Good Luck! I was told that Land O Lakes American cheese taste like the govt cheese. I tried it, it was pretty darn close. You CAN buy the cheese! It is made by Land O' Lakes and is called easy melt american cheese. It's for sale on Amazon, but it comes in big long blocks like the old days. Advertisement 5 pounds in a block and you have to buy 5. If you went together with a few other people it would be good. Ask a Question Here are the questions asked by community members.
Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question. How can I purchase surplus government cheese? Land O'Lakes has some in 5 pound blocks with a purchase of 5 blocks called cheese melt. Thank you. The question was never answered about where to buy the government cheese. Does anyone have an answer for this?
It is usually given out to the elderly and at food banks. I don't think you can buy it. It no longer exists in the format that existed from the s to the s--that block of orange stuff that was a cross between Velveeta an American Cheese. Advertisement Here is an article about it that claims it may be coming back, but sadly it no longer exists: www. That said, many food banks offer cheese products That cheese was made from several different manufacturers from surplus materials.
Butter was also stockpiled and then provided under the same program. Government cheese was required to be made of Kosher products. This cheese product is also distributed to victims of a natural disaster following a State of Emergency declaration. While some were grateful, write historians Kristen Lucas and Patrice M. Buzzanel, others hated the ways in which the cheese advertised their socioeconomic status. Today, some people recall the cheese fondly.
Food writer Tracey Lynn Lloyd recalls how its weird texture made it good only for macaroni and cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches. The government finally got out of the cheese business in the s, when dairy prices calmed down once more. Decades later, the CCC, the government-owned corporation that made government cheese possible, entered the news again as the Trump administration announced it would provide large subsidies to offset the impact of its trade war with China, Canada and the European Union.
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