@tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
cheese
2026-07-03 12:32 UTC
Replies (9)
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@Djehngo@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 08:12
Except Kraft (who emigrated to the US from Canada) patented sodium citrate stabilised cheese in 1916. This was done for logistical reasons since it didn’t need refrigerated storage rather than being explicitly designed as a burger condiment. Kraft was a cheese wholesaler before he was a cheese maker. American cheese took off in part because was used in rations for ww1 being energy dense and shelf stable. It was also used as rations in ww2 which was due to a quirk of history before operation paperclip, which was predominantly done out of cold war paranoia. I get that it’s fun to dunk on America, but it should be possible to do so without resorting to a purely fictitious history.
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@SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 01:01
“American cheese” is what it’s called in Canada. Here, it’s Back Cheese.
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@RBWells@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 20:55
Humboldt Fog is an American cheese and is my favorite fancy cheese. I hold it above French and Italian cheeses, it’s freakishly good. I would buy American Pasteurized Processed Cheese Food slices for grilled cheese sandwich or burger, but the individually wrapped slices piss me off too much. The white (not swiss) American cheese on Cuban toast is a staple breakfast here. It is delicious.
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@Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 22:02
I will say that sliced real Cheddar is also pretty good on burgers. The texture is different, but it doesn’t ruin the cheese or anything.
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@zakobjoa@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 19:43
“Kraft” literally means “power” in German.
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@Kayday@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 17:24
“The one true product”, completely ignoring Texas BBQ
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@megopie@beehaw.org 2026-07-03 14:41
The burger was not an import from Germany, rather, many ground meat products were referred to by a German city name, Wiener (Wein being Vienna), Frankfurter (Frankfurt), Berliner ( US president John F Kennedy), ECT So when they made a sandwich using a style of ground beef introduced by immigrants from Hamburg it got called a “hamburger”, but the practice of frying a ground beef patty and making a sandwich out of it is not from hamburg.
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@protist@retrofed.com 2026-07-03 13:58
American cheese is just cheddar cheese + sodium citrate. You can make it yourself with cheddar cheese, lemon juice, and baking soda. The sodium citrate acts as an emulsifier, which prevents the cheese from separating when it melts. You can make some really high-quality American cheese, but since this is America, we have agro-businesses creating the cheapest, filler-filled shit possible
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@decolo@piefed.social 2026-07-03 13:02
This is immediately and indelibly part of my worldview. Blocking and hiding any contrary comments