Wisconsin produces more cheese (all varieties) than Italy
The cheese Wisconsin produces the most of isn't cheddar, it's mozzarella!
Italy is #1 in mozzarella production, but Wisconsin is #2.
This post isn't about quality, but about facts. There are some wonderful producers making mozz in Wisconsin, but most of what is produced goes straight into foodservice for pizza companies/restaurants.
by katiebot5000
27 Comments
Italians online, angry about food? Surely not.
Yes, but did you know many Italians/Sicilians came here to WI in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s….like my grandparents????
Quantity doesn’t mean quality.
Edit: I made a mistake
Wisconsin mozzarella is very good but it’s a very different cheese to the fresh mozzarella that’s produced in Italy. Normally I think the name pedantry is kinda pointless but I never liked that pizza cheese is called mozzarella because it’s such a different cheese. Pasta fillata, yes. Fresh cheese, yes. It’s treated very differently and used very differently though.
quality > quantity
Let’s settle this with a cheese wheel catapult fight
But does Wisconsin make La Tur? No they do not!
[deleted]
People on Reddit, still thinking that size is more important than technique.
Italians when you do literally anything:
To be honest I don’t think this bothers any of us, we have better things to worry about lol
OK so what ? I can’t imagine the quality of that go directly in food service and such .it’s most of the time not a great new .
Quantity over quality. This is America.
Ah yes, Wisconsin made mozzarella so great that *checks notes* it goes straight into *checks notes* mass American pizza production.
Yup. Must be the good stuff…
What the hell is a psat meme?
Wow. I remember taking this exact PSAT, and sharing this exact meme back in 2018. Crazy callback.
This reminds me of the subreddit r/ShitAmericansSay.
To be perfectly honest, I don’t think Italians care what Americans do, say, or produce.
https://preview.redd.it/hn95wp088pif1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4cc9ed4e4a380260bb098ee71e813986f9a307b
Germany even produces more cheese than Italy. Doesn’t mean the Germans are able to produce anything equivalent to Parmigiano Reggiano.
We also more produce more frozen pizza than anyone because of all the cheese.
Quality over quantity. Sorry, America. If your government has to buy your cheese because nobody wants it, you’re doing something very wrong.
Baetjie Farms is the exception.
Edit: fixed a typo
r/shitamericanssay
It’s not about quantity, it’s about quality.
And so ? Wisconsin just produces imitations and ersatz of European cheeses. Wisconsin exports almost nothing, and no cheese lover in the world would think of buying mozzarella from Wisconsin when they can get real Mozza Di Buffala for half the price, they will always prefer the original to the copy.
Oh, cheese from Wisconsin 😋 Never heard of…
I’m not sure you’d find anyone willing to choose American cheese over European cheese if both were readily available. Also, adding cumin to a cheese imho doesn’t make it a new cheese. It’s just a gimmick.
Italians definitely don’t think about this and wouldn’t even consider most Wisconsin cheese to count as cheese.