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Here’s an article about it: https://www.cooksillustrated.com/science/830-articles/story/cooks-science-explains-sodium-citrate
This miracle of science can be found on Amazon! I just felt obligated to spread this information for anyone seeking smooth, melted cheese.
ChefLes
Oh dear gods. I have to get some!
DerNacho
I approve this.
edmviking
ourdailyfred
It's how American Cheese is made, which is otherwise just regular cheddar and colby, so it makes no sense how American Cheese is so hated
Allworknoplay82
superduperyooperthatspissedoff
Fuck yah! I made mac’n’cheese last night with it. What’s really great is that you can sauce ANY cheese with it. Feta wiz on donner fries!!
myfriendkaroshi
I will save this, just in queso
keyblader1985
Over 2,300 favorites
eruditic
Uncle Roger say use MSG
CharlieKellyIsMyVisionQuestGuide
You can do it yourself with citric acid, baking soda and water. https://youtu.be/UTGzLor4k4M
Junktrunkjunkie
I use a little lime or lemon juice. The Citrus in there seems to have the same effect in making it a smooth cheese sauce.
Kazzle
Well, considering that's where citrate comes from, it makes sense!
theInternetismyplayground
Let’s face facts, most “food” is just a cheese delivery system !
comicsmakemehappierthanmostpeopledo
Even cheese!
OddlyPacific
Awesome but fuck Amazon
Rengii
you did it you cancelled bezos
drame
Non gmo citrate sounds so danm pretentious...
SergeantDetritus
I just use butter milk and flour
MagicOrpheus310
You're a hero OP
TheFemaleRonSwanson
Best queso is made with Land O Lakes White American cheese. No fancy powder needed; it already has yummy, gooey chemicals.
starshroom108
My bf uses it to make mac n chz. Just cheese in sauce form. No milk no water no nonsense. Potent cheese flavor!
ChetTheRocketStedman
Learned this from r/cooking a few years back. Total game changer.
brucom
So, it's in Velveta.
MissSpelledTattoo
'Leaning tower of Cheese-ah' Comment credit @highpoweredperception
TheSecondPiewackit
Yes.
carpebass
wait you spreading information or spreading cheese?
Differentdifferentbutsame
Smooth melted cheese
Gianttesticlemonster
All cheese information is important
ciaran13
imapencil
Amen
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finalwolf
except this one
arthurvanhoudt
Ahh, someone knows about this Sardinian cheese!!! It’s a delicacy to be appreciated. Just like Hákarl or Surströmming!!
jh36117
All cheese matters
Ninjainslippers
I can't believe I have to keep explaining this. Yes, all cheese matters but right now nacho cheese needs more attention.
UnnecessaryAlgebra
Blu cheese matters
phalanxausage
I keep it around & love it. There is no avoiding the plastic-y texture of all processed cheese but man! Smooth, stable melted cheese, made/
phalanxausage
out of good cheese is true beauty. Macaroni and gruyere. Slices of blue or parm that melt like american. No starch to mute the flavor.
robotnixon13
OP you are a fucking legend
westsidewizard
paolomazz125
This was a final jeapordy question https://youtu.be/Iy-movLFP5A
candleinhisdick
Nancy.... Not as tasty
AmArschdieRaeuber
says you :)
candleinhisdick
I'm willing to find out
Kouklo
This is all great stuff, but how much do I use of it?
ALinguisticHermit
Generally 4% by weight of the cheese, then adjust liquid amount for desired consistency.
haadyy
Glen from Glen and friends recently made a video about it. Binging with Babish too. I think.
Hekatombe
Recipe in the description of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlJ30PGUk8Y
Kouklo
Great find!! Thanks rockstar!!
twfx
All of it. Use it all.
Thirds
WinoCrimesand69s
I feel we could get similar results without through some methods. Shred your own cheese, use a beschamel
meskarune
beschamel always ends up a little grainy for me
shamanbaptist
Try putting your flour through a fine mesh strainer, adding it to the fat a bit at a time stirring constantly.
jelleyfish
If you are getting a sort of grainy product I found not using milk, just a broth& bechamel keeps it from curdling and you get smooth cheese
jelleyfish
If you want to keep the milk just make sure not to heat the milk over a certain temp/ scald the milk or cream
meskarune
huh I will have to try and see how it goes.
