In other words, the exact same thing it’s called in the US.
The OP would have been more interesting in 1970.
Ever seen pasta made? Sausage?
ivn1188 is the type of person who refuses to drink anything other than Bud Light, because to do so would be elitist, regardless of the fact that Anheuser-Busch is no longer an American company.
Having said that, Kraft does have its virtues. Its Deli-Style slices make killer grilled cheese sandwiches.
Kraft American Cheese as a metaphor for American xenophobia?
Please tell me this is a joke.
The true American Cultural Imperialist eats barbecue, to hell with the cheese.
A toasted cheese should be made this way.
- Toast two slices of bread in the toaster.
- Spread Cheez Whiz on one slice of toast. Cheez Whiz is a Kraft american cheese product that tastes better than their singles.
- Slap the other slice of toast on top of the Cheez Whiz.
The OP is trying to tie to much other shit in with their hatred of the Kraft american singles. You ruined a perfectly good rant topic.
At the very real risk of associating myself with ivn1188’s trolling, this is an arrogant, stupid thing to say.
When I was growing up it was labeled cheese, and called cheese.
Then, the way I heard the story, some university students left a piece out on the top of the fridge and watched, as it totally failed to mold or decay really, instead, turning into an oily piece of hard plastic.
Eventually they did some sort of research paper on it. Kraft were forced to rename the product as ‘Cheese Food Product’. This is to acknowledge that they started with an actual cheese like material. But technically not really cheese when you’re done the processing.
Yeah, it’s not really cheese. But it’s on every 'cheese’burger in America so it’s hard to avoid entirely. We keep it in the house as my husband eats it.
I’m always asking him, “You want real cheese?”, because that’s what I’m having and I find it hard to believe he’d rather the ‘singles’. More and more he is choosing real cheese.
Bwaah! I am luring him over to the dark side!
But what kind of barbecue? Wholesome brisket, as God intended? Or some kind of stringy pork?
Yes, good chili con queso works best with Velveeta & Ro-Tel. (Although The Homesick Texanhas an alternative. Yes, I love that site–even though I’m not homesick, being a Houstonian & all.)
I’ve discovered that “real” cheese makes great grilled cheese sandwiches–you just have to grill them longer. If somebody prefers the Kraft stuff, that’s fine. But I do find the commercial irritating–because there’s better cheese made in this country.
Ro-Tel is a brand of canned diced tomato products, with various chiles and peppers in them. The varieties range from quite mild to fairly hot. It was available starting in at least the 60s, and might have been available earlier, before salsa was even widely known in the US. These days, I prefer to use salsa for an ingredient…but back in the day, I could depend on being able to find Ro-Tel in any supermarket.
I agree, we just don’t hear anough about extruded products. My dream is that one day every American will have a food extruder in their own home, maybe even one per person, with customizable feeding tips. Until then I will have to keep driving over to the store for my processed cheese food and corn puffs.
And **Bridget Burke **, if you call my BBQ “stringy” again we may have to have a BBQ throw down.
I hanker for a hunka, a slab or slice or chunka, I hanker for a hunk of cheese.
I’ve never seen this stuff. I confess I was curious enough to read up on it at Ro-Tel.com after you mentioned it, Lynn. I’ll look for it next time I’m at the supermarket, though I’m not sure they sell it in NY.
Kraft “cheese” is one of the worst atrocities Americans have inflicted upon the rest of the world. I may be exaggerating a bit here.
When I was a kid, I loved the stuff. But now that I’m out in the real world, I’ve found that other, more “real” cheeses are where it’s at. I’m currently in love with a White Cooper that the local Amish make- holy cow (pun intended) is that stuff good. It tastes like what Kraft wishes it tasted like.
Velveeta is in much the same boat, as far as I’m concerned. Sure, it’ll do for making queso, but only because I haven’t found any other cheese (or food by-product by-product) that melts as well. I’m going to have to try a real queso recipe sometime, 'cause that’s what I miss most about Texas- my favorite tex-mex restaurant’s amazing, non-velveeta queso.
On the other hand, the best macaroni and cheese is the Kraft blue box stuff. Damn, I could go for some of that right now.
Of course you haven’t. That’s because you live in a benighted backwater. Ro-tel is the true sign of American cultural superiority, not Kraft singles!
Bridget, shiftless…all BBQ is good. Let each get to gustatory paradise in their own fashion.
But brisket rocks.
The problem inherent in your argument is that American cheese is not the symbol of the kind of xenophobic simple mindedness that seems to be overtaking a certain portion of the body politic in this country, but is, instead, some food. Applicable value judgements upon it, therefore, are limited to whether or not you care to eat it. Select one (based upon your OP, I recommend the latter), move on with your life, and be a happier person.
Of course, based on my past success rate at getting people to shut the fuck up about others’ eating habits in general, I don’t expect this suggestion to take hold…but hey, I gotta keep trying.
It’s not xenophobic because there are plenty of better cheeses made in America. Some that are uniquely American.
It’s the whole “race to the bottom” thing that elites think makes them “real” Americans. The subtext of the commercial is that true Americans are trailer trash who wouldn’t know decent food if it somehow jumped out of the big screen TV they went into debt for and hit them in their pasty, overweight faces- and that is pit-worthy.
The executives at Kraft do food for a living - they know Kraft singles aren’t really cheese (heck, Kraft makes some really good cheese that is cheese). It’s like George Bush saying his favorite food in the world is hot dogs.
It used to be labeled “pasteurized processed cheese food substitute”, even here. I don’t think they do that anymore though.
Yeah, but that’s because it’s got its place. Velveeta melts great for cheese dips, “American cheese” slices and Cheez Whiz makes great grilled cheese sandwiches. But that’s not the full scope of what you can do - and should be doing - with cheese, and that’s where some “fake cheese rocks!” supporters are going off the rails on their arguments.
:smack: Forgot to add - for those who are fans of extruded food and want to extrude some yourselves, consider a cookie press. I have a lower-end model of this at home. Insert cookie dough into barrel, add a decorative extruder plate, and click away to get shaped cookies. Find the right consistency of cheese dip and you could probably decorate crackers with this. 