It’s the same with American cheese. People think of Kraft Singles, yet they’re literally not legally allowed to call that “cheese.”
We have some really good cheeses here.
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millie@slrpnk.net 21 hours agoMaybe you mean white bread in America? We have good bread also. Plenty of rye breads and whole wheat, even if it’s sliced, but we also have like actual bakeries where you get get all sorts of fresh bread.
I feel like there’s a lot of mistaken assumptions that all the food in the US is garbage simply because some of the food in the US is garbage. You hear the same thing about beer. Like, yes, there are some terrible mass produced lagers and pilsners that taste absolutely disgusting, but we also have a thriving craft beer market with a huge variety of types and qualities.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
tomenzgg@midwest.social 14 hours ago
To be fair, that’s because it never was cheese to begin with: American (as in the type) “cheese” has always been a means of repurposing leftover cheese (and using supplementary ingredients like milk and milk protein and emulsifiers to bind things together). It legally can’t be called cheese because it’s always been a “cheese product”, not cheese. That doesn’t (inherently) mean it’s any less real food, though (which I feel is what most people hear when they hear, “It can’t legally be called cheese”).
Also, (as a cheese lover) yes: it does taste like ass and is repulsive. Entirely agreed.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 minutes ago
Ok but the really good cheese is in the northeast
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 minutes ago
True, but also as an American only Aldi and special shops sell a decent whole wheat. I don’t want my whole wheat bread sweet dammit, I want some nice fibery bread for my unsweetened peanut butter because that’s an easy, cheap, and moderately healthy lunch I can make every night before work without thinking about it and it’s something I’m perfectly fine eating about 240ish days a year.