looking back through the recipes i’d saved
from days of yore
when the trio of daughters were young and hungry
i found this very important recipe
cut out to keep it safe
for fear i would forget how to make it
definitely a keeper
one to pass down through the generations
it had three steps after all
how was i supposed to remember all of that?
is velveeta really considered a cheese
or more cheese-ish?
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“cooking is a philosophy; it’s not a recipe.”
-marco pierre
—
“i love velveeta cheese.”
-dolly parton
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
I think of Velveeta as being “cheese adjacent”.
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perfect
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As part of my misspent younger days, I worked as a freelance technical writer. One of my gigs was Kraft, where I wrote manuals for some of the lines, including the Velveeta “cheese”, which was made in massive scary vats the size of swimming pools. There were many (apocryphal, I’m fairly sure) stories to terrify the uninitiated about drownings and disappearances. But what I most remember was the strong mechanical smell of the stuff. I haven’t eaten it since, of course. (But I wouldn’t say no to a nice serving of blue box mac & cheese, because I’m all about inconsistent…)
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I’m glad that I didn’t gain that insider’s perspective, I prefer to live in the dark
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I don’t know Velveeta, I presume it wasn’t sold here. But we do have a traditional ‘Processed cheese’ called Dairylea, and I suspect it is similar. It has been sold here for as long as I can remember.
https://www.dairylea.co.uk/our-scrummy-range
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m guessing that many places have a version of it –
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Velveeta was a vegetable on my plate as a child. Three servings every day.
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there you go!
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I don’t think there is anything better than a Velveeta grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of soup on a cold wintry night. Just sayin’.
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right!
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Is there such a thing as a “Cheesoholic” … that’s me…
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I get that –
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I remember being served Velveeta in sandwiches and mac and cheese as a kid. It is a processed cheese, like most cheeses are anymore, and kept unique by its square log form and its slightly sticky texture. I think it’s what the less wealthy purchased because they couldn’t afford a block of real cheddar cheese?
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I’m sure it was a less expensive alternative and people just loved it
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Cheese ish
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yes )
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I think of Velveeta as wanna-be cheese… 😉 Doesn’t mean, at one time, it was “good in the mouth”!
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good way to put it
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🙂
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I loved cheese as a kid. American cheese. Velveteeta, not so much, Beth. I must say I was not as happy when I first experienced my first American cheese in its individually wrapped slice.
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something special about it
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I know nowadays it is frowned upon to eat processed food, but Velveeta is still the creamiest. No one makes a better grilled cheese or mac & cheese!
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agree!
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Cheese in absentia
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very accurate
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Velveeta serves a singular purpose: to make a “Queso” sauce that is used to cover everything and anything you want to dip into it: chips, veggies, or just use it as a topping…is it real food? Sometimes that’s not the question to ask!
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it’s definitely on the fringe of what we call food, but I do love it in/on anything
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I remember Velveeta from my childhood
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yummm
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I liked velveeta
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something about it
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👍🏼😍
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Ha! I’ve always called it a “cheese-like substance.” There are some good things that absolutely require it.
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you’re so right
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Don’t think I know that cheese..
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it’s a cheese product, really
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Back in the day, I also used Velveeta cheese to make mac and cheese for my kids. No powdered cheese for me. Today my husband uses Velveeta in our omelets and our Saturday lunch grilled cheese and tomato soup. I would call Velveeta “cheese-ish.”
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it’s a marvel
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Definitely cheese-ish.
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Ish is always generous
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It was cheese when I was a kid. Grilled cheese sandwiches. I don’t know that I ever spurned it. I just moved on to the convenience of sliced American cheese for those sandwiches.
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I’ve always loved it
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Velveeta tastes good. I haven’t had it in fifty years, but I remember that
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Aka liquid gold
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I remember the name and the pretty pictures but I don’t remember ever eating it. I think I was introduced to real cheese pretty early on in my life and I have never looked back.
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I always loved it,but it really has its own category, apart from cheese )
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I love Maccaroni and cheese. yummy
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Same!
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I think Velveeta is “processed cheese food,” kind of Cheddar-ish/American-ish. You know, they now make mac & cheese kits with Velveeta…
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I do!)
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I don’t care what Velveeta is. (Might not want to know), But I love it!
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Yep!
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We ate it all the time and I still don’t know exactly what it is. LOL
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no reason to know )
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hHAHa; that’s something I still have the pleasure of tasting; not sure f it made it down under 🙂
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yummm
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We’ve been talking about Velvetta a lot lately. The memories of when we couldn’t afford read cheese and this filled our hungry stomachs.
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it was hugely popular and still remains so for many
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I was fed a lot of it as a kid and since I’m still around, I guess it wasn’t so bad…whatever it is!🧀
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I prefer not to know and enjoy it more that way
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Never had velveeta, so I can’t comment on that but cooking is a philosophy and lifestyle, I think. 🤗
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I never liked macaroni and chees but never had a problem with a slice of Velveeta.
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Hard core
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I’ve eaten tons of velveeta as a child and adult.
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and we lived to tell!
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Ahaha! Indeed.
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Yes, the staple of childhood!
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Right!
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