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[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

American cheese is one specific cheese made in America. It's essentially cheese made into a cheese sauce, then chilled back into a block. There's a number of quality levels of it based on how much they skimp on the cheese. And when eaten melted, it's actually pretty decent, if mild.

Most grocery stores in the US have two cheese sections. There's the cheap shredded/sliced cheeses, and then there's a separate section with the fancier cheeses, both foreign and domestic.

Cheese in the US is weird. We make both Velveeta and Humboldt fog. An American cheese won the World Cheese Awards a few years ago, but most of the cheese eaten in America is cheap, mild, mass produced, pre-sliced/shredded semisoft cheese. Most of it isn't "american cheese", though.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

Just like our beer. Yeah, budweiser is watery crap. There's also a new microbrew popping up every week.

Also, American cheese exists for one thing: melting over everything. It provides the creamyness. If you want flavor, mix in some aged chedder, which normally doesn't melt very well.

[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You can actually make your own American pretty easily with good cheddar, sodium citrate, and water. That's how I usually make Mac and cheese. A+ would recommend picking some sodium citrate up on Amazon.

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