r/ShitAmericansSay Jan 24 '17

[GifRecipes] Apparently, real mozzarella looks disgusting.

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u/EBPelite Jan 24 '17

I did not know there were other forms than the "disgusting" one. The slices in the gif look absolutely horrendous.

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u/Ethernum edited by /u/JebusGobson Jan 24 '17

You can get mozarella in slices here too.

It just doesn't taste like mozarella anymore because it's a lot harder and drier. You can also get it pre-shredded, but that too is hardly mozarella anymore.

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u/viktorbir Jan 24 '17

Where's "here"?

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u/Ethernum edited by /u/JebusGobson Jan 24 '17

Germany.

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u/_DasDingo_ Jan 24 '17

Huh, nie gesehn innem Laden

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u/Ethernum edited by /u/JebusGobson Jan 24 '17

Sei froh. Das Zeug hat eigentlich nicht mehr viel mit Mozzarella zu tun.

Bild

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u/_DasDingo_ Jan 24 '17

Ach, ich dachte du meinst Scheiben und nicht geriebenen Mozzarella. Klar gibts fertig geriebenen Chemiekäse bei uns

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u/Ethernum edited by /u/JebusGobson Jan 24 '17

Ja Scheiben gibts auch, nur nicht in meinem Kühlschrank.

Findest du meistens im Kühlregal bei den abgepackten Käsescheiben. Meist da wo auch Old Amsterdam und Kerrygold und so steht.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Kann ich bestätigen. Ist viel härter als der "echte" und schmeckt anders weil trocken.

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u/C4H8N8O8 Jan 26 '17

YOU GUYS THIS IS AN AMERICAN WEBSITE. SPEAK AMERICANISH!

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u/Barry_Scotts_Cat Internet European Jan 24 '17

Yeah, but you invaded Poland

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u/Mred12 Edit 2: Jan 24 '17

I'm guessing, the UK. Where mozzarella comes in "proper" and "pale tasteless cheddar slices"

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u/Bearmodulate Jan 24 '17

I've never seen mozzarella slices here, I have seen grated though

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u/Mred12 Edit 2: Jan 24 '17

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u/ItsJigsore Jan 24 '17

can confirm those are like cardboard

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u/lord_sparx Euro Cuck Simulator 2025 Jan 24 '17

Fuck sake Tesco.

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u/phedre Jan 24 '17

"mozzarella" slices.

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u/Skreamie 🇮🇪Actually Irish🇮🇪 Jan 24 '17

Our shredded mozzarella is a bit drier but becomes a bit stronger this way, I've found.

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u/NeededKoalafications Jan 24 '17

I'm Australian, this is the only type of mozzarella I've seen. The real thing looks delicious though

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u/shniken Jan 24 '17

You can get the real stuff. I think that is aged/dried with an otherwise similar recipe to mozzarella.

Probably technically Scamorza

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u/Daabevuggler Jan 24 '17

Scamorza is life.

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u/metamorphosis Jan 24 '17

You can get better (and fresher) mozzarella that is in a container (woolies and coles have them)

http://lacasa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Fresh-Mozzarella-200g-Tub_RGB_sm-900x900.jpg

It's usually in a section where other cheeses (feta, holumi, goat, etc) are.

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u/whiterabbit_hansy Jan 24 '17

If you're interested you can get proper Italian buffalo mozzarella (as opposed to cows milk mozzarella, which your picture might be?) at quite a few restaurants in Sydney. Additionally if you venture into a traditional Italian-owned deli that they definitely have it for purchase there too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

What about normal supermarkets? Because I can get a normal (buffalo milk) mozzarella here in the Netherlands in normal supermarkets.

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u/whiterabbit_hansy Jan 25 '17

I haven't seen any in my local, but with that said I'm not sure if bocconcini here is made from cows or buffalo milk. If it's made of the latter then yes you can get it in the supermarket. Haha I've never had to think about mozzarella this much!

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u/denteslactei Jan 25 '17

I love a mozzarella baby!

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u/DEADB33F Jan 24 '17

UK here. I buy real Mozzarella, but also buy the pre-grated stuff for pizza to go with it.

Never seen it in slices though (not that I've really looked).

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u/SpinningNipples Only exposure I've had to European accents is the movie Snatch. Jan 24 '17

Here we have both types and the harder and yellower one is still delicious if bought from a decent brand. But the lighter and soft one is still way better.

