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      It’s an average. That means there’s at least one American out there eating more, possibly far more, than 90 lbs of cheese a day.

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      Man I wish I could afford to have 90lbs a cheese of day.

      I’d finally experience happiness, both by having immense amounts of cheese, and from dying from eating immense amounts of cheese.

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    Is this a photo where the cheese wears camouflage or something? I’m trying really hard.

    It’s very hard to say this, it really pains me, but… Here it goes… I agree with the French guy.

    (I’m Dutch)

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    You know what? Unpopular opinion time.

    Cheddar is a god-tier cheese and puts European cheese to shame.

    It can be made sharp or mild, hard or creamy, white or yellow,. It easily melts in a perfect way. It keeps incredibly well. Pairs well with almost everything. It can be improved by aging or smoking (and holy shit if you have not tried a good smoked cheddar you are missing out on life).

    You can take any fancy, high-end cheese and there is some variant of cheddar that can go toe-to-toe with it.

    The only reason it’s snubbed as common and low-quality is because it’s cheap and used so ubiquitously. But the reason for that is because, again, cheddar is a god-tier cheese.

    And yes, I know cheddar was first created in England, but the US is responsible for industrializing and popularizing it.

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        Also Colby Jack my beloved. Seriously if you hand me a burger with anything else you’re waking up with your own foot shoved up thine ass.

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      Maybe I haven’t found the right one, but the cheap cheddar here is like ‘fantasy cheese’ or ‘cheese product’ or whatever you want to call it, and the expense cheddar is more expensive then a range of local cheeses with similar or better characteristics, while the local alternatives are often cheaper. If locally it can fill your needs then power to you. As long as we can all enjoy our cheese in high quality and relative peace, everyone is winning. But in my locality it feels like I’m overpaying for underperformance.

      Grilled some gruyere on toast tonight for a nice onion soup. Just telling you so you know you can trust I love cheese.

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        Yeah but cheese-like product is fucking good and tastes awesome on a cheese burger while Venezuelan Beaver Cheese or whatever the fuck they eat in France is nasty.

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      This is how I feel about American cheese, but the real stuff. Not the crap Kraft sells (other than their deli style slices).

      A slice of real American cheese melted on anything is amazing!

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        American cheese is just cheese mixed with milk and an emulsifier like citric acid. It’s as much cheese as sausage is meat.

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            No it really isn’t, what the actual fuck.

            Try some high-fat (38%+) cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich some time. You’ll get a real cheese with this new thing called “flavor”, that also doesn’t melt in the first 4 seconds that the bread is being toasted, and once it is melted it will fuse with the bread and make you forget all about Jessica.

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      People don’t like cheddar? There’s like five cheeses I would say anything bad about. Cheddar is nowhere near that list.

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      Sharp and aged cheddar is amazing. I’ve tried cheese from all over and it does compete. Still my go to and Ive had a decent variety in my day.

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    Le fromage americain?

    I am mostly sort of a cheese snob but just this morning had Cuban cheese toast - Cuban bread with white american cheese - not swiss - and butter, pressed in the sandwich press. Such nostalgic food for me and utterly delicious, utterly without nutrition. Has it with a big ol’ cafe con leche. Bliss.