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BIG (like Americans) IF TRUE (lemmy.world)

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Dutch girl here. There is absolutely good American cheese. It's a huge place and they have a lot of great cheese makers, just like how europe has some absolute crap. Go to the Jumbo and pick up some "White salad cubes" and tell me they're better than this.

That said, none of this cheese pictured is good, or even mediocre.

[–] bryophile@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

True, there really are a lot of people making proper cheese in the US. Wisconsin has a large amount of Dutch-style cheese production (stemming from Dutch immigrants). There's plenty of French ("mold cheese" like camemberts) and Italian style fresh (ricotta, mozzarella) cheese producers. Probably proper British cheddar producers as well.

So yes. Tons of proper cheese being made in the US, all [insert country]-style cheeses though.

But what is then meant by "American cheese"?I'd say this can only refer to this plastic crap. The US exported this yellow dyed cheap plastic curdled milk crap through McDonald's, then the rest of the world started making "American style cheese" because it's cheap to produce and has a long shelf life.

I would be genuinely interested to hear if there's any exceptions? Any actual cheese making processes that were invented in the US and not a derivative of immigrant cheese-making?

Are there any Native American (buffalo?) cheese makers maybe?