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- Comment on A long-ass way to write 'not parmesan'. 2 weeks ago:
In no way am I coming to the defense of American cheese product here, but I do need to point out that there are actually 3 different types of American cheese, based on how they are made. True American Cheese (which is “Pasteurized Process American Cheese”), the grosser “Pasteurized Process Cheese Food”, and the absolute worst “Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product”.
If you have never had it before, you should absolutely try real American cheese, maybe just don’t go into it with the expectation that it’s similar to any other kind of cheese (I’m not even sure it could be called a cheese anywhere else tbh but it’s really good). It’s OK on its own, but it’s really good for being used in or on other things.
I’ll just go ahead and admit right now that I’m an American (sorry) and I’m poor, so I don’t have the chance to try the best cheeses, but I have managed to find and try most of the best cheeses that an average citizen can find in the US.
The “prepared cheese food” is the disgusting thing to which you’re referring, that stuff doesn’t even melt which is fucked up. It’s not legally able to be called a cheese even in the US. It is the main reason that American cheese has such a bad rap, the second reason being the “cheese product”, and the third being that even true American cheese sometimes has a fake looking yellow/orange color to it (but white American cheese is also a thing if the colors turn you off).
Actual American cheese is really good on burgers, breakfast sandwiches, and imo it’s by far the best cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich. It melts very easily and the flavor is creamy and delicious. I still don’t know whether it’s actually a cheese or not, but I do know that it is delicious.
One quick way to tell them apart is the packaging: aside from the name, the gross ones are always individually wrapped (because I’m pretty sure it’s not something that could even be sliced, so they just pump it straight into the wrapper or something gross like that). True American cheese is usually not individually wrapped, it’s just a pre-sliced cube of solid cheese (if it is an actual cheese, again I’m not sure).
The weirdest thing to me is that anyone could find the cheese food acceptable. Its not even that much cheaper than the real stuff and it is incredibly gross, the texture is off, the flavor is most similar to vomit. We have other cheeses here, why is this even still a thing?
Here’s is the relevant Wikipedia section if anyone is interested:
Because its manufacturing process differs from traditional cheeses,[19] federal laws mandate that it be labeled as “pasteurized process American cheese” if made from more than one cheese. A “pasteurized process American cheese” must be entirely cheese with the exception of an emulsifying agent, salt, coloring, acidifying agents, and optional dairy fat sources (but at no more than 5% of the total weight).[8] A “pasteurized process American cheese food” label is used if it is at least 51% cheese but other specific dairy ingredients such as cream, milk, skim milk, buttermilk, cheese whey, or albumin from cheese whey are added.[20] Products with other added ingredients, such as Kraft Singles that contain milk protein concentrate, use legally unregulated terms such as “pasteurized prepared cheese product”.[21]
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Я не розмовляю жодного слова українською і навіть не розумію кирилицю, але все одно надіслав це повідомлення без використання штучного інтелекту.
Користуватися безкоштовним сервісом перекладу дуже просто, і це займає лише кілька секунд більше, ніж просто набирати повідомлення.
Навіть якщо це не ідеально, це все одно нормально та по-людськи. Особисто мені подобається бачити, як люди, які вивчають англійську, роблять поширені помилки, тому що в усіх наших мовах є дивні фрази, про які ми, як носії мови, зазвичай не думаємо.
Сподіваюся, у вас все добре, і не падайте духом. Я розумію, що ви не можете найняти художника одразу, але, можливо, ви могли б спробувати зв’язатися з місцевими художниками або людьми в Інтернеті та дізнатися, чи хтось бажає з вами працювати.
Ви можете бути здивовані тим, наскільки дешево це може бути. З мого досвіду, люди охочіше допомагають, ніж ви очікуєте. Вони можуть знизити ціни, ніж зазвичай, або, можливо, нададуть зображення в обмін на частку доходу від гри, або дозволять вам відкласти платіж на потім.
Хай щастить, і Слава Україні!
- Comment on Me waiting for the cute Texas girls to DM me at 55 Water St. 2 months ago:
It’s the hair, also the gross attraction to very young women, but I think it’s mostly the hair
- Comment on Definitely spongeworthy 5 months ago:
I can give more of an answer. There is (or was) a birth control method called the sponge, or the today sponge. It is entered into the vagina and pushed up against the cervix, blocking the entrance, and it contains spermicide as well.
In s7e9 of Seinfeld, the sponge is discontinued, causing Elaine to panic (as it is her preferred method of birth control) and search across the city to find more sponges. When she does find and buys a case, she then realizes that even though she has more sponges, she may never be able to get more, and thus starts to debate on whether her current boyfriend is “sponge worthy”
- Comment on Saddam Hussein is everywhere 1 year ago:
