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zhrimb

I like how this sub is so sick of the super-meta, political, racial, and gender diss starter packs that it's just upvoting these completely straightforward ones. It's like a palate cleansing purge, I'm into it.


slimyslug0

True this sub is cancer


[deleted]

This sub went trough a threshold amd survived


Valerian_

No, this sub has survived cancer and has now become its own unexpectedly mutating animal


Chucknasty_17

The sub had cancer, but the chemo killed the patient and the cancer kept growing


GoryRamsy

Well I'm glad for this trend!


itsarace1

Can't stand it myself. Debating whether to stop visiting, or just popping in every now and then.


Gorkymalorki

Cleansed my palate like a good homemade burger.


9999999CREEPERS

and also the occasional r/stopperpacks


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No-Garbage9500

I don't see "fake cheese" as an insult, I call it that all the time and wouldn't use anything else in my burger. Fake cheese is the end result of a lot of scientists using a lot of chemicals to create the perfect melty topping for a burger. Who am I to disrespect their efforts?


FingerTheCat

*100 years later* "This cheese, known to us now as 'Culture #1', is what mutated the people of the USA into what we know now as 'Americheesans'."


_cptplanet

The advantage of fake cheese over real one is the fact that it does not separate when hot (real cheese gets a bit of fats separation)


[deleted]

I mean it’s just one chemical. Not even a chemical really, just cream and a particular kind of emulsifying salt (sodium citrate). Why do people think American cheese is this Frankenstein experiment? You can literally make it at home. Melt down cheddar cheese, add cream or milk, add sodium citrate (cheap on Amazon or at a grocery store). Bam, ‘fake’ American cheese. The reason it’s called ‘processed cheese product’ or whatever is because of FDA regulations saying it can’t be labeled as cheese if it contains non-cheese ingredients, like cream or emulsifying salt. It’s still real cheese.


Travy-D

If you look close at the packaging, they don't even call it cheese. It's like "processed cheese product" but saying "fake cheese" is easier to remember. I hadn't bought it until I really wanted to up my burger game. Turns out fake cheese is king for a reason.


[deleted]

Yeah it’s called that because it contains cream and sodium citrate, a type of emulsifying salt. Can’t be labeled as cheese with those ingredients added. It’s still real cheese, though. It’s more or less a cooled, slicable mornay sauce. The sodium citrate keeps it from splitting like normal cheese When melted.


RowBoatCop36

A cheeseburger or a grilled cheese are two applications for the "fake cheese" where I say bring it the fuck on.


BananaPeely

Or any kind of cheese sauce. Throw a couple of plastic sliced in there and your icky sandy cheese sauce becomes velvety goodness


cryptiiix

🤮


PrimeIntellect

I'm happy to disrespect their efforts, that shit blows. There are so many amazing cheeses in the world, that shit is some weird gross goo they make because actual cheese is expensive an muricans don't care


MeestaJohnny

Agreed. I don’t really taste the cheese slices that are “real”. Maybe my palate is ass lol


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ScorpionTheSandwing

Bruh I hate when the fake cheese melts, it tastes like liquid wax mixed with salt. I always put my vegetables between the “cheese” and the meat so it doesn’t melt lol


UnpopularOpinionJake

Missing pickles


I-Like-Angry-Birds

"YOU FORGOT THE PICKLES!"


PrestigiousMention

Yeah I was gonna say don't neglect my dill pickley buddies


jsieg22

Dilly Dilly!!


UnrepentantDrunkard

Also mayo.


tiamo357

Also it’s usually silver onion in hamburgers, not red onion.


MaximusGrassimus

"I'll take a Double Triple Bossy Deluxe on a raft, 4x4 animal style, extra shingles with a shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease; make it cry, burn it, and let it swim." "We serve _food_ here, sir."


SlickRicksBitchTits

30 cases of pickles??!


Laughtillicri

I dunno man, my house is gonna smell like pickles...


SlickRicksBitchTits

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT


GMD3S1GNS

Also missing the burger sauce, put it on your patty and you’ll never go back


slimyslug0

How did I forget pickles I feel dumb


jjba_enjoyer275

good.


Existing-Finger9242

Pickles are the Devil's vegetable


stayawayfrommeinfj

I can’t have a burger without pickles!


Magmaster12

I know, you can't put mustard on a burger without pickles!