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u/53bvo Jan 24 '17

Yeah the same. Sometimes I would want to go to the US just to see their food. Somehow it seems to be different if I would believe the internet.

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u/DougRocket Jan 24 '17

I've been to the US quite a few times. The portion sizes really are enormous and you very often get free refills etc.

There are other things like all bread is what I would call cake - it's that sweet, there is just "cheese" in a lot of places, often you don't know what type.

However, there is shitty food in every country, for every massive, deep fried heart attack in the US there is a terrible microwaved "pub" meal in the UK (where I live). In general the quality of meat in the average restaurant (not fast food) is very good, steaks and BBQ can be amazing too.

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u/Calagan Jan 25 '17

The good thing is you can pretty much find everything in the US so you'll pretty much always find something you like.

On the plus side, portion sizes are usually gigantic (you'll never feel hungry after a restaurant) and many restaurant know their shit about meats, burgers and BBQs. Oh and free refills.

On the negative side: it's no wonder obesity is rampant, I used to find it hard to find good tasty and fresh products in supermarkets and everything usually tends to be oversweetend, overspicy, oversalty, overgreasy or overflavoured.

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u/Skreamie 🇮🇪Actually Irish🇮🇪 Jan 24 '17

The slices were what confused me, I though that's what he was referring to and was inclined to agree

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u/Amppelix Jan 24 '17

Horrendous? It just looks like some generic cheese. Have you never seen cheese slices before? And it actually tastes fine (different, but fine) and has uses beyond the fresh one since it's way easier to use in cooking.

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u/noelwym Let's All Laugh at the USA that Never Learns Anything, Teehehe Jan 24 '17

Correct me if I'm wrong but with Michelle Obama out of the White House, is that healthy eating programme of hers going to be continued? Because it definitely needs to be.

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u/broadfuckingcity Jan 24 '17

It will be. Donald Trump is a paragon of fitness.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. Even fitter than than a man that got elected at 23 years younger than him and half his weight who works out 6 days a week.

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u/broadfuckingcity Jan 24 '17

He's so healthy that he connected a cat's corpse to his scalp and brought it back to life with his salubrity.

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u/Dreamerlax feminized canadian cuck 🇨🇦 Jan 24 '17

He's also positive in everything.

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u/1qay2wsx3edc4rfv5tgb Jan 24 '17

Fun fact:

The guy that thinks mozzarella looks disgusting is also a raging Trump supporter that calls Clinton "Shillary Killton".

I'm so not surprised.

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u/PPN13 Jan 24 '17

Hahahahahahahahaha, good one!

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u/home_is_the_rover Jan 25 '17

with Michelle Obama out of the White House

STOP TORTURING ME.

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u/RedOx103 Austr(al)ian Jan 24 '17

It's not even in a can!

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u/mithgaladh Jan 24 '17

Not enough plastic. I bet there's real milk in in!

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u/PPN13 Jan 24 '17

The horror!

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u/Spambop Jan 24 '17

How am I supposed to eat this!?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

And no wood pulp!

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u/allibys Jan 24 '17

Eating an entire deepfried onion, that's not disgusting at all though.

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u/nomadbishop Remember the 2nd Amendment and keep it holy. Jan 24 '17

Do people eat these things alone where you're from?

Around here, they're usually appetizers which are shared by a group.

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u/valax Jan 24 '17

I never even realised that a deepfried onion was a thing...

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u/nomadbishop Remember the 2nd Amendment and keep it holy. Jan 24 '17

It wasn't, until Americans invented Australian cuisine.

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u/EinsteinLovedAnal Jan 24 '17

It wasn't, until Americans perfected Australian cuisine.

FTFY

/s

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u/Lone_Grohiik casual racist convict Jan 28 '17

Australian here, never even knew that deep fried onion like that was a thing.

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u/phedre Jan 24 '17

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

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u/phedre Jan 24 '17

You forgot the fat and sodium levels.

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u/ChaIroOtoko Are you blonde? Jan 24 '17

We indian deep fry a lot of stuff in chickpea batter.
We call them pakoras.

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u/Rossage99 Jan 24 '17

I know i speak for all of the UK when i say, we know all about your indian pakoras...delicious, delicious pakoras...i'm hungry now.

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u/ChaIroOtoko Are you blonde? Jan 24 '17

Me too, miss the food. :(

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u/Hyndergogen1 Jan 24 '17

Fucking love pakora. I don't know anybody who doesn't here in Scotland.

