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

• 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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      • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, it doesn’t melt nearly as well. It does once you add emulsifying salts to the Gouda.

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m f you like eating melted plastic

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      • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are you scared of emulsifying agents, or what do you call “plastic”? There is no plastic in American cheese.

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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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