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[Bedrockgames]

I am undexterous and the wrapped ones last seemingly forever whereas a cut cheese block doesn't seem to (although I've never gotten a block of American).

Admittedly the slices probably tend towards being thicker when you do it yourself lol

I think if you get one of those wire cheese slicers you can measure it. But yes the freshness and convenience might be out the window if you aren't diligent about wrapping it back up.

On the other hand, think of all the things you can do with a block of american cheese

 

[Ryujin]

People need to check their cheese privileges

I am actually curious now how much value kraft actually provides. I have always assumed it is cheaper but those slices are individually wrapped and there is like 16 in a package. I wonder if you could buy a block of American cheese, slice it yourself and what the cost would be per slice for each of the brands

When I was a kid, the Kraft Cheese slices weren't individually wrapped. They were sliced, but stacked on top of each other directly in the package. It was a pain in the butt to separate them but, on the other hand, the product at the time was far more like "real" cheese.

Grilled Cheese sandwiches, chocolate milk, The Andy Williams Show.

 

[Bedrockgames]

When I was a kid, the Kraft Cheese slices weren't individually wrapped. They were sliced, but stacked on top of each other directly in the package. It was a pain in the butt to separate them but, on the other hand, the product at the time was far more like "real" cheese.

Grilled Cheese sandwiches, chocolate milk, The Andy Williams Show.

I can't remember if they have always been individually wrapped since I was a kid; what year did they switch?

 

[Ryujin]

I can't remember if they have always been individually wrapped since I was a kid; what year did they switch?

I couldn't say, for sure. Wikipedia says 1965, but it seems more like '68 to me. I remember the big ad campaign they started about how convenient they were.

Then again my memory is a truly weird thing. I remember things that I should have been too young to really commit to memory, while things that happened 10 years ago escape me.

 

[Scribe]

People need to check their cheese privileges

I am actually curious now how much value kraft actually provides. I have always assumed it is cheaper but those slices are individually wrapped and there is like 16 in a package. I wonder if you could buy a block of American cheese, slice it yourself and what the cost would be per slice for each of the brands

Oh I was using the thread for its stated purpose on that post.

 

[Ulfgeir]

Admittedly the slices probably tend towards being thicker when you do it yourself lol

I think if you get one of those wire cheese slicers you can measure it. But yes the freshness and convenience might be out the window if you aren't diligent about wrapping it back up.

On the other hand, think of all the things you can do with a block of american cheese

Depends on how you cut it. you need one of these.... The drawback is that it is quite easy of getting a "ski slope" shape in the cheese.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Depends on how you cut it. you need one of these.... The drawback is that it is quite easy of getting a "ski slope" shape in the cheese.

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The struggle to get the perfect slice while maintaining a perfectly level block of cheese. I remember it well

 

[MNblockhead]

I have gotten used to ketchup as my wife puts it on everything (some people just really like condiments, and have a particular taste for ketchup). What bugs me, and I have witnessed this first hand, is people using ketchup as part of a tomato sauce for pasta.

I'm with your wife on this. She never puts ketchup or mustard on anything, doesn't care for salsa with chips, etc. I'm the opposite. While I like sauces in general, not just ketchup, I never let the ketchup run out in my house. I just can't enjoy fries without ketchup or burgers without something saucy on them. I know I would never be considered a true barbecue fan. I had a colleague who was from the Carolinas and was a huge barbecue fan and set out to educate me on true barbecue, taking me to the what he considered to be the best places throughout North and South Carolina when we were working on some projects in those states. The traditional, dry, smoked, chopped pork with sauce on the side just doesn't do it for me. Give me a rack of ribs dripping in sauce that requires a roll of paper towels on the table to eat over traditional bbq anyday. Though I do appreciate him introducing me to the magic of good, freshly made from scratch, hush puppies. And I did pick up an addiction to sweet tea while I was there.

While I was a big fan of Anthony Bourdain, the episode where Barack Obama was a guest and they went off on people who eating hot dogs with ketchup was annoying. I love mustards and will happily eat hot dogs, brats, and sausage with just mustard, but they're good with ketchup as well. Ketchup is a sauce that suffers from its popularity and ubiquity and, admittedly, folks who are unwilling to try anything else. But I find people who stick to what they like and have little willingness to try new things far less obnoxious than those who feel the need to make negative character judgements over other people's personal taste. I generally don't eat steak with ketchup...unless I'm with someone who has made disparaging comments about it before. Their disbelief and umbrage makes the food tastier. Ketchup is fine with steak. Even though there I find that are many more interesting ways of enjoying it, I would never give anyone grief for eating it how they like.

Living in Asia, I've met many Westerners who are food snobs about the dishes they are familiar with, but engage in the same unadventurous behavior they put other people down for when faced with foods outside of their experience.

 

[Bedrockgames]

While I was a big fan of Anthony Bourdain, the episode where Barack Obama was a guest and they went off on people who eating hot dogs with ketchup was annoying. I love mustards and will happily eat hot dogs, brats, and sausage with just mustard, but they're good with ketchup as well.

I do prefer mustard on my hot dog, and I remember being reprimanded by an uncle for using ketchup growning (and my Uncle Ralph was not what you would call a food snob by any stretch), but I tend to a agree with you that it can be annoying when people get high and mighty about it.

On Bourdain, rest in peace, but I have never understood his appeal personally. I am generally not a fan of food media though

I still think that Dirty Harry scene is perfect though

Ketchup is a sauce that suffers from its popularity and ubiquity and, admittedly, folks who are unwilling to try anything else. But I find people who stick to what they like and have little willingness to try new things far less obnoxious than those who feel the need to make negative character judgements over other people's personal taste. I generally don't eat steak with ketchup...unless I'm with someone who has made disparaging comments about it before. Their disbelief and umbrage makes the food tastier. Ketchup is fine with steak. Even though there I find that are many more interesting ways of enjoying it, I would never give anyone grief for eating it how they like.

Lol this is the other thing. A lot of people don't realize folks will season their food to spite you if you make snide remarks. How we like to eat and season our food has a lot to do with our personal family backgrounds.

Living in Asia, I've met many Westerners who are food snobs about the dishes they are familiar with, but engage in the same unadventurous behavior they put other people down for when faced with foods outside of their experience.

I think we kind of fetishize 'authenticity' but often end up with a very artificial sense of what that means (in the right context, Dunkin' Donuts is authentic)

 

[trappedslider]

But people with money are just being snobbish and trying to gate keep meat eating there.

Meanwhile talking about American cheese

On the other hand, think of all the things you can do with a block of american cheese