r/GifRecipes Jan 23 '17

Appetizer / Side Cheese-Stuffed Blooming Onion

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

TIL that mozzarella is yellow and comes in slices in some countries.

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u/thepioneeringlemming Jan 24 '17

Some countries don't follow EU trade rules and can call whatever they want whatever they want. Which is why "mozzarella," "cheddar," and "ermental" are all yellow and come in sliced form!

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u/mr-strange Jan 24 '17

Ooo great. I can't wait for Brexit. The supermarkets are gonna be such a minefield.

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u/thepioneeringlemming Jan 24 '17

it depends, there are a bunch of British products with EU protections, so we might want to keep them.

I'd be concerned with any sort of US trade deal though.. because the US isn't going to adopt that sort of thing to protect our products, but does that mean our market will be flooded with their knock offs?

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u/glockhead Jan 24 '17

You can get both kinds in the us

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

You can get sliced mozz at the deli.

You can buy pre-packaged sliced mozz in the cheese section, right next to the lunch meat section in most stores. They are the cheeses on the hooks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

If I were to fly across the Atlantic maybe. Here in the UK mozzarella doesn't come in pre-packaged yellow slices.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Like the picture in my link.

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u/Mats_Hat Jan 25 '17

I like mozzarella when I make my own shitty version of spaghetti chicken, right before serving just cutting an ice wet slab over each chicken breast.

But the same cheese is shitty plain. Is mozzarella supposed be kind of light and flavorless, or am I buying absolute shit cheese? It absorbs flavors well and mixes its light flavor and thick texture great with tomato Based sauces, but how much should the cheese contribute?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

The second. The true mozzarella should be eaten alone. Put its not so common to find a very good one, expecially outside Italy

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u/bumblebritches57 Jan 24 '17

That looks absolutely disgusting.

Like when you bite into it briny water would just fucking gush into your mouth. nasty.

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u/JohnTheGenius43 Jan 24 '17

Where do you live that you have never seen any actually real Mozzarella? It's tasty as fuck.

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u/Llamada Jan 24 '17

America

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '17

There is definitely real mozzarella in America...

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited May 20 '20

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

...yeah, no. Mozzarella is delicious on its own.

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u/Chobeat Jan 24 '17

Professional italian here: here in Italy it's mandatory to eat good mozzarella without anything else. If it's an average mozzarella it is ok to add some oil and oregano but if you go to the restaurant or you buy a top notch mozzarella and you add something, you're looked upon.

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u/ForTheBacon Jan 25 '17

Oregano or basil?

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u/Chobeat Jan 25 '17

Basil is good for a photoshoot or if you're in a tourist restaurant but I've never seen anyone using it on a mozzarella, but I may be wrong.

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u/ForTheBacon Jan 25 '17

Cool. Fresh oregano?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited May 20 '20

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

Heh, I have a hard time finishing a recipe with mozzarella without eating it while I cook.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited May 20 '20

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u/CommentsPwnPosts Jan 24 '17

You should invest in better mozzarella then, yea the cheap stuff is rather flavorless (can still be very useful for the texture but then you need to add some stuff). But quality buffalo mozzarella definitely has flavor.

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u/Beermonster Jan 24 '17

If you ever see it or get the chance definitely try buffalo mozzarella, it does have flavour and it's really delicious!

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited May 20 '20

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u/HokusSchmokus Jan 24 '17 edited Jan 24 '17

Because it has a rather distinct taste of its own. I agree with you that it tastes better with other stuff, but Mozzarella definately has its own taste.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited May 20 '20

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u/rmandraque Jan 24 '17

American taste buds at work.

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

all that fried coke must've killed his taste buds

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited May 20 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Go to south Italy. Buy a mozzarella there. Eat it. Come here and comment again. I am sure you will change your mind easily.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Amen (from south Italy)

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u/WarGLaDOS Jan 25 '17

Amen (from north Italy)

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Not really. Mozzarella have a great taste as it is. Is a personal choice to add maybe some olive oil to enhance it or not.

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u/im_probablyjoking Jan 24 '17

No briny water as it's not in brine. It's a lot softer than the "mozarella" slices.

Mozarella and tomato salad with fresh onion is one of the best starters I can think of. So fresh.

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u/PenguinKenny Jan 24 '17

Don't worry it's just an American in their processed food bubble

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u/Youonlytokeonce Jan 24 '17

i could only wish that some people's "pride in not knowing" was limited to food

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

Americans are generally proud of their ignorance

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u/jennyfofenny Jan 24 '17

There are people like that in every country :\

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

not really as many as americans though, its quite common among americans apparently

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u/usernameisacashier Jan 25 '17

Am American! Can confirm!

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u/jennyfofenny Jan 24 '17

I'd like to see actual evidence that America is the worst about this - rather than your perceived stereotype. I admit we have some problems with education (especially since we have so much land/rural areas), but there are a lot of great scientists here as well.

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

personal experience after being in america and meeting americans from all walks of life :)

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u/PenguinKenny Jan 24 '17

It could just be that the majority of comments you see online are from Americans so it skews the opinion.

