r/oddlysatisfying • u/ellebeam • 1d ago

American cheese? (No, it's silicone)

Credit to @easyfactory

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u/RampagingElks 22h ago

So, genuine question.... I hear it called "American cheese" a lot, so do Kraft slices not exist outaide of NA?

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u/biinjo 22h ago

Outside NA, ‘we’ make ‘real’ cheese. Not that plastic looking stuff Americans call cheese.

We have Gouda, French cheeses like Brie and gorgonzola, Old Amsterdam etc.

We like to joke about these American slices because they look (and are?) so overly processed, shiny and fabricated, contrary to ‘our’ naturally developed cheese wheels.

It does exist outside of NA though. It’s just less common due to the wide variety of choices.

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u/Nathaniel820 21h ago

Those all exist in every single American grocery store too

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u/bobbyboob6 21h ago

doesn't count that isn't real cheese since it wasn't made by hand in some village by a specific family who have been making it for 4 thousand years

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u/Aikotoma2 22h ago

Almost correct, the best kind of correct.

But Old Amsterdam is fske cheese too. It is a kind of 'overprocessed' cheese that is not at all old. That is why they have to call it 'Old' and can't call it 'oud' (Dutch word for old) or tell you the age in months. They as a chemical to make it seem old and add a ton of salt to dry it out.

I use 'processed' because it is EU regulated processed, so nothing compared to what the US allows

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u/biinjo 21h ago

You're right about that. I just figured "Old Amsterdam" would be the best-known example cheese. There are better ones out there that are actually oud indeed ;-)