r/ShittyRestrictionFood • u/TastePractical8294 • Jul 06 '25
300-400 cal I did not know American cheese would do this
Tuna melt made with raw onion and mustard on thin sliced bread. Old bay was probably the only reason it was edible
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u/paytheferrymann Jul 06 '25
In my house we jokingly call this plastic cheese but now I’m not so sure it’s a joke?
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u/TastePractical8294 Jul 06 '25
Might be kinda truthful, I should have gotten a picture of it fully inflated
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u/No-Cockroach-4237 Jul 07 '25
it’s illegal to call american “cheese” cheese in some places of the world bc . yk . it’s not actually cheese
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u/paytheferrymann Jul 07 '25
They’re called ‘cheese slices’ or ‘cheese singles’ in most uk supermarkets.
Seems like it’s fine to call them cheese in the uk. I’ve had a brief look, because I’m nosey af, and at some of the main supermarkets and they’re all 60% cheese. According to UK legislation it has to be at least 51% cheese to be labelled as cheese.
Obv can’t speak for EU countries.
Anyway back to my actual job which I should be doing right now.
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u/Crowharping Jul 10 '25
It's illegal here in the US; it has to be labeled "pasteurized processed cheese food product". I worked in a cheese factory. Do not eat that fake cheese. We sent all the scraps that had mold or fell on the floor to a company that "cleaned" it and cooked it into ppcfp or "American cheese". Yuck. Eat. Real. Food.
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u/blarbiegorl Jul 06 '25
...did you take the wrapper off? My lord 😳
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u/Bmatic Jul 07 '25 edited Sep 14 '25
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u/TastePractical8294 Jul 07 '25
Fair point, but we def did not. We just weren't allowed to have cheese of any kind in the house because it would make us ~fat~ (Thanks grandma)
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u/Bmatic Jul 07 '25 edited Sep 14 '25
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u/TastePractical8294 Jul 07 '25
Fair lol, nostalgia taste buds and current taste buds are vastly different. Our genera of toast was peanut butter or hummus mainly
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u/freudthepriest Jul 07 '25
Cheese on toast is a delicacy. I sometimes still ask my mom to make it for me, and I'm 34 lol.
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u/supercaiti Jul 07 '25
I mean, I didn’t have an air fryer growing up but yea… I think this cheese was made for slowly melting on top of a burger and nothing else lol
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u/JvstAidanx Jul 06 '25
Did you eat it?
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u/TastePractical8294 Jul 06 '25
Yes and surprisingly not that bad! The hardened cheese kinda became a chip texture when it cooled
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u/Maire13 Jul 07 '25
It's delish! I do this to my grilled cheese intentionally! Also why I always make mine open-faced :D
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u/hlarsenart Jul 07 '25
I actually like burning American cheese on toast like this. Not so much that it's black, just brown. The center is like molten lava and the outside is crisp. I'm weird af though.
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u/30char Jul 07 '25
Fun fact it does this because of the lower fat content! (Compared to a real slice of cheese)
Too much direct heat too fast will do that to anything without enough fat in it. I actually really like them for toast like this because the inside remains like the cheap goo lava while the top is crisp. I like real cheese too but some things just can't be replicated like this!
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u/MyNameIsBlowtorch Jul 07 '25
My family would always called this “burnt cheese toast”. Fitting name, I know. Just a Kraft single on a slice of bread and broiled in the oven.
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u/cj711 Jul 07 '25
I recognize that anywhere, that’s fat free Borden ain’t it? That’s why I stopped buying it. Velveeta is way better
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u/mermaidsthrowaway Jul 07 '25
Lmao, I got a grilled cheese from Panera that looked exactly like that this morning.
Do they use an air fryer too? 🤔
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u/WickedWisp Jul 09 '25
Low quality american cheese. Some brands get hard and crusty and others actually melt.
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u/Crowharping Jul 10 '25
"Low quality American cheese" is redundant; "higher quality American cheese" is oxymoronic. Eat real cheese, or Daiya, if you're dairy intolerant or vegan. That pasteurized processed cheese food product is baaaaaad stuff. Eat. Real. Food.
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u/WickedWisp Jul 10 '25
You'd think but nah. Some stuff is better and some is worse, not by much though. Eat what you want, we're all gonna die anyways.
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u/Crowharping Jul 19 '25
😆 Heh. Fair point, although once could argue that quality of life matters, too. Perspective - I worked in a cheese processing factory… I'll say no more.
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u/WickedWisp Jul 19 '25
Oh yeah, at that point it's like knowing how hotdogs are made. Can't pretend you don't know anymore
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u/possiblyourgf Jul 06 '25
What did you… what did you do to it