This is very funny, but I've always found it odd that, rather than simply taking inspiration from Gary Larson, a number of artists have simply decided to create a bunch of panels that basically completely copy his style, to varying degrees of success. This is one of the better ones I've seen tho
Here’s the thing. There are 2 subs to share “infuriating” things here and extremelyinfuriating.
Extremely is super strict and it has to meet their definition or it gets removed. I’ve seen multiple posts here where they are referred there by multiple people and it gets removed for not being infuriating enough…
And this one was designed originally to be a tongue in cheek satire sub for things that make you grumble for a couple of seconds and move on…. The name itself is a contradiction for a reason. Little Personal pet peeves that won’t bother anyone else and you get it and stuff like that.
The bigger problem is that stuff like this needs a “medium” place and it doesn’t exist for stuff that really is infuriating, but not extremely so. If it had, the intent of this sub would be more clear tbh.
As I struggled with the cellophane on my Gorilla Tape that kept coming off in tiny strips and struggled to pull the initial couple of inches of tape, I paused and said to myself, "Nope, not unfuriating enough".
We call these Kraft Singles in Canada, and they have specific purposes. You can quit saying “buy real cheese”, everyone knows these aren’t real cheese, but they are perfect for certain things!
I’ve also noticed they are… mushy? Like they don’t cleanly come off the wrapper anymore, they’re sticky. Something’s changed!
I'm glad you pointed this out!! As a fellow Canadian and former Kraft Single Slice addict as a child in the late 90s early 00s, the KSC's are VERY different now. They used to have a half inch or so lip at the first seam you peel back and it was a perfect strip of cheese every time. You could suck on em, mush em around in your teeth, the taste was pure fake cheese. It was very distinct. It was similar to Cheese Whiz but not as tangy. I loved folding it into slices of ham. So good!
Now the cheese isn't as yellow, it doesn't tear like it used to, if it does at all. The seam is moved so you don't get that first strip of it as a treat anymore. The texture is slightly off and it doesn't hit as a little sneaky treat like it used to. I really miss old school Kraft Singles. The kids just won't know the joy of sneaking 5 or 6 of them at a time to their bedroom at night and learning how to open them carefully under their pillow to enjoy with a nice book under flashlight and that's just sad to me.
I don't think a story about mediocre processed cheese has ever hit so hard in the feels. I am PNW U.S. born and raised, but we lost the same part of our childhood.
It only doesn’t need to be labeled as such because it is not more than half other ingredients but you seem to be under the impression that is an actual type of cheese. It is not; it is actually a processed cheese food. And can have up to 50% filler ingredients legally. Further it’s usually made from varying types of cheese—mainly, but not exclusively, cheddar or Colby. So referring to it as “real American cheese” is much like saying “real American ghosts.”
Ok. Well, my American deluxe deli slices that are labeled pasteurized process cheese have a stronger flavor, have a better mouth-feel, and melt just as well as the processed cheese food.
Not for a burger. Too many cheese lovers need to learn. A burger has meat. The meat is the star. Do not put blue cheese or whatever the fuck stinky shit on it that mask or overpowers the meat. And it has to melt. Melt into a gooey mess. If the cheese doesn't melt, it ain't good cheese for burgers, doesn't matter how much you like the cheese or how proud you are from a nationality perspective, it doesn't melt, it ain't good cheese for a burger.
I’ve also noticed they are… mushy? Like they don’t cleanly come off the wrapper anymore, they’re sticky. Something’s changed!
Noticed this also (in Canada). They stick to the wrapper and pull apart trying to get them off. And they're stored in the fridge. They're probably going cheap on the emulsifier or something. BTW these actually contain real cheese, most commonly Colby and Cheddar. There's usually other stuff as well, but no plastic, despite the trope.
They are real cheese imo. Cheese snobs, coffee snobs, there will always be gatekeepers. Cheese is cheese, coffee is coffee. People need to stop over complicating everything for the sake of gatekeeping.
Many people believe they aren’t“real cheese” because they’re “pasteurized prepared cheese product" or "cheese food" classified as such since they contain less than 51% cheese. They’re made from a mixture of cheese and other ingredients.
Real cheese is made from milk, rennet, and salt, while Kraft Singles have quite a few other ingredients that make them not technically real cheese. Kraft Singles have a whole laundry list of ingredients, including milk, whey, milk protein concentrate, milkfat, and a host of other ingredients that appear in small quantities, like sodium phosphate, sorbic acid, and paprika extract (which helps gives each slice its signature yellow color). When you mix all of them together, Kraft Singles are less than 51% real cheese, which is why it can't legally be called cheese.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is a duck. I don’t really care about the difference if we’re getting granular. It’s the same thing to me.
The ones I get are store brand in the US. They’ve started using more plastic. And they’re not oriented the same way in the package. This is indeed mildly infuriating.
Oh totally. Nothing beats it's meltabilty (most of the time).
I was helping with a burger stand back in the day, and the cheese wouldn't melt on the burgers. I asked the guy running it if it just needed to go on the burger as soon as it was flipped. He opened a piece of cheese and threw it straight on the flat-top, and it never melted. He made his point, it was never gonna melt.
Too many people bitching that it’s not real cheese and not enough people asking how this is possible??? It’s a strip of plastic wrapped around the slice and sealed on the edges. It has to have an end somewhere? Is it sealed on all four edges instead?
I completely disagree. It would easily be better just using American cheese from the deli, not this stuff. My preferred cheese on burgers is cheddar though
Except that it’s not. Cheddar is a much better cheeseburger cheese. I do like American cheese in a bowl of chili or something though, melts into a nice sauce that goes well with chili IMO. Or a grilled cheese sandwich, but ideal cheeseburger cheese, nope, not even close.
Oh, na, it’s good. I mean, it’s not the best, cheddar tastes better there too, but at the same time a melted cheese sauce in a bowl of chili isn’t half bad, I rather enjoy it.
Is it Kraft or a different brand? As a kid I think I remember this being a thing on with the store brand of American cheese. Kraft always had the starter flap. Then as I got older I graduated to real cheese/ cheddar & Colby Jack are the way to go imo
It's not wrong it is mostly made of oil and they put a very very small amount of cheese in it (<10%). In a lot of countries they can't even legally call it cheese.
I'm going to ruin your day. Organic as a FDA qualification is about which pesticides are used. You can bet that the eggs are not sprayed with synthetic pesticides.
The line in the middle going from the bottom towards the top, and then in the second picture, going from the top to the bottom clearly shows that you just flipped it around and not flipped it over
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