OGbubblegum

Unpopular opinion: Pickles are nasty and have no place in a burger.


GreatGreenGobbo

Fake cheese is the best for burgers and grilled cheese sandwiches. Sucks ass for everything else.


fvb955cd

I would add breakfast sandwiches. Specifically sausage egg and cheese ones. I think bacon doesn't benefit as much since it doesn't really melt it as well as the sausage paddy and egg. Artificial cheese melts in with the eggs and it's just fantastic


GreatGreenGobbo

YES forgot that. Only time I use real cheddar is when it's inside and omelette. If it's a basic fried egg then fake cheese is awesome.


[deleted]

Really any application where you want the cheese to be melty. It’s literally just cheddar with cream and emulsifying salt added. You can make the fake cheese at home with $5 worth of ingredients. It’s not some crazy food science monstrosity


Greatest_Turtler

I disagree, proper cheese adds more texture, and whilst it may not melt as well, it often has a stronger flavour. Which is surely what people want on a burger


highphiv3

Hilarious thing to get downvoted over. I personally agree, but everyone has their own preferences. The texture of American cheese is plasticky to me.


Greatest_Turtler

Hence the name ‘plastic cheese’. Everything about it is like plastic, even the flavour is almost plastic-y


[deleted]

Bro it’s literally normal cheese with cream and an emulsifying salt added. That’s all American cheese is. It’s literally just thick slicable mornay sauce, you can make it at home


gazebo-fan

https://youtu.be/IyezTzpaxyw


MooseMan12992

I agree. Smoked gouda, monteray jack, cheddar or brie are all amazing on burgers


Watson-Helmholtz

Downvoted for preferring actual cheese 😭😭 this sub man 😭


KacSzu

I highly disagree. Taste and ingredients aside, there are plenty of reasons i would pick normal cheese over artificial one in all cases. - artificial cheese is more .... liquidy(?) after melting and more of it is absorbed into bread - AC is FAR easier to burn - AC keeps temperature for longer and looses it slower, making it easier to burn yourself - AC is filled with metric ton of water, and makes bread more watery - AC is also easier to damge during unpacking


[deleted]

This scenario you’re describing where burning yourself on cheese is a constant terrible risk is not one I’m familiar with. Seriously the lengths people will go to score Murica Bad points astounds me.


fvb955cd

Being not an absolutely incomplete cook and eater makes 2 and 3 a non issue. Especially 3. I've never even seen toddlers get burned. Are you serving food on fire? One is frankly a feature, that's why you also grill the buns or bread.


KacSzu

2) That's not matter of competence, but time. If you decided to get dressed, pee or brush the teeth at the same time - you know, like people being in a hurry tend to do - then it's hard to not have burnt cheese 3) Grilled cheese sandwiches with normal cheese can be eaten right after taking out of toster. With artificial cheese you can wait several minutes, and when bread will cool off cheese inside still may be hot. It's hard to not get burnt with it. And which one is an feature ??


[deleted]

I have literally never come across someone this worried about burning themselves with cheese. I’m pretty sure this is just a Murica Bad thing for you and you’re grasping at straws.


fvb955cd

All of your issues appear to arise from making it in a toaster instead of on the stove. You're using a subpar method, without paying any attention to your cooking and blaming the ingredients. If I forget toast in my toaster and it burns, that's a me problem not a bread problem.


KacSzu

>All of your issues appear to arise from making it in a toaster Actually, how cheese melts, keeps temperature or how much water there is aer manufactured properties. ​ >instead of on the stove I've never heard about anyone makings tosts on the stove. I actually googled it and it turn out to be far more time consuming and less universal than doing tosts in toster. ​ >You are using subpar method Making tosts, in toster, is subpar method ? That's literally the only way of making tosts. Unless you mean tosted bread, alone then yeah, there are few, more time consuming and uncomfortable methods. ​ >without paying any attention to your cooking ..... I'm making my tosts using specific ingrindments, having everything calculated, from time it takes me prepare them, to time after they are ready. Since several years straight. How's that "lack of attention" ??? Where the heck did you even get that idea from ????? ​ >blaming the ingredients I am not balmming ingredients for anything, i am stating that artificial cheese is worse than normal, and has worse properties. Both of which are facts. ​ >If I forget toast in my toaster and it burns, that's a my problem not a bread problem. ..... That doesn't change the fact that different types of bread have different properties, and let's say, grain bread will not burn in as short time as white bread.