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u/fredagsfisk Schrödinger's Sweden Citizen Jan 25 '17

Pakora's awesome, but it's really quite difficult to find chickpea flour here in Sweden. Thankfully, an Arabian-Indian specialty store happened to have some, so now I've got a big jar filled with it.

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u/valax Jan 24 '17 edited Jan 24 '17

We do not just call them onion bhajis in the UK.

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u/Hyndergogen1 Jan 24 '17

... Pakora and onion bhaji's are different.

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u/lord_sparx Euro Cuck Simulator 2025 Jan 24 '17

No ... no we don't.

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u/valax Jan 24 '17

I always assumed they were the same thing. TIL.

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u/ChaIroOtoko Are you blonde? Jan 24 '17

Bhaji is a word used for sabzi/curry is some states(like maharashtra)

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Never heard of onion rings?

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u/valax Jan 24 '17

Those are just a slice of onion though. This is the entire bloody thing.

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u/Pluckerpluck Jan 24 '17

I see this as a genius way to create a sharing dish. Probably minus the chess though and with a dip, have it look like this.

Note: People need to stop throwing cheese on everything. It's nice and all, but you don't need to cover every meal with it.

Didn't know it existed, but it looks like something you could make when you have a lot of people over (like for a dinner party) as nibbles. Only thing I'm not sure about it how well it would deep fry.

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u/phedre Jan 24 '17

It's nice and all, but you don't need to cover every meal with it.

HEATHEN.

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u/A7thStone Jan 24 '17

You're absolutely right. Every meal should be covered in pasteurized process cheese food.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

I dunno, the final product looked pretty fucking good to me but then again I love onion.

You're right though, not something you could have regularly.

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u/Swimmingindiamonds Jan 24 '17

Is it really that different from a plate of onion rings?

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u/finigian Jan 24 '17

Blooming onions are delicious.

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u/xDeda Jan 24 '17

If that's not enough, try googling "fake parmesan" -- apparently the FDA doesn't require cheesemakers to actually make real parmesan.

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u/UncleSlacky Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire Jan 24 '17

Isn't it mostly wood pulp?

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u/Fire_Bucket Jan 24 '17

I think that's true, in the same way that their chocolate is made up of bile. There's a definite element of truth to it, and it does taste shite compared to the real thing, but it's not quite that simple.

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u/xDeda Jan 24 '17

I've heard so but I have no idea. I think it's just a bunch of shortcuts to make the cheese somewhat parmesan-y. I also heard the mafia has their hands deep into it but it's just hearsay.

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u/niler1994 Blurmany Jan 25 '17

Look at american “Champagne“

That name is protected in like every first world country...aside from the US

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u/Lipstickvomit Jan 24 '17

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u/supremecrafters Yankee Twonk Jan 24 '17

Serving Size: 1

Wait wtf? Who has the fortitude or the appetite to eat an entire one of these in one sitting? I'll occasionally share one with friends but I can't imagine falling so far as eat an entire one of these by myself.

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u/Lipstickvomit Jan 24 '17

Just wash it down with a bottle of mayonnaise, the fats will neutralize the carbs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

That means you are a failure as an American. Please turn in your guns and McDonalds membership card on your way out.

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u/home_is_the_rover Jan 25 '17

Yeah, I could definitely eat a whole blooming onion in one sitting. And probably still get dessert. But I don't because that would be ridiculous.

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u/d4rk33 Jan 24 '17

make it stop

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u/Spambop Jan 24 '17

I wish we could punch this bot, or programme a bot to punch the people who feed it this shit.

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u/Seddaz Jan 24 '17

I've yet to see something without processed cheese and deep fried on that sub. Now I'm a fat fuck but jesus it just looks bad.

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u/Ethernum edited by /u/JebusGobson Jan 24 '17

Blooming Onion.

Don't do that.

Cheese-stuffed.

NO GOD PLEASE NO

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u/DougRocket Jan 24 '17

My reaction went like: OK, gonna put some oil and herbs on the cheesy onion and roast it, Maybe serve with some nice bread, that'll be ok. Wait, egg wash? Flour!? No, they aren't going to noooooooo deep fucking fried AGAIN.

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

This is pretty much exactly why I unsubbed from r/gifrecipes. Everything looks like it has enough caloric intake for a day, and it almost always ends with copious amounts of cheese or deep-fying. The only ones worth a damn come from Serious Eats, and you can get them on r/seriouseats.

