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 Thanks guys, now I can't even silently buy them because I'll be thinking, "oh, a fresh bag of greasy Irish potato buds for my face". Awful
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Other divorced parent with 4 kids midwestern culinary classics that I think may have been mentioned include Johnny Marzetti (never with this much cheese, but YES with Kraft cheese food singles): Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast TV loving DINNERS (like it wasn't nasty enough already?):  and the classic "Mommy Surprise" which we only learned in high school the Marines used to call "poo poo on a Shingle":  I eat out a lot, now. Sometimes people comment on it. I tell them to gently caress off
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Jul 28, 2015 05:39
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Potato Polyps Get that one out of your head.
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Efexeye posted:Other divorced parent with 4 kids midwestern culinary classics that I think may have been mentioned include Johnny Marzetti (never with this much cheese, but YES with Kraft cheese food singles): I can't choose my favourite, these are all majestic. VendaGoat posted:Potato Polyps  I cannot
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Jul 28, 2015 05:42
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Efexeye posted:Other divorced parent with 4 kids midwestern culinary classics that I think may have been mentioned include Johnny Marzetti (never with this much cheese, but YES with Kraft cheese food singles): I don't think those are kraft singles; they're too thick. More likely it's entire brick of velveeta sliced up- the one in the top middle looks like what the ends look like after you cut open the foil pouch. 
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subpar anachronism posted:I don't think those are kraft singles; they're too thick. More likely it's entire brick of velveeta sliced up- the one in the top middle looks like what the ends look like after you cut open the foil pouch. I actually think it is government cheese, which I'm proud to say I'm also familiar with
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Jul 28, 2015 05:45
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Well, cash crab, government cheese is processed cheese that was provided to welfare, Food Stamp recipients and the elderly receiving Social Security in the United States, and is still provided to food charities. The processed cheese was used in military kitchens since World War II and in schools since as early as the 1960s. edit 
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Jul 28, 2015 05:47
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America gets weirder the more I learn about it HAHAHA it's so glossy
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Jul 28, 2015 05:48
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there's nothing like a government cheese grilled cheese and some powdered 2% milk 
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Jul 28, 2015 05:49
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Efexeye posted:and the classic "Mommy Surprise" which we only learned in high school the Marines used to call "poo poo on a Shingle": My mom is not from the Midwest, and was generally a really great, healthy cook. Except for this revolting dinner she made sometimes that was ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, onions, and canned corn. She called it Hamburger and Corn, and everyone hated it but her. This picture brought back terrible, terrible memories. I think my brother actually cried once when he was told that was what we were having for dinner.
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Government cheese also varies greatly on your location. The food bank I go to sometimes usually just has normal good cheese that just isn't as visually appealing as normal cheese so it can't be sold in stores in cute little blocks.
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Jul 28, 2015 05:55
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Velveeta and those individually wrapped Laughing Cow cheese wedges from France are the same thing.
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potato pillows edit: what if you got some tater tots but when you bit into them it was actually marshmallows
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I am still trying to wrap my head around government cheese. Maybe I am misremembering things but here if you couldn't afford cheese you just didn't eat cheese. Also, I remember having a conversation with a roommate a while back that went something like: me: Hey, I go this cheese for $5! columbian roommate: AMAZING TELL ME MORE american roommate: that goes for $2 in arizona me: gently caress YOU Americans are the equivalent of people who instead of going to bed hungry, will eat bread with mayo on it. This is not a criticism, just an observation. FlyinPingu posted:potato pillows this is cute and makes me want to eat them more
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Jul 28, 2015 06:02
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Poor people used to be given food subsidies in addition to food stamps; stuff like powdered milk and the aforementioned government cheese. It's literally all some people had to eat.
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Jul 28, 2015 06:06
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No, believe me, I've been living out of a food bank for a few years now. It just blows my mind how organized it is, to the point where substitutes are created to fill a desire for a certain thing. Instead of going, "we don't have thing" it becomes "we don't have THING but we damned if we aren't going to make thing similar to thing" e: I just want to make it clear that I'm not going "haha poor people" it's just that government made cheese is super alien to me. Not to get all on people but when I was a kid and we ran out of money I literally just didn't eat. Probably because my parents were too proud/stupid to get assistance, but as far as I know there was no Canadian government cheese.
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VendaGoat posted:Potato Polyps Honestly at this point in my life I don't want to. I graciously accept.
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subpar anachronism posted:I don't think those are kraft singles; they're too thick. More likely it's entire brick of velveeta sliced up- the one in the top middle looks like what the ends look like after you cut open the foil pouch. Fairly certain it's either that or just hunks of cheddar chopped from a block and layered in the casserole dish.
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Jul 28, 2015 06:27
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Those are called Tater Jims, Tater Jimmies, Jimmy Taters, James Tates, or Jimbo Tatoes
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Jul 28, 2015 06:35
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Gonna get me some Spud Diddlers
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cash crab posted:America gets weirder the more I learn about it ....It's subsistence food.
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:I don't know what a "tater tot" is They're potato gems, I'm pretty sure.
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Jul 28, 2015 07:02
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That's a funny way to spell jim
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Potato croquettes e:spelling
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Jul 28, 2015 07:15
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Spud bumps
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Jul 28, 2015 07:17
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Are they like Starch Dropsies?
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Irish carb bombs
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:Are they like Starch Dropsies? Are those like jimbob fryjobs?
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Oh! They're Tuber Tips!
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Efexeye posted:and the classic "Mommy Surprise" which we only learned in high school the Marines used to call "poo poo on a Shingle": Creamed chipped beef on toast is poo poo on a shingle* (the toast is the shingle). It is delicious. That other thing is ground beef and despair. *source: navy, also google
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Humphrey Vasel posted:Irish carb bombs
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cash crab posted:e: I just want to make it clear that I'm not going "haha poor people" it's just that government made cheese is super alien to me. Not to get all The USA helps it's dairy industry by providing subsidies to farmers, resulting in very cheap dairy. Canada instead restricts dairy production and applies tariffs to dairy imports, resulting in more expensive milk and cheese, and in turn more profits for dairy farmers. This has the side benefit of making cheese-smuggling a thing that happens for real.
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Here we just make so much loving cheese that we have to sell it all over the world.
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:Are they like Starch Dropsies? This one wins because it's awful and dumb but I can actually believe someone somewhere calls them that.
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death .cab for qt posted:Those are called Tater Jims, Tater Jimmies, Jimmy Taters, James Tates, or Jimbo Tatoes death .cab for qt posted:That's a funny way to spell jim I read these in a Kiwi accent and it was glorious. Thankyou.
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:Here we just make so much loving cheese that we have to sell it all over the world.
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Yolo Swaggins Esq posted:I read these in a Kiwi accent and it was glorious. Thankyou. It's actually a North Dakotan accent (not the accent from the movie Fargo) but god bless
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Fo3 posted:Expensive though. While I'd like to buy mainland cheese, at $8 for 500g I have to settle for coon for 6-7. Other cheap cheeses here suck (like devondale etc), so coon is the best out of a bad bunch. Ha! It's like $8 NZ for a KG here. If only shipping cheese was viable, I'd just mail you some.
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