The perfect treatment for individually wrapped slices of American cheese

by Marisa McClellan, Posted May 14th 2008 @ 6:58PM

I find that those slices of individually wrapped American cheese are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I bought them, but occasionally, when I'm at a cookout or barbecue, I forget and get them on my burger. One bite in I regret the choice, as while they have amazing melting properties, there's really nothing redeeming about them. You get a mouthful of tasteless cheesy food product that coats your tongue like liquid plastic and ruins a perfectly good piece of grilled meat.

Because of my disdain for these slices of faux cheese, I was particularly delighted to discover a far more interesting and creative use for them. Cheese racing. This is a practice in which people (mostly like while they are under the influence of alcohol) toss the still-wrapped slices onto a grill, in order to see who's slice will puff up the fastest. Apparently the plastic doesn't melt or burst and the cheese gives off inflating gas. Who knew!

[via Neatorama]

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: American cheese, AmericanCheese, barbecuing, cheese, cheese racing, CheeseRacing, cookout, grilling, oddities

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5-15-2008 @2:20AM A.G. West said... I love your posts Marisa! I'm a relatively new transplant to the Philly area, and love all of your local shout-outs.

I'm ashamed to admit, though, I recently used such processed cheese in a recent creation of mine -- and sushi no less! You should check out my young blog: http://philadelphiaroll.blogspot.com -- and keep up the Philly love.
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5-16-2008 @3:52PM srebra said... to do that kind of shit is jut stupid, since there are so many people that have no food to eat, but I guess being drunk excuse a lot ?
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5-15-2008 @10:54AM jmf said... post i quite interesting.

And srebda, you splurt these cliches not even knowing what can make it go right. Food is a problem, but think about why they're having food problems? You can give them all the food you want, but that doesnt do anything but mask the real problems of economics.

Instead of calling everyone idiots in your post, I think you need to think hard about what you think you know, and realize how much you dont know about the stuff you think you know.

Besides, I don't think american cheese count as real food =\
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5-15-2008 @11:09AM Frank said... One thing I've done with processed cheese slices is take them out of the plastic and microwave the hell out of them (just on the plastic sheet). It turns it into this crunchy, cheezy cracker like thing.

It may be giving me cancer, but it's good stuff.
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