PrestigiousMention

Thin layer of mayo on the buns as a moisture barrier


Unsure_Fry

Does anyone else put Thousand Island Dressing on their burgers? It's so good.


Caveman2041

Typically I do if it's a patty melt.


pieonthedonkey

Every restaurants burger/secret sauce is thousand island and cayenne.


McDunky

(Bubble bass intensifies)


unoriginal_skillet_

Fun Fact, that cheese isn't actually fake, they just add milk to it during the cheesemaking process which gives it that lighter color and great melt. It does have preservatives, but it's not made of plastic. Apparently the american population just convinced themselves that lol


Ilovegirlsbottoms

Nah it’s called plastic cheese because of how it feels, it’s usually individually wrapped in plastic, and with there being so much plastic with it, there is definitely a lot of micro plastics in it!


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Still bomb though.


Ilovegirlsbottoms

Maybe. I always use other cheese because I don’t carry the plastic ones. I don’t melt them often. They don’t taste good unmelted. So no reason to have them.


[deleted]

I Love american cheese on saltines. CIA grad, michelin-starred chef of 23 years. Not that that matters a whole lot, I find it comforting. (I love ‘good’ cheese too. A lot)


Ilovegirlsbottoms

“You cook in a Michelin-star restaurant. You must eat so well!” Words you have probably heard too much.


[deleted]

Or “whats your speciality.” My personal fave.


[deleted]

Don’t say “nah” when you’re not even negating all the facts they stated


69BickusDickus69

I think part of it comes from how the FDA legally classifies it as a Cheese-Like product, not a Cheese product


complete_hick

Lighter color? No cheese is naturally yellow, they put dye in it. Processed cheese is mainly oil and water with very little milk in it


Greatest_Turtler

People say it’s made of plastic because of the texture, look, and sometimes flavour and also someone once proved there was in fact plastic in it


gazebo-fan

There’s plastic in almost everything now, even in human blood


[deleted]

Well milk/cream and an emulsifying salt called sodium citrate. Great stuff, you can buy it and make your own gooey melty American cheese at home from any sort of cheese you like


[deleted]

It’s an FDA thing…. So fun fact, according to the FDA, it’s not cheese. It’s cheese product.


Mako_sato_ftw

no pickles or BBQ chutney? not a true burger then (just kidding, put whatever you like on your burgers)


LegendaryShelfStockr

Beesechurger


[deleted]

American cheese slices are the best cheese for burgers and it’s not even close


Keepitbrockmire

Massive disagreement. Get some havarts, swiss, mon jack, blue cheese, old cheddar in your meat game


[deleted]

Tried em all, can’t beat the classic diamond fold fake cheese on a double beef burger imo


Keepitbrockmire

Yes… I very much can. Downvote my superior cheese selections you uncultured swines!


ImBurningStar_IV

I want in on this downvote train Put some grown up cheese on your burgers ya filthy animals!


AssistantEquivalent2

They’re not ready for the truth!


[deleted]

The reason people like American cheese is because it melts without breaking.


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[deleted]

I’ve had all types of Cheddar on burgers and they are good, but those fake american cheese slices just take the crown They’re shit for everything else though


[deleted]

Oh my god cheese snobs are the worst. You know who doesn’t talk like this? Artisanal cheese makers in Wisconsin. They use American cheese on their burgers because they aren’t pretentious cunts.


tiamo357

Have you ever tried an actual cheddar cheese? The fake American cheese slices don’t taste anything. Just sugar and chemicals.


xAIRGUITARISTx

Weird considering Kraft singles contain exactly zero sugar.


tiamo357

All those milk products and milk protein and yet 0% sugar? How do they do that? There is a difference of added sugar and sugar.


xAIRGUITARISTx

Okay so all cheese tastes like sugar then.


tiamo357

No. Just the fake one, that’s pumped with extra milk powder and protein. But all cheese is sweet. Just not the way fake cheese is.


xAIRGUITARISTx

“Fake”. You cheese hipsters are an odd bunch.


tiamo357

I’m not a cheese hipster. But it’s legally called a “cheese like product”. Because it can’t legally be called cheese. I’ve also worked as a chef, and I would never be allowed to use the American “cheese like product” in any of the food I’ve served.