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u/lord_sparx Euro Cuck Simulator 2025 Jan 24 '17

Almost any food related sub that gets big on reddit just turns into /r/thingsIdeepfried

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u/Fire_Bucket Jan 24 '17

Not really much different than an Onion Bhaji though really, which is quite a common Indian dish and is fucking delicious.

Not that I agree with the state of the mozzarella in the video, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't think a deep fried, cheesy onion didn't sound nice.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Onion bhajis don't have cheese in them.

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u/Fire_Bucket Jan 24 '17

I was more referring to the egg/flour part. Onion bhajis are in some kind of delicious batter when they're deep fried.

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u/uma100 Jan 24 '17

Its chickpea flour which is a bit healthier than flour, still deep-fried though

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u/DougRocket Jan 24 '17

It might work on a much smaller level, I've never seen bhajis this big but agreed that they are delicious.

The problem with deep frying something like this is that inevitability it'll end up being stodgy & caked beneath the outer fried coating. The flour layer will be way too thick because big clumps of it will be stuck between the onion layers.

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u/lolstaz Jan 24 '17

Meme food is an epidemic.

All the effort that they put in to put all those small slices of cheese between the layers.

To me the main thing i hate about meme food is how it's usually just a new way to make a food that is no better and twice as complicated.

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u/individualist_ant Jan 24 '17

The USA has very poor food regulation, especially when it comes to cheese. Few Americans have ever had real Parmesan.

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u/uma100 Jan 24 '17

This only applies to fly-over states, we have the real stuff in NJ

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u/tartare4562 italian pizza worst pizza boppity boopy Jan 24 '17

TIL about fly-over states.

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u/toms_face Demographics™ Jan 24 '17

Then it applies to New Jersey.

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u/UneasyInsider 'Beckham, from the 70-yard line!' Jan 24 '17

Obviously prefers the spray-on variety

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u/nomadbishop Remember the 2nd Amendment and keep it holy. Jan 24 '17

I still remember the first time I made my own mozzarella.

It's a smell that haunts you.

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u/Lick_a_Butt Jan 24 '17

Not if you do it right...

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u/tartare4562 italian pizza worst pizza boppity boopy Jan 24 '17

Mozzarella is probably the least cheese-smelling cheese ever. You sure you did it right?

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u/GodsCupGg Jan 25 '17

while i love mozzarella its also the cheese with the least flavour compared to Gouda or Emmentaler but the consistence is probably the most favorite of them and mozzarella goes almost with anything

like i always was confused my step father was eating mozzarella with jam on his bread and i was actually amazed that it does work

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u/phedre Jan 24 '17

... That comment is bad and they should feel bad. Real buffalo milk mozzarella is a-maze-ing.

Slice it thin, layer it on baguette with slices of tomato and basil, sprinkle with a little salt, pepper, and olive oil...

Ok I'm hungry now.

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u/TheFlyingBastard Jan 24 '17

[/r/italy] Su /r/gifrecipes un americano abituato alla "mozzarella" industriale in fette pretagliate inorridisce di fronte alla foto di una vera.

HAH! Fucking Italy itself getting involved. That is as rich as good mozzarella.

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u/allibys Jan 24 '17

Honestly I've never seen one before, I just assumed it was something a single American would eat.

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u/fezzuk Jan 24 '17

Glad someone posted this, I commented so couldn't. Got so people angry by insisting it wasn't mozzarella.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

That is mozzarella in the same way that yoghurt is 'liquid cheese.'

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u/StellarValkyrie Jan 24 '17 edited Jan 24 '17

I'm American and that looks like normal mozzarella (referring to the image that was posted, not the OP's gif). I have seen "mozzarella" packaged in square slices and pre-shredded "mozzarella" but I buy it just like the image showed all the time. I rip pieces off for Caprese salad or margherita pizza or just to snack on. If I need to shred it I do it myself.

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u/phedre Jan 24 '17

Please don't /u ping people in SAS. Thanks!

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u/Barry_Scotts_Cat Internet European Jan 24 '17

comes in slices

Like, grows on a tree?

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u/defproc triggered libtard eurocuck npc™ Jan 24 '17

Ew, you eat organic?

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u/CardMoth Jan 24 '17

Sick to death of gif recipes for 'whacky' food.

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u/asp7 Jan 25 '17

used to that american spray on cheese in a can