I heard someone say this in a video recipe, followed by way more cheese than you should eat at once. It occurred to me that the phrase means ample, not nutritious.

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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Did the person happen to have a southern accent?

As someone from the south, that’s what “healthy” means when used to describe an amount of something. It means “a lot”.

Also, if you say someone looks healthy you’re basically calling them fat, depending on tone of voice and inflection.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Cheese is pretty healthy. It will actually make you feel full unlike processed junk food which bypasses the full feeling completely so you consume more.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Processed cheese may or may not be worse, depending on the processing and depending on the cheese you compare it to. There are thousands of kinds of cheese.

    And even the healthiest cheese can still be eaten in excess. That was my point, not that cheese is unhealthy, but adding "a healthy amount" is phrase that really means more than one person should eat.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Thats true. American cheese is just water(chemicals) down cheddar.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Sodium citrate. If you want the best cheese sauce you'll ever have that doesn't break, use whatever cheese you want for the sauce, and add a teaspoon of sodium citrate. You can refrigerate that cheese sauce and it won't break.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What's the ratio of cheese to sodium citrate?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    6 cups or a pound and a half of cheese, shredded, half cup of flour, half cup of butter, 2.5 cups of half and half, 1.5 cups of milk. Add a teaspoon of sodium citrate to that much cheese sauce, or about 8 cups of sauce. That will make enough sauce for a pound of macaroni product noodles. I generally do twisty or shells

    If you don't have pure sodium citrate, a single slice of American Cheese will do the trick.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I appreciate this tip, I've had lots of trouble trying to make home made cheese sauce. Even if I felt the flour and milk cooked long enough and I added cheese slowly, I had trouble getting everything to come together. It may be that I still wasnt cooking long enough either because I have a bad habit of scorching the milk, so I would pull it off the burner perhaps too soon. I don't know exact I haven't tried it enough, because I don't like wasting food.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nah cheese is really good for you it is usually easier to digest than milk. It has some pretty important fats and all 9 essential amino acids. It is calorie dense which makes it a great pick me up snack. And if you're a vegetarian cheese is one of the few foods that fill the role of meat.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How much cheese is good for you?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Depends on your nutritional goals and other food sources. If you eat nothing but fast food, you probably don't need any extra fat or sodium. But if you eat pretty lean, eating some fat calories from cheese certainly isn't a bad thing.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So add more than that. Is it still healthy?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You asked how much was healthy, I gave an answer. Then you say add more? Lol what's your point? You can eat an unhealthy amount of carrots. If you have self control issues maybe you shouldn't be around cheese, is that the answer you want?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, that's my point. When someone is making a recipe, and they say add "a healthy amount" of cheese, they mean more cheese than is healthy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Bruh….its a figure of speech. If you want health advice go talk to a doctor

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Right, it's a figure of speech that means the opposite of what it literally says. I thought that was a mildly interesting thought and shared with the communitiy. The weird part is the number of people arguing that some cheese is healthy.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I will NOT have you slander such a noble foodstuff, vile heathen!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is this racism against my people (The French) ? ^(/s)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    way more cheese than you should eat at once

    This is not a logical statement, for it cannot be true.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How is cheese unhealry?
    Maybe trash cheese but not proper cheese products.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Too much of anything is unhealthy. Too much fat, too much sodium, too many calories, take your pick. The best quality cheese can still be eaten in excess.

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  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    When the waiter comes to grate parmesan on my food I laugh and say that one block isn't going to cut it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    On keto fat/cheese is one of the recommended satiating foods. Eat as much as you want and be healthy in the context of the diet.

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