# Review of American Slices - Pasteurizes Processed Sandwich Slices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432 "2015-06-13T13:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/21 "2015-06-14T21:18:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Excuse me very much, but we absolutely DO have [burritos](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1296&bih=841&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=burritos+tex-mex&oq=burritos+tex-mex&gs_l=img.3...8281.13917.0.14276.15.11.4.0.0.0.103.957.10j1.11.0.ernk_zc%2Cezcr%3D1...0...1.1.64.img..11.4.282.jdnOnsPWXf0)! > > If by burrito you mean a big flour tortilla wrapped around a delectable and heart-stopping filling. And it might or might not be deep-fried. And covered with cheese. > > What do YOU mean by a burrito? And what part of Texas are you referring to-- it’s a big place. I’m in Austin. I’m used to California Mexican food. Burritos don’t have stuff on the outside and they aren’t deep fried. They don’t (I hope) have rice in them either. I don’t know what part of Texas you are in where you have “delectable and heart-stopping filling” in your burritos. Here in Austin, I’m lucky to find a single burrito on the menu and it’s usually just a little beef, bean and cheese, often (too often) with rice added as filler. I’m thinking of a burrito I used to get in LA which had beans, two kinds of cheese (NOT cheese food), shredded spicy chicken, a whole avocado mashed up, and sour cream. Eating it was an adventure in not busting out all over. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/22 "2015-06-14T21:21:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Second-biggest state in the union! What I meant was that the Mexican food you find in Dallas will be different from what you find in McAllen. They’re 500 miles apart, which is the same distance from New York City to Detroit, Quebec, and Fayetteville, North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/23 "2015-06-14T21:42:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What I meant was that the Mexican food you find in Dallas will be different from what you find in McAllen. I know. I was just taking the piss. 😉 ETA: Apparently I’ve been watching too much Gordon Ramsay. . ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/24 "2015-06-14T22:01:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I know. I was just taking the piss. 😉 > ETA: Apparently I’ve been watching too much Gordon Ramsay. Oooo… he’s a mean bastard, isn’t he? I used to love Kitchen Nightmares where he’d kick the asses of people who had no business running restaurants. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/25 "2015-06-15T15:03:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Incidentally, you should _never_ use American cheese on Mexican food. And _ **NEVER** _ use ‘process cheese food’ or ‘process cheese product’. Mmmm- now I want Jack in the Box tacos for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/26 "2015-06-15T15:16:37Z")
I get the use of the phrase “cheese product”, but “cheese food” has always left me faintly uneasy. Are there some types of cheese or cheese-like substances that aren’t food?? Or is it something I should be feeding to my cheese, like dog food is fed to a dog?? I guess it’s just one of those little things that weird me out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/27 "2015-06-15T16:15:54Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > Mmmm- now I want Jack in the Box tacos for lunch. OK. Almost never. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/28 "2015-06-15T16:30:17Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > Mmmm- now I want Jack in the Box tacos for lunch. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > OK. > > Almost never. Oh, no, no, no, Grasshopper. ☹ Jack in the Box Tacos are an abomination. > [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I get the use of the phrase “cheese product”, but “cheese food” has always left me faintly uneasy. Are there some types of cheese or cheese-like substances that aren’t food?? **Or is it something I should be feeding to my cheese, like dog food is fed to a dog??** > > I guess it’s just one of those little things that weird me out. My bold. Actually, yes. It is the food that the cheese feeds on. You feed it to small wheels of cheese and they grow into those giant truck-tire wheels of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/29 "2015-06-15T16:39:14Z")
My name is **Kunilou** and I use the stuff. _[The Teeming Millions gasp in shock and horror!]_ I’m watching my cholesterol, okay? This stuff has no cholesterol, and it adds a little - ummm - body to sandwiches. But, good heavens, DON’T try to cook with it! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/30 "2015-06-15T16:39:37Z")
If two out of the first four ingredients on the list are food starch and modified food starch I wouldn’t think it suitable material to construct a low carb treat even if it did work. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/31 "2015-06-15T17:10:12Z")
What is 'cheese whiz" made from? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/32 "2015-06-15T17:54:16Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > What is 'cheese whiz" made from? It’s the processed sap from the cheese whiz tree. Vermonters don’t like to noise it around, but they’re planted among the maple groves. You haven’t lived until you’ve been to Vermont during whizzing season. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/33 "2015-06-15T17:57:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s the processed sap from the cheese whiz tree. Vermonters don’t like to noise it around, but they’re planted among the maple groves. You haven’t lived until you’ve been to Vermont during whizzing season. That got me. I burst out laughing at the end. I love when the first green leaves unfurl, the sap begins to run, and you can hear the first sounds of the cheese whizzing. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/34 "2015-06-15T18:01:53Z")
I love the way the short, groovy poles hang from the trunk, channeling cheesy sap towards the whiz bucket. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/35 "2015-06-15T20:28:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > ☹ Jack in the Box Tacos are an abomination. I suppose you don’t like Wienerschnitzel Chili Cheese Dogs, either? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/36 "2015-06-15T20:50:51Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I’m in Austin. I’m used to California Mexican food. Burritos don’t have stuff on the outside and they aren’t deep fried. They don’t (I hope) have rice in them either. I don’t know what part of Texas you are in where you have “delectable and heart-stopping filling” in your burritos. Here in Austin, I’m lucky to find a single burrito on the menu and it’s usually just a little beef, bean and cheese, often (too often) with rice added as filler. I’m thinking of a burrito I used to get in LA which had beans, two kinds of cheese (NOT cheese food), shredded spicy chicken, a whole avocado mashed up, and sour cream. Eating it was an adventure in not busting out all over. Sigh. Go to Freebirds! There are several in Austin, and they’re pretty much a CA style burrito from what I gather. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/37 "2015-06-15T20:52:41Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I love the way the short, groovy poles hang from the trunk, channeling cheesy sap towards the whiz bucket. I prefer the smell of the boiling whiz, as they concentrate it before putting it into jars. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/38 "2015-06-15T23:20:30Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Go to Freebirds! There are several in Austin, and they’re pretty much a CA style burrito from what I gather. Thanks, **bumb**. I looked at their menu and apparently they want you to build your own. (The picture they show has rice in it too; turns me right off!) There are a couple of other places that offer this do-it-yourself burrito style (Chipotle; Qdoba) so I guess I’ll have to get used to that. I liked it when the restaurant offered some choices since then I might find a combo I would never have thought of. Maybe I’m just lazy. And none of these places seem to have good cheese (to get back to the thread topic). However, I will try Freebird. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/39 "2015-06-15T23:27:33Z")
Kraft Singles make a great pill delivery device for giving medication to dogs. I tried an off brand once and it was a complete mess, just impossible to handle. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432/40 "2015-06-15T23:53:11Z")
I was intrigued with your microwave crisp method, and tried it with some Kraft singles (cheese product) we have had in the fridge for forever. Came out crunchy and cracker like. I’d say Goldfish or Cheez-It wouldn’t be too far off. Not awful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-of-american-slices-pasteurizes-processed-sandwich-slices/722432.md?page=3)