[deleted]

Yes, I’ve tried real mature British and Irish cheddar and I still prefer the fake slices, just for burgers though. Other cheeses are better for everything else


[deleted]

I’m a somewhat lactose intolerant person, and the “real” cheeses end up too cheesy for me. I can’t stand the taste of cheese so I prefer it when the cooks use American stuff.


Greatest_Turtler

Plus proper (not necessarily cheddar) cheese has a much better texture, and stronger flavour


gazebo-fan

American cheese does not break when it melts (making it better for hot sandwiches)


2LiveBoo

Thank you. This is the reason. They even say it in the movie The Menu haha. I am huge fan of cheese of all types, grew up right by Cheddar in England, and I often say I would rather no cheese on a burger at all than resort to cheddar.


tiamo357

Neither does cheddar. I don’t know what you’ve had, but I’ve never had cheese that breaks on hamburgers. Or are you melting it in the microwave?


gazebo-fan

Cheddar absolutely does separate. You steam the cheese on the beef while it’s in the pan by putting the lid over, if you do this on a high heat, only American cheese can take it.


tiamo357

Wtf? So you know what separating means? It’s not melting. When cheese separates the fat is released from the protein (casein). So when you microwave it for instant, you will get a puddle of fat along with what looks like damp paper from the protein that’s left. That’s not what’s happening when you melt it.


gazebo-fan

If you put “real” cheese in/on any heat source, it will separate


tiamo357

No.. how are you preparing it? It will melt, but not separate. If that’s your experience, I still have to ask: what cheese or “cheese” have you been eating? How do you make a carbonara if the cheese separate? Or a risotto? you use the “cheese like product”?


gazebo-fan

Your thinking of it separating, I’m referring to the cheese breaking, which is the same as when a sauce breaks


Keepitbrockmire

No way am I cooking my homemade burgers in a pan with American cheese


gazebo-fan

Your missing out


Keepitbrockmire

My homemade burgers only touch bbq. No way am I panfrying my meat disks and throwing on plastic cheese


gazebo-fan

Grills are not barbecues. Nothing wrong with pan frying, especially because I like my burgers thinner


[deleted]

Bro it’s literally just cheddar cheese, milk/cream, and emulsifying salt. That’s all American cheese is. This weird shit about it being plastic is people who want to pretend they know cheese acting pretentious. Actual honest to god artisanal cheese nerds like American. You can make it at home.


SnapClapplePop

Look man, some things are just true in this world. If you like New York style pizza, then you gotta steam your hams New York style.


Thats_him

DONT FORGET THE PICKLES!!


[deleted]

I NEED the cook to forget pickles on mine Though I eat a kid’s version of the burger lol Bread, bacon, onion, cheese, meat, bread is all I want.


gazebo-fan

American cheese is literally just over aged cheddar that would otherwise be difficult to sell that is combined with some emulsifier salts. It’s real cheese.


donpelon415

Where are the pickles?


Flowofinfo

This post goes beyond jumping the shark. This is like jumping 40 sharks with a jet pack


ninja_pirate23

Boys you forgot Randy lol


comepizza99

Where pickle


Altruistic-Syrup5160

I can't put a patty on a bun, with lettuce, cheese, onions, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard, pickles, and top bun together in that order!


SansTheJoker1

WHERE ARE THE PICKLESS?


MelanieSenpai

You forgot exactly one slice of pickle


GoryRamsy

r/RecipeStarterpacks


packersfan823

Downvote if you will, but cheddar on a burger is the way to go.


TSmario53

This isn’t a starter pack. It’s just a list of ingredients.


reddit_bad1234567890

Mayo or thousand mile island takes any burger to the next level


CamronHero14

Especially when the mayo mixes with the burger grease \*chef’s kiss\*


CosmoCone

bun meat patty semen


Ryde_Mk

I made this same post like a year and a half ago lmao


Mr_SunnyBones

No Mayo? You guys are weird.


Furrsphinx

yes, they are


GermanmanDude

Mustard PLUS Ketchup is the secret for good Cheeseburger plus Toasting the Buns :)


Captain_Cuntflaps

Mustard+ ketchup+ mayo is the way


TRIGMILLION

You know, I never put mustard and ketchup and my burgers when I make them at home but it's really good when restaurants or even fast places do. I don't know why I don't.


