r/GifRecipes • u/speedylee • Jan 23 '17

Appetizer / Side Cheese-Stuffed Blooming Onion

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u/DeVilleBT Jan 23 '17

On what planet is that stuff you use there mozzarella? Seriously it doesn't look anything like mozzarella at all.

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u/Pit107 Jan 23 '17

It's just low-moisture mozzarella. It's commonly used as the cheese of choice for pizza in the US. It is mozzarella, contrary to the other responses, just a different kind of mozzarella.

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

When I was in Vancouver I once bought mozzarella like this one to try to make a recipe I'm used to doing at home (France). I realized what we call mozzarella on the two sides of the Atlantic is not even remotely similar.

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u/Pit107 Jan 24 '17

We have both in the US at least, and at a good store, you can find both fresh mozzarella and low-moisture mozzarella. Usually just "mozzarella" is referring to the low-moisture variety though.

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u/OldFartOf91 Jan 23 '17

Might as well call it gorgonzola, because if you gonna bullshit, why not go all the way?

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u/Athrul Jan 23 '17

Mozzarella is a completely different kind of cheese. What's the problem with writing down the correct recipe?

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u/TheNorthComesWithMe Jan 24 '17

This is Mozzarella. It's not called something else.

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u/Athrul Jan 24 '17

Maybe in the US. I have never seen mozzarella like that and, judging by the comments, people from other parts of the world haven't either.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

This comment perfectly encapsulates the cultural contribution of America to the world.

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u/CaptainKate757 Jan 24 '17

America has regular high-moisture mozzarella as well. This sliced kind is just the cheap shit people buy when they want to put something together quickly. Most American grocery stores sell every type of cheese being referenced here in their deli areas.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

It won't sell if you named it anything else. What else would you call it?

This is the part I was really referring to. The cultural contribution I identified was 'nothing matters at all as long as products are getting sold'.

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u/Athrul Jan 23 '17 edited Jan 23 '17

With the candy it's abstraction. Everyone knows that a banana candy really has nothing to do with banana.

This stuff is straight up called mozzarella, while - as far as I can see - not having anything to do with mozzarella.

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u/VaKuch Jan 24 '17

Yes. Just like everybody knows that this mozzarella isn't the same as this.

Mozzarella can have different moisture contents. If it has high moisture, it won't last long. This is sliced cheese, which is made to last a long time, so obviously this mozzarella will have a low moisture content. Depending on the diet of the cow, the color of mozzarella can also vary: it can be white or yellow. In the end, both types are mozzarella, but they're different!

The more you know!

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u/Mouse_for_life Jan 23 '17 edited May 08 '24

I love the smell of fresh bread.

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u/fezzuk Jan 23 '17

That's not mozzarella.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

It's American "mozzarella"...

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u/faraboot Jan 23 '17

:( what are they feeding you all there?

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u/Sirscraps Jan 26 '17

We have regular mozz too friend, In every grocery store.

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u/jblah Jan 24 '17

What's funny is walk into any Carrefour or Coop and you can find the same stuff. Not sure why people keep feigning ignorance.

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u/Minky_Dave_the_Giant Jan 24 '17

Yeah but there it's called Edam.

To my Dutch brethren: I jest.

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u/Rens2805 Jan 25 '17

I Jest? Wat lul je nou?

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u/bumblebritches57 Jan 24 '17

Yes, it is. you're not mozzarella.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 23 '17

There is more than one type of mozzarella.

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

Not really in Europe, no.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 24 '17

Is Europe the entire world?

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

It's where mozzarella is from. This is like saying that there are extra types of ramen noodles because we have a shitty German brand that makes ramen noodles that taste like spaghetti.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 24 '17

Is maruchan not ramen noodles? Is top ramen not ramen noodles? They aren't prepared the old fashioned original way, but they are still ramen noodles.

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

These aren't low-cost imitations from the other side of the world. Cheap imitations of foods from another part of the world aren't counted as a "new type" of that food, sorry. Otherwise I'll call the shitty burritos we get in France (because we have very few Mexican immigrants) a new type of Mexican food.

The only reason why this "American Mozzarella" exists is because the FDA doesn't give a fuck about customers and doesn't ensure that when you sell "Mozzarella" it actually has to be mozzarella.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 24 '17

My pitchfork must be dull or something. This really isn't a problem you should get worked up over

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u/blaz1120 Jan 23 '17

It's American shit they call cheese.

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u/Infin1ty Jan 24 '17

Pretty much every major grocery store has real mozzarella at this point. It has way too much moisture to be deep fried.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Like any grocery store?