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JoeFelice t1_j5diude wrote

Reply to comment by bobssteakhouse in The menu at my local cheese shop by Sleep-system

I think we need to start with "What is cheese?" and then ask what is processed cheese.

Cheese is when you get the protein in milk to clump together and drain the water out. The clump is called a curd. The varieties of cheese come from adding things like salt, bacteria, extra fat, smoke, aging time, etc.

Processed cheese is when you take some real cheese and bulk it up with vegetable gums, milk powder, and other low-cost ingredients. That reduces the price but makes it more bland. It's not much better or worse in terms of nutrition. And crucially, the gum additives make the cheese melt evenly. Most hard cheeses leak oil when they melt. Most soft cheeses are too strongly flavored and too expensive.

The specific Swiss-style singles will depend on whatever that company decides to add in to get the price, flavor, and melt they want. Another company can use a different recipe and call it the same thing.

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picmandan t1_j5dh010 wrote

Reply to The menu at my local cheese shop by Sleep-system

You are SO lucky! The last time I saw a proper cheese shop was when I was a still a kid. I miss going with my Mom and getting to sample so many thin slices of cheese. And then picking out a few and I couldn’t wait to get home to have more.

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WillQTheGreat t1_j5deoyi wrote

Reply to comment by westernmail in Black federal soldier by a slave auction house in occupied Atlanta, Georgia, 1864 by captureorbit

Both are used to refer to the same thing. Basically, anyone who fought for the United States during the war.

The closest thing you'll find in terms of a difference is "volunteers" and "regular Army". As time went on though, the regular army played a smaller and smaller role. I read somewhere that during the Mexican-American war, volunteers made up roughly 66% of US forces. During the civil war, it was 97%.

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