Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> On Aug 27, 6:11 pm, "Pete C." > wrote:
> > Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >
> > > On Aug 27, 4:41 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > > > In article . com>,
> > > > Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
> >
> > > > > On Aug 27, 3:46 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > Dad is watching me type this and laughing, saying that I'm being
> > > > > > generous in my estimate...
> >
> > > > > Funny, but when I told my wife about the chili/Velveeta, chili/cream
> > > > > cheese, Rotel/Velveeta, Rotel/American "cheese" she thought that
> > > > > people were just posting that stuff to be funny, or to aggravate folks
> > > > > like me. I told her that I didn't think so. My wife is a non-cooking
> > > > > person, and even she thought that Rotel and Velveeta being a
> > > > > reasonable excuse for a chip dip was laughable.
> >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Peace, Om
> >
> > > > > --Bryan
> >
> > > > You don't live in the South...
> >
> > > St. Louis is almost the South. People make that Velveeta/Rotel crap
> > > everywhere, don't they? I bet there's about as much Velveeta/Rotel
> > > dip consumed per capita in Minnesota as in Mississippi.
> >
> > I can tell you that nobody in the Northeast even knows what Rotel is, so
> > no, they don't make that crap everywhere.
>
> They don't sell Rotel there? Canned tomatoes with green chilies?

In some 34 years in CT, most of those cooking and looking for
interesting stuff in the grocery store, I don't recall ever noticing
them. They may be there somewhere, perhaps hidden in the "Mexican"
section, but pretty much nobody up there would know to look for them. I
never saw them before I moved to TX. It works the other way around as
well, some stuff common in the northeast is difficult to find in TX.

> They're not a bad thing for making chili. I was pointing out that the
> Rotel/Velveeta stuff is also made in the Midwest, including the upper
> Midwest. Thank whatever diety or other thing you thank that you have
> never been served that combo. Perhaps you've seen (or eaten) cheese
> sauce on nachos. We residents of the Midwest and South have to
> contend with all manner of Krafty dishes.

A lot of differences as you go across the country. The northeast has no
idea what sweet tea is, and the south / midwest has no idea what iced
coffee is. Both areas are starting to learn a little though.

> The only truly bad thing I
> know of in the NE is Manhattan style clam chowder, which even some New
> Yorkers reject.

That ain't clam chowder, it's low tide scum. The only real clam chowders
are New England (milk) and Rhode Island (clear).

> 'Round here, there are counties where cattle outnumber humans, and the
> residents still refer to oleomargarine as "butter." As recently as 5
> or 6 years ago, I've found myself at a restaurant in a fist tier
> suburb of StL where they served only margarine.
> Again, thank whatever you please ...

Margarine - ick. If it's all that's available ok, but it's at the bottom
of my list. As for cattle, I'm not far enough out from the city to be
outnumbered by cattle, but I can look out my window across the street
and see horses and if I walk out to the shop and look across the road
there is some cattle.

Pete C.