Today i learned about Government cheese
it was produced in the US as a part of food subsidy programs, also for disaster relief etc.
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Yep, I ate it a lot growing up. I used to really like it.
Made the best grilled cheese sandwiches
The best part of the box of goods. That and honey.
Same! I loved it when I was young.
Also part of an experimental us army program on increasing shelf life of perishable foods,
yeah i suspected it was actually an army project to prepare for the escalation of the cold war. that's why it was released after 1980 ... it was considered that it wasn't necessary anymore (to keep it in stockpile).
Free velveeta for all
Somehow my dad would get this from work. I guess people would trade or sell it. But that shit was good.
Just one more argument for socialism /s
If I recall correctly I’m pretty sure it was due to the government subsidies for the dairy industries to keep the prices up.
Initially to stabilize the market. What was happening is the price of milk would tank and a lot of farmers turned their livestock into meat and left the business, which then resulted in a production shortfall, and skyrocketing prices, and the cycle began anew. So they came up with a plan to buy excess milk when prices were low, turn that into a higher value, longer lasting commodity to sell later. But once you introduce that by the government instead of private companies, removing it becomes a political maneuver. So it could only go up, and prices were kept artificially high.
Yeah, there was a popular joke about it from In Living Color.
Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live also had one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2VIEY9-A8
We had it when I was a kid. This, and powdered milk that we mixed with real milk. I remember doing the mixing when we got home from grocery shopping.
(I know powdered milk is "real" milk. But... is it?)
That depends on your point of view.
Powdered milk is milk with the water removed. For that reason, many people would probably agree with the idea that it's "real" milk.
On the other hand, brandy is wine that's had the water removed, but I think you'll have a hard time finding anyone who will agree with the idea that brandy is wine.
I agree, but I also think almost everyone would know which you wanted if you asked them for the “real milk”
But how do you feel about buckle berry ferry
the actual sliced american cheese was awesome. better than deli american or the american cheese used by fast food and other restaurants on cheeseburgers.
the loafs of "cheese food" were more like an american cheese 'flavored' velveeta, but not as good (taste or to cook with). but it still worked for mac & cheese, grilled cheese, cheese dips, and in hotdishes and the like.
My grandmother loved the government cheese. They also traded shoe rations for other rations because her father was an oil derrick man so got more shoe rations but didn't really need them (he was a higher up so not usually working the derrick himself except during inspection).
Rations? Smells like communism. McCarthy, get 'em boy!
The Fat Electrician did a great video on this a few years ago, if you want a listen.
Thank you for that link random internet person. Subscribed.
Such a good video. Good channel too. I always send that one to people.
I thought so too until I heard him unironically complain about something he thought was "woke". I lost all respect as soon as I realized his beliefs are aligned with the traitors'.
A lot of Government Cheese is stored in caves.
So it's technically fromunda cheese.
I miss government cheese. It was so good.
Disaster relief???
My mom made Mac&Cheese with that cheese and powered milk and leftover bread heels and topped it with the crumbs from the bag of potato chips.
I still can't eat Mac and Cheese in ANY form to this very day.
It WAS the disaster!
xD
Something something lucky 10,000
“Andrew Jackson, in the main foyer of his Whitehouse, had a big block of cheese…”
https://youtu.be/t-bzcExJR4I
Okay he did one thing right
My favorite jam band
"I will not eat the green eggs and government cheese..."
I highly recommend the Apple TV series: Government Cheese.
Quirky, interesting, fun.