraft singles" or other shit like that - these are terrifying industrial monstrosities.

    And of course, fuck my state.

      • ilyenkov [she/her, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        To a degree, but not as much as cheddar + sodium citrate and shit. American cheese IS real cheddar, it just melts better through the magic of chemistry. Its when the package says stuff like "processed cheese product," "American style slices," and shit like that, then there isn't actual cheddar cheese.