Posted on 04/19/2024 1:43:37 PM PDT by RandFan
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How Kraft cheese, once an American staple, lost popularity
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What a storied history Kraft has!
Kraft Mac and Cheese was a main food staple during my college years along with every other college student I knew.
Yes I realize that. Mostly enjoyed the historical part of the story (he was ironically from Canada) but a superb success/brand for decades
A nice slice of Kraft Singles on a burger can’t be beat.
They’re also great for Grilled Cheese sandwiches (cheese-pull snobs aside...)
But I haven’t used a block of Government Cheese in I don’t know how long. They’re good as a base for a cheese dip or Broccoli cheese sauce, but that’s about it.
Have a slice of PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEEZE FOOD.
It’s “processed cheese food” not real cheese at all. Bobby Flay likes it because it melts easily, but you can still melt real cheddar cheese and it’s much better.
That’s not food, but the pasta equivalent of spam.
And bologna on fortified white bread.
I can’t decide which is more horrible (in my great and highly vaunted opinion) Velveeta or Krap cheese. Both are vile slimy cheese like in name only!
Wife is making her exceedingly awesome Mac and cheese tonight. Love the stuff.
In the late 80s early 90s American discovered they were eating terrible food. I always think it started with 3 words from Star Trek: Earl Grey Hot. Most Americans didn’t know about tea that wasn’t rancid before then. Then a bunch of nerds started going to import shops, and not long after that chocolate not made with sawdust shows up, good cheese, good beer. Kraft was always bad cheese (when it was even cheese) being fed to people that didn’t know any better. Then we learned.
My teenage boys...and all through their college years..would have starved without Kraft mac & cheese and the old stand by... Goulasdh.
There are so many good cheese's out there so why would anyone want American cheese.
For my next rant: the infinity bland hot dog vs. every other sausage in the world.
Stir in a can of Tuna. (Note, a former 6.5 ounce can of tuna is now down to 4 ounces of tuna with an ounce of water for ballast.)
i buy johnsonville sweet sausage from walmart...sooooo good.
Same here.
And I still love it!!!
Real cheddar melts into a broken greasy mess. Kraft still makes real American cheese, not just pastured process cheese food. It melts beautifully; I don’t touch that other crap
Kraft Mac n Cheese Tuna Casserole ( adopted from the Original Creamettes Mac n Cheese)
Kraft Mac n Cheese, cook following directions on box. When Mac is ready Add one can cream of mushroom soup, ad half soup can of milk, add two cans tuna with water drained, ad bit of minced garlic, 1/4 cup finely chopped onion. Mix all together in a casserole dish and top with crushed saltine crackers or crushed potato chips. Bake in 350 oven for 1/2 hour. After cooking I add my own canned peas to my serving, wife likes frozen peas. You can also use a part of a bag of mixed veggies (peas,carrots,green beans) to the casserole and cook with the casserole.
I like to use bacon grease instead of margarine when I make Kraft M & C. Gives it a nice flavor.
And yes, for all you mac-and-cheese snobs, I can make the “real” version from scratch. It’s just that I want the old familiar Kraft stuff once in a while.
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