“American cheese” is more like a product category than a description of any cheese produced in America.
Just like “Canadian bacon” refers to a specific cut/style of bacon, despite most of the bacon I (a Canadian) have eaten is the kind most probably think about when they think “bacon”.
I don’t think I’ve ever had French toast from France, or Italian sausage from Italy.
And if someone didn’t like Canadian bacon (can’t really blame them; don’t hate it but don’t love it either) and concluded that all bacon produced in Canada was shitty, I can’t say that I would care one way or another. Nationalistic pride never made sense to me. I don’t make Canadian bacon or other bacon. That’s Jim down the road (though don’t tell him I don’t love Canadian bacon).
“American cheese” is more like a product category than a description of any cheese produced in America.
Just like “Canadian bacon” refers to a specific cut/style of bacon, despite most of the bacon I (a Canadian) have eaten is the kind most probably think about when they think “bacon”.
I don’t think I’ve ever had French toast from France, or Italian sausage from Italy.
And if someone didn’t like Canadian bacon (can’t really blame them; don’t hate it but don’t love it either) and concluded that all bacon produced in Canada was shitty, I can’t say that I would care one way or another. Nationalistic pride never made sense to me. I don’t make Canadian bacon or other bacon. That’s Jim down the road (though don’t tell him I don’t love Canadian bacon).