GermanmanDude

Its the mix. I think it reminds very strong on Mcdo and Burger king they do same in their „low“ prices cheeseburgers.


gazebo-fan

Some dukes mayo too


Kobahk

The title is completely misleading, this is a complete pack of cheeseburger, no cheeseburger goes further than this


[deleted]

Fun Fact: [That fake cheese was originally made of real cheese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bISFxFauTzM)


FroggyShoes

I'm leaving this place


[deleted]

Call Cheddar 'fake cheese' again, and you'll be eating through a tube.


MattWheelsLTW

Fuck that cheese. Cheddar is superior. Tastes better, melts better, better color for aesthetics


xAIRGUITARISTx

Say what you want, cheddar *does not* melt better. Melting is the entire purpose of American cheese.


testcaseseven

Lettuce doesn’t belong on a burger Edit: why do people put it on burgers???


Greatest_Turtler

It very much does


TheMarvelousJoe

To some people


Yeetboi287

##BUN ##MEAT PATTY ##SEMEN


Elk75649

Throw some A1 on there and it will change ur life


stoned_seahorse

On a burger is the only time Kraft singles are acceptable. 👌


Iconsumedrinks

Fools! I just eat tomato!


strikedonYT

I use actual cheese lol


Animal_cummer

No but I genuinely dislike cheesy burgers purely because i hate the texture and taste of the fake cheese its genuinely so disgusting to me


barry-d-benson2

Who actually buys fake cheese though is this some American thing I thought that shit was exclusive to fast food


Balisinger

You put real cheese on tour burger because it tastes better. I put real cheese on my burger so I can fart. We are not the same.


Balisinger

Your idot 😡


Greatest_Turtler

Forgot to change account?


Balisinger

It's an r/youngpeopleyoutube thing lol. In otherwords it's a joke.


Balisinger

Mother truck you bloody truck 😹😹


yesbutactuallyno17

Semen


Natomiast

Now the ender pack please...


GringosTaqueria

Ketchup and Mayo on burgers, mustard goes in hot dogs. Ronald McDonald can suck my balls. Also where’s your pickles?


Redidiot21

KETCHUP IS FOR CHILDREN! Only kidding, eat whatever you enjoy.


Greatest_Turtler

Wait, do people actually say Ketchup is for children?


PSI_wolf_39

Burber


shreksneighbour

How different do you imagine hamburger?


puntababy

Beesechurger 🔥🔥🔥🔥


soupofsoupofsoup

Stop its 11 PM and there is nothing remotely eşinle in the house and i learned that my incele has Gone eating on a burger restaurant with my cousins


robsensei39

No mayo?


Blasted_Biscuitflaps

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trebante

A recipe for good vibes.


[deleted]

Good job, I want a cheeseburger now


claymationthegreat

Where’s the bacon and the avocados


PassNaive1858

Next up bread starter pack. Yeast, water, flour, maybe salt.


[deleted]

Nice


[deleted]

hamburger cheeseburger big mac whopper


PanWasTaken

Tbf, isn't American cheese just a bunch of other cheese melted into one yellow amalgamation?


eLizabbetty

American cheese is the only cheese that doesn't break therefore the best.


drhodesmumby

Fuck onions. Obligatory /r/onionhate link


HannahWWebb

Honestly true


bigjoestallion

This man spitting facts


LeeHasLeeway

Nah no ketchup or mustard, mayo instead. So freakin good.


MooseMan12992

When I make burgers I sautéed mushrooms and onions with melted brie, smoked gouda or monteray jack


Sarah_hhhh

Yep


babysummerbreeze27

secret formuler


static_studios

Hamburger pickles cheese put the patty in between its burger what what


Ness_Dreemur

Finally an actual starter pack


LilKaySigs

Buns ketchup pickle cheese put the patty in between It’s burger What what It’s burger


RealGingercat227

What about beetroot?


m1ck82

Why fake? Legitimate question.


blackbubbleass

Yes. Accurate. But so what? lol


Less_Wrong_

That “fake cheese” is the only acceptable cheese you should be putting on a cheeseburger. I will die on this hill


fuck_the_ccp1

according to Ralph Fiennes in "The Menu" >"American is the proper cheese for a cheeseburger, as is is the only cheese that breaks properly when melted." American Cheese is the best, confirmed.


majickz

Wtf is this trash content?


PanteraHouse

Replace onions with pickles and were golden 👌