What is the point of individually wrapping cheese slices in plastic, only to cover a bunch of them in more plastic?
Title.
It feels like such a waste.
EDIT:This is the type of cheese I am referring to. It comes wrapped in a piece of plastic then bundled together with x more and all of them get covered in plastic
To my understanding, it is actually made of cheese, just cheese that has been melted, pasteurized to extend shelf life and then cooled back into solid cheese again.
American cheese is a type of processed cheese in conjunction with sodium citrate, which permits it to be pasteurized without its components separating.
Its salted curds like cheese, but its not matured. Instead mineral salts are added which absorb the water, the same sort of stuff used in corned beef, bacon and ham.
The colouring is artificial. Its naturally a light grey colour.
i haven't. just because you disagree with me doesn't make you right. why are you so self-important that you feel the compulsion to lie? are you so insecure that starting petty fights with internet strangers is your only way to make it through the day?
it's just cheese. it's not that important (and neither are you).
it's pretty bold to lie like this when there's a log of my comments just above yours showing that i didn't say that. but, go on and show me the quote where i said it "contains plastic"
I don’t “disagree”
no, you lied.
this is a factual statement with a factual answer.
and that fact is that you made up a little story to make yourself feel important.
You are simply wrong
except you lied about what i said-- i never said, "American cheese contains plastic"
Kenji Lopez-Alt has a cool video where he uses American cheese as the emulsifier to make some less-melty cheeses participate in a grilled cheese. I have been using it more for its emulsifying agents than anything lately: https://youtu.be/CD8UTr5mMVk?si=n5xOumvtBqromQtB
Not just any cheese product, but "Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product", because they got in trouble with the FDA a couple of times by calling them "food" hilariously.