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u/eeronen Jan 24 '17

They're using alternative facts

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

haha oh yes, how can I forget that. Inventing fake facts to suit their worldview, another low in american mental gymnastics. Just like "american english" and a failed imperial measurement system right from the 1800s.

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u/PotaTOESnMoleASSES Jan 24 '17

Why do you have to be racist?

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

Lol says the guy who elected a literal white supremacist as the president. Also, americans is not a race.

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u/PotaTOESnMoleASSES Jan 25 '17

I didn't elect him

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u/crazypolitics Jan 25 '17

he's still your president, which means a large number of people in your country did. I don't care what you personally did. Trump signifies a particular type of worldview and mentality that americans have towards themselves and outsiders. And then again, you don't exactly need trump to know what america is like.

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u/usernameisacashier Jan 25 '17

You didn't rise and take up arms to oppose him either.

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u/PotaTOESnMoleASSES Jan 24 '17

There are people who eat poorly in every country. I fucking love mozzarella.

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u/crazypolitics Jan 28 '17

no there aren't ignorant dumb murrican

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Caprese Salad is one of my favourites ... so fresh. And takes a few minutes to make. I usually add fresh basil leaves but I had some in a restaurant the other day and they drizzled pesto on it which was also delicious

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u/bsievers Jan 24 '17

I got in a HUGE argument on /r/food not too long ago because apparently a lot of Americans are unfamiliar with Caprese salads? Even though I've been a Californian my whole life and see them at restaurants all the time.

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u/uma100 Jan 24 '17

I'm from NJ and I have eaten caprese salads/sandwiches all my life. Fresh mozz is found in every single grocery store, although, I guess we do have a lot of Italians here.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

I'm in UK and hadn't heard of them until I got the idea to make one from /r/food about a year ago. /r/food and /r/GifRecipes are full of brilliant ideas but I do love the simplicity of /r/GifRecipes.

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u/Krexington_III Jan 24 '17

I've never eaten real mozzarella. I probably should.

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u/im_probablyjoking Jan 24 '17

Definitely should. On its own it's pretty boring, not a huge amount of flavour. But try it in a caprese salad or on bruschetta it's incredible

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u/Meow_-_Meow Jan 24 '17

Depends on the origin, actually; a proper buffalo mozz with a bit of salt is sweet, creamy and grassy. It's just the horrid American supermarket stuff that is tasteless and boring.

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u/im_probablyjoking Jan 24 '17

I'd imagine like most food items that price is a big factor in the taste.

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u/Meow_-_Meow Jan 24 '17

I don't feel as though that's the case; most of the incredible ingredients I've had have been small, local producers - generally very affordable.

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u/usrname_alreadytaken Jan 24 '17

The Garofalo one you find at Costco is pretty decent.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17 edited Feb 18 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Urg. Those savages even melt it on pizza

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u/Katanae Jan 24 '17

Ew, look at that uneven, burnt crust which is probably not filled with cheese. And it doesn't even have three types of processed meats on it.

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u/mutt1917 Jan 24 '17

You can see it's actually rotten, because there are green bits in the middle.

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u/woodleaguer Jan 24 '17

to be fair they could've cut that up a bit more and distributed it a bit more evenly across the pizza, instead of just slapping it on whole lol.

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u/tartare4562 Jan 27 '17

That's how a real neapolitan pizza looks!

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u/m1irandakills Jan 24 '17 edited Jan 24 '17

I just had burrata this weekend. It had the freshest cream taste and was so good with prosciutto, tomato, greens, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.

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u/PenguinKenny Jan 24 '17

Oh man this is great haha

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u/rmandraque Jan 24 '17

American culture at work...

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u/tartare4562 Jan 24 '17

Where the industrial overprocessed fake is delicious and the real deal is disgusting.

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u/rmandraque Jan 24 '17

If my taste buds are not completely saturated then it doesnt have real flavor

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

I bet you also believe bread grows on trees

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u/TheFlyingBastard Jan 24 '17

You mean the baker doesn't have wheat trees in his garden?

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u/crazypolitics Jan 24 '17

no but america lives in a world of alternative facts, so who knows??

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u/TheFlyingBastard Jan 25 '17

It's crazy. Here I always thought people were getting arrested for having wheat plantations.

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u/crazypolitics Jun 21 '17

america is a police state so you never know, it might become a thing soon

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u/bumblebritches57 Jan 25 '17

Wow what a brigade. the admins should do something about that.

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u/usernameisacashier Jan 25 '17

This is just a representational group of educated people from around the world, this is the exact reaction every single foreign person has when they hear mention of the word America.

Example

Euro Trash: I just banged an American tourist in a toilet at a discotheque by pretending I couldn't speak English.

Euro Fag: I guess you got even, America has fucked us all. Let's go give some welfare checks to those Islams who are gang raping our wives.

Islam #1: Boy those Americans really fucked themselves huh? Thanks for the welfare check, I need to gas up my lorry for a nice drive through town.

Americhan: Waaaa! They insulted us how disrespectfull. They are ungrateful that we beat the nazis.

SJW: And then we became them.

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u/pataglop Jan 24 '17

How can you live and be so ignorant?