Having spent most of my life trying to avoid processed cheese, imagine my confusion when having to buy a brick of Velveeta® yesterday while grocery shopping. Checked the processed-cheese section with no luck. Checked the real-cheese section, again stymied. Was going to flag down someone in a blue smock when, to my chagrin, I found the stuff ... it's not refrigerated! Not that it needs to be, seeing as it has nothing organic or remotely cheeselike in its composition. For those who care, the crockpot queso was good, and our guests for the evening enjoyed it without incident.
Happy Day to all the moms out there. Didn't get to see my mom today, but we'll probably get together with her, my dad, sister, husband and their bodacious brood soon enough. There's only so much fake cheese a person can handle in a week, right?
I've had exactly that same experience in a grocery store.
Velveeta isn't good for much, but it DOES make a hell of a queso dip. I have a pretty good recipe, but one of the guys in my office says he just cuts some Velveeta up and mixes it with a can of chili and makes a cheesy chili dip. I haven't tried it. I think you'd need an arterial flushkit by the ready if you made it, but that long ago junk food girl in me thinks it sounds pretty tasty. For stuff that isn't really food, that is.
Fake Cheese Rocks. Hell i am pretty sure it's just hydrogenated oil, salt and yellow food coloring. But damn it's good with rotel and a little hamburger meat (don't drain it...the grease and fake cheese love one another). oh...and top it all with a Busch tall boy