Posted on 02/25/2019 1:14:29 AM PST by DollyCali
Thanks. When I started that American cheese is not real, I should have said it is processed, not made like traditional cheese. Velveeta is also a processed cheese product but has other ingredients added.
I dug around a little and found the source of my confusion:
“Is American Cheese Cheese Bad for You - delish.com
Search domain www.delish.com/cooking/a47483/why-you-should-never-eat-american-cheese/https://www.delish.com/cooking/a47483/why-you-should-never-eat-american-cheese/
Back in the day, American cheese was made with a mix of colby and Monterey jack, so it could be called cheese. Now, it’s been stripped of less than 50 percent real cheese,....”
So now, everything called American cheese is actually pasteurized processed cheese food?
I watched a whole hour about cheese I think on the history channel so that’s how I knew.
After the developing a new method for processed cheese in 1911, James L. Kraft began marketing it in the late 1910s, and the term “American cheese” rapidly began to refer to the processed variety, instead of the traditional but more expensive cheddars also made and sold in the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheese
More information at the link.
Anyway, I stand corrected and I appreciate your input so much! You are a real brain! (That’s a compliment.)
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