are you missing Velveeta?

I'm afraid cooking was never one of my mom's favourite activities. And with a father who essentially wouldn't touch anything without a suspicious colour or flavour (who, perhaps coincidentally perhaps not, was RIDDLED with cancer when he died), I suppose she just did what would cause the least argument. I'm actually amazed that I have the attitude toward food that I do - I try to use as little processed food as possible!

I've never had Velveeta at all- always wanted to try it though! But maybe I wouldn't like it as I only like the mildest-tasting cheeses.  Strongly flavoured cheese or cheese products make me gag.

My mom could not cook (Still can't) and we still were not allowed anything processed or artificial.  I blame this on my eating habits now.

I've never had Velveeta at all- always wanted to try it though! But maybe I wouldn't like it as I only like the mildest-tasting cheeses.  Strongly flavoured cheese or cheese products make me gag.

It's supposedly a mix of colby, swiss, and cheddar (I remember that from the TV commercial  ), but what stands out in my memory is that it was smooth in texture and very salty.

I grew up on Velveeta!  We had Velveeta grilled cheese sandwiches, Velveeta in 'homemade' macaroni and cheese (not the kind with the powder from a box), a little Velveeta chucked into spaghetti with meat sauce/meat balls, Velveeta on what we called 'scalloped' potatoes, Velveeta cheese sauce for cauliflower or broccoli, Velveeta in all sorts of various casseroles - pork chops/potatoes/onions/Velveeta, turkey casserole after Thanksgiving with all sorts of stuff in it including a bit of Velveeta.  It was Velveeta all around!  Our refrigerator was never without an opened block of Velveeta in it, and one in the pantry waiting as well.

I usually bring a bit of Velveeta back from the US when I go, but it's enough to keep me happy for another year or so.  It tastes nasty to eat on its own, but it's magic when melted & combined with Rotel for dipping tortilla chips.

Conversely, we were not allowed sugared cereals and not much Kool Aid as I recall.  We did get soda pop though.

PS - You can also freeze Velveeta & it's really neat after it's been frozen because you can see all the salt crystals show up in the yellow stuff.  I think it has a super-duper high salt content - so it's best that I only have it very infrequently.  I also think that, now, it includes high fructose corn syrup - which I think is a new development from the Velveeta while I was growing up, but I could be wrong.

Same here. I grew up on grilled Velveeta cheese sandwiches and Rotel chicken.

Boil a couple of chicken breasts and shred, boil some noodles, add some butter and velveeta, add a can or two of rotel tomatoes (canned chopped tomatoes with chilis) and plunk in the chicken.

I don't salivate about missing Velvetta but a Big V grilled cheese sarnie once a month wouldn't hurt!

I still have at least two cans of Rotel in my cupboard that I brought back from the US, but the Velveeta is long gone!

I'm pretty lactose intolerant - can take a bit of milk in my coffee and tea and that's about it - so can't say I've ever tasted Velveeta.  But just the smell was enough for me to leg it.

What's Rotel?

http://www.texmex.net/Rotel/main.htm

http://www.texmex.net/Rotel/main.htm

I've never seen or heard of that!

Probably a regional thing.

I've never seen or heard of that!

Same here... until i joined UKY!
Do we have this in California?  I have no idea...

Probably a regional thing.

But the link said it was a southwest thing ... so I assume it would have been available where I lived in Louisiana, a hop-skip-and-a-jump from the Texas border. But maybe not?

God I think I was weaned on Rotel and Velveeta...

I always thought it was pretty nice..

My mom used to make us Velveeta grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup