"Little Malice" > wrote in message
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> One time on Usenet, "ms_peacock" > said:

>> 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...
>
> --
> Jani in WA

Government cheese was actually better than any Amercian cheese you could buy
in the store at that time. I would gladly pay for American cheese that good
if somebody still made it.

Ms P