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[-] GreenWizard@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I used to for sure. I was raised in the midwest in the 80s and taught to drink milk by the gallon. Once I became an adult I stopped eating so much dairy and felt way better. The USA in the 80s-90s when I grew up was rife with health disinformation and straight up lies to the consumer.

On the other hand, I never saw so much cheese as when I went to Europe and saw the cheese aisles in France and Netherlands. And you can buy entire wheels at Euro farmer markets. Most traditional Dutch food is ham and cheese type dishes. I asked my Dutch friend his favorite food and he said he likes Thai food lmao.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

OK, I no longer hate France.

Also, why wouldn't you drink milk by the gallon? You need to to have strong bones, that's why the viagra companies hate cows

[-] RickyRigatoni@piefed.social 158 points 5 days ago

The average american only eats 2 ounces of cheese a day.

Charles Entertainment Cheese, who eats 7 billion pounds of cheese a day, is an outlier and should not be counted.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 55 points 5 days ago

When reached for comment, he replied "Please, Charles Cheese is my father. Call me Chuck."

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ca 32 points 5 days ago

Reminds me of a joke (kinda) thought I had years ago. Chuck E Cheese should open a fine dining white tablecloth restaurant called Charles E. Fromage.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

I'm fully on board with this, provided they offer a prix fixe, 12-course meal.

  1. Hors d’Oeuvre: Parmesan bites with marinara

  2. Amuse-Bouche: Stuffed banana peppers

  3. Soup Course: Minestrone

  4. Salad Course: Caesar

  5. Appetizer: Cheesy bread with artichoke cheese dip

  6. Fish Course: Slice of anchovy pizza

  7. First Main Course: Slice of Hawaiian pizza

  8. Palate Cleanser: Orange sherbet

  9. Second Main Course: Slice of meat-lovers' pizza

  10. Cheese Course: Mozzarella sticks

  11. Dessert: Cinnamon rolls

  12. Mignardise: Chocolate lava cake and medium-roast Folger's coffee

Vintages:

1985 Coca Cola

1997 Pepsi Cola

1987 RC Cola

1996 Dr Pepper

1999 Mr Pibb

1979 Mountain Dew

2004 Moutain Dew Code Red

2004 Mountain Dew Baja Blast

2001 Sprite

1998 Fresca

2003 Barques Root Beer

2003 A&W Cream Soda

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[-] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Dutch guy here. That's not cheese. Don't you dare place that junk in the same category as our holy (pun intended) gold.

I'm sure France, Switzerland and Italy agree with me.

[-] moakley@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Look, nobody is eating cubes of American cheese and pretending it's gouda. It's for cheeseburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches. It's uniquely suited for it. It melts better. The flavor is strong and unsubtle, which matches well with a well-seasoned burger or stands on its own in a grilled cheese.

Just because you don't understand a food doesn't mean it's bad.

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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago

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.

[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Dutch gal here also, can confirm all that cheese is shite. I don't even get the appeal of cheddar.

Gouda and Emmer master cheese

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Just from the ratio I'm gonna guess they're about to load all this into a kettle to make queso

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[-] mech@feddit.org 61 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

America has more varieties of cheese than any other country in the world.
While they can be roughly grouped into 3 categories (White, Orange and Mixed), America isn't limited like other countries to using different milk, surface treatment and aging. Instead they can produce unlimited variety by adding specific amounts of hydrogenated mineral oil, synthetic flavoring, modified starch extracts, industrial waste products and high fructose corn syrup.
There's no end to the ~~creativity~~ profitability!

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[-] TobEnd@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago
[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

The US would have to be made of milk. Idk what the conversion rate is, but we're talking a couple of feet of milk on the ground at all times.

I mean you'd have to make the cheese just for a spot of dry land.

Eventually, the milk would overcome the US and then the World.

It's the Milky Way.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Cows aren't the only critters with teats yknow

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I have nipples, Greg

Also your username, Round Rock by chance?

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Closer to Pecos but hey

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[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago
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[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

American here. Actually this is only about half of the cheese I eat in a day.

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[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 7 points 4 days ago

what? that seems impossible

[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Probably forgot to divide by days of the year.

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[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 days ago

The pound must have gone to shit after Brexit if this is all that 90 quid'll get you.

Thoughts and prayers for the starving Brits.

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days ago

Nice try, nacho cheese doesn't come in blocks

6lb can of nacho cheese sauce

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Where would a meal be without a tasty beverage to wash it down with?

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Not that particular cheese, but yes I panic when the cheese box is empty. Please, I need my stockpile of cheese. I think there is a national warehouse full of cheese too somewhere. Probably Wisconsin.

[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago

Please tell me it's a typo/rage bait and they eat that much in a year

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[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

That's the average, I eat that for breakfast. My local deli has twice daily cheese shipments just to replace what I had for breakfast.

Nothing beats a sausage, egg, and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese on a toasted everything bagel.

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[-] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago

Sorry, I may have skewed the numbers a little bit.

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[-] yeah@feddit.uk 12 points 5 days ago

It's in their constitution.

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