On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 11:52:57 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:03:59 -0500, Bill Gill wrote:

On 4/6/2016 4:17 AM, wrote:
While getting a sub sandwich the other day, the question arose:

Do they have "American Cheese" on other continents, outside of the
American continent?

I looked it up, and found this:
http://thecookinggeek.com/american-cheese/

American cheese is not even sold in Canada, (Which is part of North
America).

(This does not include the fake processed cheese which many people
confuse with American Cheese).


Do you mean pasteurized process American cheese food? That's the
only thing I have heard called American cheese.

Bill

-NO- Try reading the web URL. It's all explained there. In fact your
reaction is normal, which is what they explain in that article.
I have had the REAL "American Cheese", as well as that disgusting
processed crap.

What is your definition of "Real American Cheese"? According to this
government website, there is more than one mixture of cheeses that can
be labeled as "American Cheese".

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx...#se21.2.133_13

d)(1) The name of a cold-pack cheese for which a definition and standard of identity is prescribed by this section is "Cold-pack ___ cheese", "___ cold-pack cheese" or "___ club cheese", the blanks being filled in with the name or names of the varieties of cheese used, in order of predominance by weight.

(2) If the cold-pack cheese is made of cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, or granular cheese or any mixture of two or more of these, it may be designated "Cold-pack American cheese"; or when cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, granular cheese, or any mixture of two or more of these is combined with other varieties of cheese in the cheese ingredient any of such cheeses or such mixture may be designated as "American cheese".

(3) The full name of the food shall appear on the principal display panel of the label in type of uniform size, style, and color. Wherever any word or statement emphasizing the name of any ingredient appears on the label (other than in an ingredient statement as specified in paragraph (f) of this section) so conspicuously as to be easily seen under customary conditions of purchase, the full name of the food shall immediately and conspicuously precede or follow such word or statement in type of at least the same size as the type used in such word or statement.

(e) The name of the food shall include a declaration of any flavoring, including smoke and substances prepared by condensing or precipitating wood smoke, that characterizes the product as specified in §101.22 of this chapter and a declaration of any spice that characterizes the product.

(f) Each of the ingredients used in the food shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of parts 101 and 130 of this chapter, except that cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, granular cheese, or any mixture of two or more of these, may be designated as "American cheese".

(1) Artificial coloring need not be declared.

(2) If the cheese ingredient contains cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, granular cheese, or any mixture of two or more of these, such cheese or such mixture may be designated as "American cheese".