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I still remember how both of those things taste exactly. We also had freeze dried steaks from the Vietnam War.
And powdered milk!
We had both in my house and referred to the powdered milk as “backup milk.”
My grandma used to get free government cheese (Velveeta-like block) that was out of date.
That stuff didn't melt no matter how hot you got it.
Government cheese inspired many amazing dishes in my household.
I remember going with my great granny to the distribution center. Cheese, butter, maybe peanut butter but that could be faulty memory. The butter and cheese got us to eat our vegetables without complaining.
Haha amen. But pair it with fresh fruit, veg, and eggs (plus the occasional chicken) from the back yard and it got us by!
Yes! We had persimmon, pear, fig, apple and crabapple trees, blackberry and muskidine about, and there were peach orchards nearby. Life was so simple and good back then. And we didn't mind helping in the kitchen, garden and house. On Saturday nights regular granny started cooking, stopped long enough to take us kids to Sunday school and church, then we all came back to her house and each kid helped finish cooking, whether laying biscuits on the pan, putting mac n cheese together. Even toddlers set the table and put ice in glasses, folded hand-sewn napkins. They did so much for us we didn't appreciate until we were grown!
Government cheese, government butter, we even got government HONEY one time.
I'm sure my parents were embarrassed to even qualify for government aid, but I loved it and didn't think about it. I loved that little apartment, and I'm glad to see it's still there on satellite.
We had government cheese in the late 90s and early 00s. Honestly, it was good. I don't know wtf the difference between gubment cheese and American cheese was, but it was so much better than regular American cheese.
The government cheese was created because the Carter admin miscalculated and encouraged dairy farmers to overproduce. They actually still have cheese in caves in Missouri.
Government cheese had a shit ton of oil and less "cheese" im pretty sure. Delicious, and calorie dense for sure.
Honest to goodness, it was freaking good. I'm sure the Europeans would absolutely die if they tried it, they'd be so offended we call it cheese, but it was good .
Not just the 80s, I had some in the early 2000s. It was delicious
I worked at a food bank a couple years ago and we regularly received pallets of government cheese through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). They were massive blocks of orange cheddar with almost no text on the label. We also received pallets of government pistachios and dried cherries that were as good as any you'd buy in a store.
I'm pretty sure that Bob hates this song and wishes they'd never released it.
It’s definitely not in keeping with his politics in later songs, so I can believe it. On the other hand, it’s still a song I enjoy
Agreed on both counts.
And on another note, I took a gamble there by just referring to "Bob," and it's cool that that worked.
I ate a ton of that cheese.
They gave out two huge blocks right before Christmas break at my Catholic high school every year. Delicious. We were pretty poor then, so it did help.
From the Repo Man (in which this sort of shit was depicted) soundtrack:
Circle Jerks - When The Shit Hits The Fan (acoustic)
"I can't believe I used to like these guys."
Let's go get sushi and not pay.
Get Busy Committee has a really good song about what the 80s were like:
Shit was fucked up when Reagan was in office
Food stamps, government cheese, and cocaine
I never knew a single soul who owned a rope chain
