Why can't the local dairies get their shit together and produce a comparable product?? They've had about 120 years to figure it out. Generic is either too salty or otherwise coffputting.
>>21835822Philly just knows something about cheese
>>21835822You cant step to the fuckin kingPhilly is the top dogAll other shitters need not apply
>>21835822They got it right the first time, nothing really to change. It's the product people want.
>>21835822The town of Philly literally owns that cheese and has since 1878. If you notice, generic cream cheese always adds Soy Lecithin and some other binder to make it differently and that's the reason why the OG remains superior.
Believe it or not? VioLife vegan "cream" """""""cheese""""""" is the closest to Philadelphia I've tasted. The Jew brand, Temptee, is also good. I actually prefer it but Philadelphia goes on sale more often than Temptee does.>>21835871Philadelphia cream cheese is from New York, tardnugget
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>>21835919What possessed you to buy vegan "cream cheese," pal?
>>21835922It was free. The second Saturday of the month, a local supermarket chain does Sample Saturdays where you get a digital coupon for a free item.
>>21835919Were you in Philly back in 1879? I was and I survived the Holocaust and 9/11.
>>21835958>I survived the Holocaust and 9/11.Wow you really must be Jewish!
>>21835921I tried both, it's not as good. I've tried every version of cream cheese I can find and none of them have that zing that philly does. I don't know what it is, if you have one on it's own it tastes alright but if you try them both side by side the off brands taste so bland.
>>21835822Mascarpone?
I can buy cream cheese that is just milk and cheese cheaper than Philadelphia. I don't know why I should bother with this additive crap
>>21835824we have a tub of philadelphia cream cheese **made in Germany** and it is the most bland thing i've ever tasted. i heard only US made philadelphia cream cheese has that distinct taste.i felt so cheated when the tub version had literally zero ANYTHING.this is sold in south korea.
>>21835921$0.28/ounce versus $0.30/ounce for Philadelphia. For that small of a difference, might as well go with the major brand rather than Walmart's attempt at upbranding.
>>21837858Wild guess is the taste difference is due to differences in the milk used, probably due to feed differences.
