It’s American cheese. The objectively superior cheese for melting on a burger.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s not cheese. It’s “cheese product.”
misophist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
gregorum@lemm.ee 9 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.
misophist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh, but it does actually taste better specifically on a burger.
PeachMan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
American “cheese” can fuck right off, Gouda melts just as well and actually tastes like…you know…cheese.
infamousta@sh.itjust.works 9 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
MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It’s “orange” and “oil”
Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
You’re thinking of cheese wizz or spray cheese.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No, I’m not.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 9 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.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If it was cheese it would be legal to label it as such.
piecat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s the same reason you couldn’t call peanutbutter “peanuts”
roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Americans owe the peanut butter grandma a huge debt. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Desmond
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Not quite. You’re almost there. The manufacturers add emulsifying chemicals and preservatives.
jaidyn999@lemm.ee 9 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.