• Chemical Wonka
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    511 month ago

    I can’t understand why Americans love industrialized cheese so much. It’s horribly, full of salt. Unbearable!

    • @Jax
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      381 month ago

      I can’t understand how non-Americans have gone their entire lives without witnessing macaroni and cheese that exists outside of Kraft.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 month ago

        brother I’m American and I didn’t even know you could buy waffle maker machines until a few months ago, I thought they were all frozen

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        There is a place nearby where you can buy 5 boxes of Kraft Mac & Cheese for $5. Used to be a box for $.50-75.

        When your next stubbed toe could require you to sell an organ, cheap Kraft seems perfect.

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          51 month ago

          2010 Honey look, KDs on sale it’s $.50 a box 2019 Honey look, KDs on sale it’s $.50 a box 2024 Honey look, KDs on sale it’s $1.75 a box

        • @Jax
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          21 month ago

          So do many Americans, and yet I didn’t invoke their name first.

        • @Jax
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          21 month ago

          It’s cheap.

            • @Jax
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              11 month ago

              What’s your point?

              • @[email protected]
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                11 month ago

                If it’s the most popular one then it makes sense others would of course associate you with that one.

                • @Jax
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                  1 month ago

                  The most popular boxed mac n cheese, again boxed mac n cheese is not the only kind to exist.

                  That would be like associating all Ramen with ‘Top Ramen’. Does that put in perspective how wrong* what you’re suggesting is?

                  *Edit: I’m trying to be nicer.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    11 month ago

                    The most popular boxed mac n cheese, again boxed mac n cheese is not the only kind to exist.

                    So are the other forms more popular or is boxed the one people make more often?

                    That would be like associating all Ramen with ‘Top Ramen’.

                    So, exactly what people do…? lol. If it’s by and far the most popular option then of course people are going to associate the generic term with that.

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      1 month ago

      Make yourself some home made Mac and Cheese someday. Then make sure to burn the recipe so you can save yourself from that daily temptation.

      Edit to add, whatever you do. Don’t add chili. Real ChiliMac is a level 5 paranormal entity that will haunt you the rest of your life.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      A good macaroni cheese is built from a roux, and uses several cheeses to get that flavour.

      With that being said, I don’t get why Americans lose cheese so much. It’s fine, I guess? I would much prefer most other pasta sauces over cheese, because cheese alone is just a bit bland.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        don’t worry, you can still melt some cheese on top of the “other pasta sauces” to get the best of both worlds.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      It’s like Oreos. I think it’s things that are cultural. You probably can’t get into it once your taste has already been shaped. But if you grew up with it, it’s different. We probably all have such things at home. Although typically not from the horrifying US big food conglomerates, which maybe makes them a bit less atrocious.

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      21 month ago

      because we grow up on it. it’s a comfort food.

      like mcdonalds and all that other super process crap.