American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High

Re:American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High by allday on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:20PM (#18867871)

Yeah, after a long stretch of trying "proper" cheeses on burgers, I've gone back to using Kraft singles. Even Kenji Lopez-Alt recommends American cheese for burgers, so I don't feel so bad about it.

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Re:American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High by clan on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:03PM (#18868264)

I much prefer a mature cheddar. In particular an apple smoked cheddar.

A close second would be a blue cheese such as St. Agur.

Both with a lot of umami goodness on the burger.

I will happily eat a burger with American cheese. It is good - but not cheese to me. It is more an oily softness than the smooth fatty softness from (dare I say real) cheese.

Maybe this comes from growing up where a "cheese shop" actually is a thing :-)

But cheese fries with american cheese are truly sinful and a very guilty pleasure. They're not common around here for which my heart is eternally thankful!

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Re:American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:26PM (#18869628)

I do both cheddar and blue/gorgonzola on the same burger and it works pretty well. We sometimes add chopped green olives and cream cheese and it makes for an absolutely sublime cheeseburger.

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