Does anyone remember eating Cheez-Whiz from 50+ years ago?
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November 14th, 2020
Back in the stone age, way back… before cars had seatbelts, and men walked on the moon, my parents used to buy and serve us Cheez Whiz. It came in a tall, slightly tapered glass jar. When my dad would open it there would be a loud pop as the vacuum seal was broken. There was always a layer of popped bubbles on the the top surface so you knew it was untouched.
It was quite thick and difficult to spread but it was worth the effort.
I had not eaten any in ages and recently bought some Cheez Whiz on a lark. I was disappointed to see it was different from how i remembered it. The jar was a squat cylinder and it was labeled Cheez Whiz Original Cheese Dip. It was suspiciously easy to spread.
Do you remember the good stuff? I’ll admit to using the term loosely. Did I buy the wrong product? Does the real thing even exist or has it gone the way of the Dodo bird and real M-80s and cherry bombs?
Did you eat it?
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My dad was a salesman for Nabisco so we got those damn little cans for free. I hated that stuff, but my mom & dad just loved it. Fortunately, they loved it enough that they didn’t care to share!!!
I was such a bad (inquisitive?) kid I filled a small container (35 mm film can?) and shoved a real firecracker into the goo. I must have seen some war movie where they did that.
It made quite a mess.
Have you seen or tasted the 2020 version?
You should not eat anything that is over 50 years old.
I remember it from 30–40 years ago. I would be surprised if anyone in my extended family ever bought or attempted to inject aerosol “cheez”. My friends and I considered it an icon for terrible non-food and the idiocy and bad taste of TV-brainwashed Americans.
LuckyGuy’s firecracker technique seems like an appropriate thing to do with it.
I remember it, but I was not allowed to eat it. My grandfather was a dairy farmer, and he used to say the only thing it was good for was removing stains (because of one of the chemicals in it). I always thought he was joking, but it turns out that maybe he wasn’t.
I do seem to remember that. Either that or we’re playing Mandela Effect again. Good stuff. Haven’t had it in awhile trough, so I cant speak for the newer version.
@LadyMarissa It was good stuff, you don’t know what you missed out on.
@Dutchess_III What gal? You don’t like Cheese Whiz? Say it ain’t so, Joe! Uh, I mean Josephine! Can’t beat it with a stick!
@LuckyGuy I think your “memory” is a matter of aged misrememberance. Your undeveloped childhood taste buds thought it was yummy, but in reality it has always been awful.
When I was 19, a friend had a care package sent to him from his mom, it included a jar of cheez whiz and a box of ritz crackers. He told us we could only have one crackers worth each, because it was the only jar he had. I had to tell him not to worry, no one was going to steal it from him, it was gawdawful.
Actually @Nomore_lockout I’ve never had the urge to try it. It just seemed like it would just be nasty.
I’m not old enough to remember the original stuff, but it sounds awful. I haven’t tried the 2020 version because the name implies that it’s going to taste awful. @Nomore_lockout is more than welcome to have my jar/can of it
@SEKA That’s mighty white of ya, but I’ll have to pass on a 50 years old can of Cheese Whiz. Don’t like it THAT much.
This is what came to mind from what you said. And I seem to recall it that way as well.
Look at that hot dog! Mmmm Mmmmm good!
@Nomore_lockout I don’t have a 50 y/o can as I’m only 38. And before you say it, I also don’t have a 38 y/o can either. I don’t even have a can bought this year because, as I said, the name makes it sound so gross that I have no desire to try it. I prefer the “real stuff”
@SEKA sorry, my mistake. Must have misread your post.
@anniereborn Yes! That is the jar!!! I just recall the goo being thicker than the stuff I just bought.
I’ve been smearing it on toast. Yum!
There was a “Mexican” restaurant, in a trendy D.C. restaurant, that based many of its dishes on Cheez-Whiz.
Chili con queso was a bowl of melted Cheez-Whiz with spicy chilis. Every “cheese” meal contained copious amounts of the stuff.
About 35 years ago, this restaurant was surprisingly popular. It closed a long time ago. Geez (or should I say “cheez?”), I wonder why.
@Zaku I love Easy Cheese !
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I don’t know if it’s just the color saturation they used back then or what, but I swear every photograph of food I see from like the 60s-70s looks vomit-inducing to me.
@Zaku I can see why you might confuse the two. The first three ingredients of both are: whey milk and canola oil. Both are an opaque yellow orange color. And when consumed both bring looks of disdain from health conscious onlookers.
I think EZ Cheese is a good thing to have on the emergency shelf. An 8 ounce can is a room temperature stable source of 560 calories and it can be easily shared.
I remember it, but didn’t eat it. I don’t like cold cheese, I guess you can heat it up. My mom never bought it.
Is it like Velveeta?
Tostitos brand makes a cheese dip that comes in a jar, it’s a little spicy, very little, I do buy that sometimes and make macaroni and cheese with it. My husband uses it as actual dip for tortilla chips.
@Love_my_doggie I remember having it growing up at restaurants too. Not something I ordered, but sometimes someone at the table would order it. Was it at Chi-Chis? I used to go to the one in Lakeforest mall but there were several around metro DC.
Nachos at public places are so depressing because they serve them with some fake nasty cheese. :(
Yup. Looked for it recently.
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