And now, trends of the 2020s I would like to see go away! Americans trying to convince people that American cheese is Good Actually (it is not) and should be the only thing on certain burgers (go to hell) - ThreadSky

moviessilently.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

And now, trends of the 2020s I would like to see go away!

Americans trying to convince people that American cheese is Good Actually (it is not) and should be the only thing on certain burgers (go to hell)

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moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Home bakers using cake mix for their extremely expensive creations. Given a choice between beautifully decorated box cake and a scratch baked cake with zero decoration, I will take the scratch bake every time.

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

And this has been around for a while but if you touch my food with your food and say "Cheers" I am going to smack you so hard. Yuck.

justkiddingjeez.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I had no idea these things were going on.

biobabbler.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Yuuuup!

moviessilently.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Give me a hefty European-style cake or a lighter-than-air East Asian-style cake. Box cakes are fine for home but if I am paying cash, I want that good crumb!

laurasita.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Oh God yes. Box cakes are for when I'm making trifle for work the next day and it's already 9:30 at night

moviessilently.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Yes, super useful and I am glad we have them as normies. But if I pay for a baker, I want a really fantastic cake. Other people may not care and want fancy decorations but not me.

carterwickstrom.bsky.social•15 hours ago

counterpoint: a smidge helps make amazing mac & cheese and lets you emulsify some otherwise truly recalcitrant cheeses

riothobbit.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Sodium citrate, man. Get the NACHO. https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/sodium-citrate-cheese-sauce

riothobbit.bsky.social•15 hours ago

NACHO is also what gives American cheese its distinctive flavor and why so many people hate it.

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I actually find the secret is homemade vegan nacho cheese, which consistently wins over carnivores and I actually prefer myself (I am not vegan)

riothobbit.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Vegans know how to make some delicious food for sure. They give it more thought than most folks, which t nds to yield a good product. However, they don’t emulsify much cheese, which is what the article is about.

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

This is nacho cheese that is smooth without needing it

riothobbit.bsky.social•15 hours ago

what sort of emulsifier does it use?

carterwickstrom.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I keep meaning to order some

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

No.

carterwickstrom.bsky.social•15 hours ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

rigg.lgbt•15 hours ago

Oh god yes

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Americans get so weird about texture.

Shortening over butter because flaky
Cake mix over scratch because fluffy
American cheese because smooth and melty (I hate that word)

They will eat literally any lethal chemical to avoid facing anything resembling natural texture.

amockingbird.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I still remember getting something called “melting cheese” from the grocery store in Amsterdam as a broke student wanting to make sandwiches for the train and thinking it was like American cheese and it truly melted at room temperature. It was pretty good, too.

rigg.lgbt•15 hours ago

But at least it saves them from food poisoning!

.... oh wait

rigg.lgbt•15 hours ago

(Sorry, 4.30 am Britposting, I've just chosen from 12 different cheeses from my cheese shelf in the fridge to put on top of my late night/early morning pasta, and they are ALL ACTUAL CHEESE)

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

But but but TEXTURE of process cheese food product!!!!

rigg.lgbt•15 hours ago

I would like to force introduce Americans who like American Cheese to my local cheese shop

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It won't work. They have been indoctrinated. My very crunchy mother refused to have the stuff in the house and so I was never infected and by the time I tried it, I was past that all-important toddler window. I do, however, rather enjoy wheat germ and alfalfa sprouts

moviessilently.bsky.social•15 hours ago

So my response was "HELP IT IS FUSED TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH!!!!!!! WHAT IS THIS?????"

jlcbsky.bsky.social•10 hours ago

American cheese is Godly. You had me until there 😃

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