That and 3 sticks of butter

This one is correct.

LA on the other end has an insane variety of food

This is any city, really... At least on the east and west coasts. And Chicago.

oh god the cans of cream of mushroom soup and if thats not enough to bake the cube steak in, have a pack of the instant mushroom soup powder for good measure

And you'd better spend half a day stirring those onions on a level of heat you'd get from a cigarette lighter

Universal recipe for any regional specialty

Ingredients
‑ local meat (TN: actually a slang word for meat, I don’t know the equivalent in English)
‑ local fat
‑ local booze
‑ onions

Preparation
① Sauté the meat and the onions in the fat.
② Cover with booze.
③ Let simmer for ages.
④ Serve. Grandma’s tip: it’s better the day after.

Comic by M. la Mine — reposted here

the microplastics give it that crunchyness

Im not a cheese eater but I was under the impression that American cheese made a better grilled cheese because of the way it melts.

Kraft Singles are not cheese... Like literally, read the label, they're not legally allowed to call it "cheese."

It's a shame because there are decent American cheeses, yet people equate "American cheese" with disgusting Kraft Singles.

The Boar’s Head yellow American cheese is a great melter and actually has some cheese flavor compared to Kraft singles.

I greatly dislike cream cheese

I can assure you that this is not uncommon at all xD

I know it's bad for me, so I use it very sparingly, but I have a jar of bacon grease that gets used every so often. I'll be honest, I don't know anyone outside my family that still does it.

I'm also from bumfuck nowhere, so that could be an influencing factor on why I am the way I am.

Who is using Hydrofluorocarbons in their cooking? That's probably a bad idea. Heat plus HFCs is how you wind up inhaling hydrofluoric acid.

Context clues tell us it's Los Angeles. I'm sure there's plenty of people who eschew sugar and additives everywhere but in LA there's the whole industry of people who have to run around weighing 15 pounds less than skinny but still appear attractive and healthy and smiley or they won't get work.

(Whereas in the Midwest, cream cheese and butter are needed daily, 10 months of the year, to prevent one from freezing solid.)

Pumpkins? Gross, that's a vegetable

Why thank you. I do it every morning, providing content to my fellow lemmers

Don't forget the MSG.

East Asian cuisine doesn't use sugar. The secret to Chinese cooking is lard, soy sauce, and high heat.