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On 3/1/2012 12:44 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2012-03-01, Doug > wrote:
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>> Process cheese is real cheese.

>
> Except when it's not. Like when it's labeled American Cheese in large
> letters and "cheese food product" in unreadably small letters and the
> ingredients don't include a cow derived substance within miles.
> That's what I call grease cheese. Lotta that crap on our shelves.


"American Cheese" is not the only emulsified cheese product. Those
little triangles in a circular box, made from French and Swiss Gruyere
instead of cheddar, are similar. IMO, they do taste better than American
Cheese but they are much the same thing.

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Jim Silverton

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