IAmGreco
That is far from the only or best way to make nacho cheess
bustedq
Motherfuckers acting like bechamel doesn't exist.
IAmGreco
any kind of roux, or fondue technique, fondue also allows for so much complexity and fun
GreekTrojan
Different texture, more work, can still break, more ingredients/expensive, doesn't work with all cheese. Different uses for different dishes
bustedq
Look I didn't spend three weeks breaking sauces and crying just to let some CHEMICAL do the job better. /s
rebuildingdrizzt3000
I bet it's good for you too!
davidseavey726
Tastes good
embodymentofgattaca
I'm gonna be so smooth and melty
YewPluckingShotMe
No one ever said nacho cheese was BAD for you. If they did they're wrong.
MissSpelledTattoo
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Sodium, carbon, helium, oxygen...
nightripper
Put it on your salads! https://youtu.be/1WFgMOXl4v0?t=232s
IBegToDiffer
If you guzzle that kraft box mac n cheese or those American cheese slices, you've already dosed yourself with this, bud.
purgethefilthyheretics
That sounds a lot what a promoter would say.
bootboymn
If promoting Nachos is a sin, just call me the Devil
The8obman
I really, really, really badly need a scene in Ted Lasso with Sudeikis' Devil on Lasso's shoulder
MadHakon
Why are people immediately suspicious of anything referred to by a chemical name. Everything we eat is composed of things with a chemical
MadHakon
name. Name one thing that isn't.
Ulthirm
Could be a little shit here and come up with a really snotty response about photons being not chemicals and blah but I'm too tired to be
Ulthirm
Smart, let alone come up with a comment like that.
Archeron
It's Non-GMO. So it must be good for you. Haven't you shopped at Whole Foods?
Thornaxe
How the hell would it be gmo?
icookfoodandfightfire
*whoosh*
Archeron
Error 404: Joke not found.
Thornaxe
Hey, There’s a lot of shit labeled non-GMO that has no way that it could ever be that.
Archeron
That's because some people are drawn to it because they believe crazy stuff about GMOs
Ulthirm
Interestingly, GMOs can actually help make a toxic plant less toxic. Both artificial and 'natural' types. Take the potato as an example.
Ulthirm
It's always something that hangs in my head when I see the term 'none GMO' you know? Like straight up, Tomatoes and Potatoes are less toxic
Ulthirm
Than they could be because of us selectively breeding them and then later artificially manipulating them.
Archeron
It was a joke.
mugforkstaple
It's also sold in pharmacies/drug stores as a treatment for UTIs, I've had kilos of this shit and am fine.
diehappy240
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FoundThePineapple
Next time I get a UTI I'll have nachos and cranberry juice! Thanks!
mugforkstaple
Fuck it, it's worth a try. At least if the nachos don't work you'll still feel better anyway.
Ulthirm
Fucking what? I'll buy the lot. Anything to help.
mugforkstaple
D mannose also helped me, it's a sugar that we do don't digest so it goes into your bladder where the germs stick to it instead of your blad
mugforkstaple
Der wall. You can have loads and loads if you're having an attack, or a small amount daily as a maintenance dose. Lifechanging.
NapoleonDynOmite
How many uti's have you had?
mugforkstaple
Loads. I used to work long shifts with no breaks, it was killer
CrypticalEnvelopement
bUt iT's a cHeMiCaL and cHeMiCaLs aRe bAd fOr yOu!
boneywasawarriorwayayix
Everything is chemicals EVERYTHING IS CHEMICALS! - Tim Minchin
Gunshanks
And everyone dies eventually, maybe we wouldn't if we stopped POISONING OUR BODIES WITH CHEMICALS
Hexxxxxxxxx
But...chemicals are in pretty much literally everything
CrypticalEnvelopement
It's almost like that was my point
BetYouWontBanMeAgain
No chemicals are not IN everything but literally not pretty much just regular old literally everything is chemical(s)
Hexxxxxxxxx
That is what I meant
BarbedWireCatheter
But but but... neutron stars. Hooray contrivance!