I am craving Government Cheese.

[KitchenWitch]

x(

[Deja Q]

1. If you have a couple billion to spare, you can buy GM and then qualify!

:party:

[Redstone]

2. Or anything else that provides some measure of comfort in

these parlous times, yes?

Redstone

[KitchenWitch]

4. Yes.

Exactly

[Parche]

3. Limberger?

:rofl: :rofl: :hi: :hug:

[Ava]

5. socialist!

:hide:





;)

[KitchenWitch]

6. I am a Marxist, thank you very much!

:P

[Ava]

7. commie!

:rofl:

[haele]

8. It melted really nice...

And was useful when the family had a bout of diarrhea.

Haele

[mainegreen]

9. I've never had government cheese, but I've heard a lot of people wax wistful over it.

That good, eh?

[KitchenWitch]

10. The best grilled cheese sandwiches are made with government cheese.

[siligut]

13. Comfort food.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese From what it sounds like, you might like the American cheese that comes in plastic wrapped slices? It melts well and is more like cheese than Velveeta. I loved Velveeta when I was a kid, but my mom said it wasn’t good for us. It made the best Mac n Cheese.

[Roon]

11. MMM! Reagan cheese!

my grandparent's used to get that when I was little...loved it

[Tom Kitten]

12. ah yes! government cheese!

A staple when I was a poor college student! I remember making grilled government cheese sandwiches and watching this clear government liquid oozing out while they cooked...Yum yum! And don't forget the government powdered milk you could also get...perfect for government lattes! Those were the good old days!

[Wapsie B]

14. Mmmmmmmmmmm! I loved that stuff.

I remember getting a big block of American cheese, the real stuff, not that pre-sliced and individually wrapped crap they sell nowadays.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. They still sell real American Cheese

I buy it all the time.

[JVS]

16. What is it labeled as?

[jobycom]

17. It's packaged like this.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. American cheese

I get it at the deli counter of the supermarket. It comes in big long blocks, and they slice it up. Maybe it's a regional thing, but I'd expect American cheese to be available across America.

I usually get Boarshead brand, but sometimes I'll get the store brand one. I think they both taste the same, but the wife disagrees.

[JVS]

19. How much is the price?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. $4/lb...it's always on sale

[Wapsie B]

20. Kraft used to sell it in 2lb boxes but it's not around here anymore.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

22. They don't sell it at supermarket deli counters by you?

I've also never seen "real" Kraft American cheese. The stuff that you buy to get sliced around here is all Boarshead, Land O'Lakes, and store brand stuff. The only Kraft American cheese is the pre-sliced plastic wrapped stuff.

[Wapsie B]

25. Yes they do.

What I was trying to get at was looking for a less expensive alternative than the deli counter stuff. Kraft used to sell 2lb boxes of real American that was way lower priced than the deli cheese.

http://www.amazon.com/Kraft-American-Cheese-CT/dp/B000Z7INM0

This box of cheese used to sell for under $6.00 in the stores I shopped.

[Critters2]

23. Wasn't it just Velveeta? nt

[KitchenWitch]

24. I remember it being firmer than Velveeta

But it melted nicely like Velveeta

[Nikia]

27. No, it is real American cheese

I think Velveeta is a cheese product, which is even worse than cheese food in terms of actually being made with cheese.
American cheese must meet certain standards. Government American cheese definitely meets those standards because it is supervised and tested by the USDA.

[Nikia]

26. It is just American cheese

They use different suppliers. I don't think that the big corporations participate but I could be wrong about that. I know a couple of brands that for sure are made by companies that have made government American cheese but I am not at liberty to disclose them. As another poster mentioned above, you can often buy this cheese in the deli case.