A Cheese Primer - the American Dream

Let's face it.  American Cheese isn't really cheese.  It's a "processed cheese product" as defined by the USDA.  It has some cheese in it, but it also contains emulsifiers and stabilizers.  It was developed in World War II, along with margarine,  to help the war effort.I refuse to be ashamed...for me, my first memory of a grilled cheese sandwich was Velveeta (a special American Cheese :) ) on white bread.  As a teenager,  American Cheese on Seeded Rye with Grilled Onions and Tomatoes was introduced to me by a boyfriend whose family owned a restaurant.  As an adult, I began to have a preference for Grilled American Cheese on Whole Wheat loaded with Dill Pickle Rounds (with what I to this day call Crinkly Fries, well done).Nowadays, it's the vehicle in which Oscar the pug is given his medications - but we always get the "good" kind - so just in case, if we get a hankering, it'll be there for us.