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Have you ever wondered about the origin and history of American Cheese?

Americans are processed and full of crap? Is that what the rest of the cheese-eating world is trying to say? 

American cheese is terrible. 

Posted - August 5, 2020
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  • 13395
    I think American/North America cheese is good but foreign cheeses have more interesting flavors. Had a teacher in high school from England who said most of our cheese is 'processed junk'.
      August 5, 2020 9:04 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    It is processed junk. Not all cheese produced in America, but what is known as "American cheese". Yuck. 
      August 6, 2020 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    I don't think about what's in it.
    I just know it's good from a spray can. 

    LOL


      August 6, 2020 10:09 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    So, we're "Easy" as well, then. 

    Sad. 


      August 6, 2020 7:18 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Can't say as I have.
      August 6, 2020 12:27 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Last night was the first time I ever did. Amazing the thoughts that come into your head when you've been smoking the wacky tobacky. 

      August 6, 2020 7:29 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Ah, perhaps that's why I never wondered - never smoked wacky tobacky. :)
      August 7, 2020 9:04 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I highly recommend edibles over smoking. All the rewards, none of the coughing. 
      August 10, 2020 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Thanks, but I'm not into edibles or anything else that gets me high.
      August 11, 2020 9:29 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I hear that. I wouldn't do it every day, but once in a while it's fun. When I partake, I often feel like I'm somehow smarter, or just more in tune. Total opposite of drinking alcohol, and so much healthier! 
      August 12, 2020 7:13 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    People give the word 'processed' a bad rap. ALL CHEESE IS PROCESSED. Unprocessed cheese is called milk.

    American cheese is a mixture of two or more cheeses, mainly cheddar. I don't like it. It is much too salty.     This post was edited by Element 99 at August 13, 2020 8:28 AM MDT
      August 6, 2020 2:19 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    True. 

    It's called "cheese food", too. What does that mean?? It's sort of cheese, sort of food? 

    I like salt, but I don't like that crap known as American cheese. Nasty. 
      August 6, 2020 7:20 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    It is food...just not for me. Give me a slice of Swiss on that burger.
      August 10, 2020 3:59 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Boar's Head makes a low sodium American cheese which is what I buy.  
      August 13, 2020 8:29 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    The rest of the cheese-eating world doesn't make American cheese, so the rest of the cheese-eating world isn't "trying to say" anything.
      August 10, 2020 4:08 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    It was a joke. Obviously, it didn't land. 

    But seriously... do you like American cheese? Like, Kraft singles type cheese? The stuff they used to give out to income-challenged folks? 

    Ugh. 
      August 12, 2020 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Not especially.
      August 12, 2020 7:23 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I sure hope someone responds to "income-challenged folks". :P
      August 12, 2020 7:25 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Why? You don't always have much of a choice when something's free.
      August 12, 2020 7:44 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Of course not! I was just being not funny again. ;-)
      August 12, 2020 7:51 PM MDT
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  • 234
    I don't eat cheese really. I have been to the Tillamook Cheese Factory though in Tillamook, Oregon. It is quite a process, fun to look at, and a nice place. They have the best cheese curds too.
      August 15, 2020 5:57 PM MDT
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