One time on Usenet, "ms_peacock" > said:
>
> "sd" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >
> >> what is government cheese?
> >
> > It's a "processed cheese food product" that is a combination of
> > several types of cheese, packaged in five-pound bricks. It got its
> > name from being offered by the U.S. government to those receiving
> > financial assistance for food. Aside from providing food to poor
> > people, it also used up surplus milk, propping up the price some.
> > Think of Velveeta (R) in a biiiig ol' chunk and that's government
> > cheese. I had it a couple of times. Artisanal cheese it ain't, but
> > it tastes better than you might expect of something created to
> > government spec. :-)

> Close but not quite. Government cheese is American cheese. It's not a
> "cheese food product." It is most definitely not Velveeta.

You posted what I was thinking -- I hate Velveeta, but I loved
that "gubmint" cheese that Gramma used to get in the '80s; it
made excellent hot cheese dip...

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Jani in WA