Kraft Announces there is a Velveeta Cheese Shortage

saw it on the world wide web | january 7, 2014 | hondact200

[LegendHasIt]

"Now let's see. A whole wall of Velveeta at Wally-world, bet they can't move it. So they issue a press release that it is in short supply."

"Low-information voters in a complete panic buy it all up as a companion to their Y2K stock of macaroni.

Seems to be a reasonable thesis to me!

[familyop]

Yet more of the new tactic in marketing: hysteria. Velveeta can keep its processed cheese. It's not the only product around.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst['e]rie. See
     Hysteric.] (Med.)
     A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women,
     in which the emotional and reflex excitability is
     exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished,
     so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes
     the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into
     paroxism or fits.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of
           the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing,
           and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the
           throat. The affection presents the most varied
           symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest
           diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
           alone. Hysteric

[familyop]

I noticed, BTW, that some brands of real cheese are better buys.

[Yardstick]

Same here. In fact I’ve sworn off all foods containing any molecules at all. I just don’t trust those things.

[thecodont]

Saw large loaves of Velveeta original on sale at the local discount grocery for around $5.00.

[EternalVigilance]

Flemaski Vs. Velveeta

[SpaceBar]

This stuff went from a 3.99 retail to 5.99...

The bees just aren't pollinating the Velveeta trees like past years.

[clearcarbon]

Velveeta was a popular depression era food.

[reformedliberal]

Quick cheese sauce:

1 can Campbells Cheese Soup
1/3 can whole milk (can use evaporated or Instant Skim made w/2x the recommended amount of powder)
4oz Velveeta (use markings on foil wrapper)
1 cup shredded Extra Sharp White cheddar

Cook and stir over medium heat until melted, then stir in 1/2 cup (or to taste) Salsa Verde (I use homemade) and 1/2 cup (or to taste) Hormel Real Bacon crumbles. Add hot sauce to taste, if desired

For mac’n’cheese, combine w/2 cups raw macaroni cooked al dente and bake until bubbling, about 45 minutes @ 350.

[reformedliberal]

Velveeta is around $3/lb

Cabot Extra Sharp White Vermont Cheddar (2# block) is $4.45/lb

I suppose some of the mild Cheddar is cheaper than the Cabot.
I’ve never seen any real cheese under $3/lb lately and I live in Wisconsin.

[bgill]

No need to refrigerate before opening. I don’t buy it but once or twice a year but I’ve had two-three spoil before the “use by” date the past couple years. Never had that happen before. That’s why it now goes from the grocery bag straight to the freezer. They must not be sealing it well these days or the foil wrap is lighter duty. Canned foods are coming in thinner cans these days, too. I check for dings and bent cans before putting into the grocery cart but somehow 1-2 show up bent by the time they get to the house. Tuna is the worst. Tuna cans are so thin now that they bend just draining them. Ever wonder why you can’t get 4 sandwiches out of a can of tuna these days? They’ve gone from 7.5 oz to 5.25 oz in a small can. Smart on the manufacturers’ part because customers have to buy two cans instead of one.

[mountn man]

The 7.5 oz cans are now 7 oz.

You have to look around not every variety comes in 7 oz. Depends on if its white or albacore, if its solid or chunk, water or oil, regular or low sodium.

To me, tuna is tuna, as long as its in water. Whatever is on sale at the cheapest price.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

don’t you have to put the word “cheese” in quotation marks when referring to Velveeta?

I think you have to spell it kheese, sort of like krab with a "k"

[clearcarbon]

"I’ve had two-three spoil before the “use by” date the past couple years."

Perhaps they've been reformulated per federal requirements )transfats) and don't last as long.

Containers have gotten really bad. If I buy distilled water the container usually leaks long before the "use-by" date - which might be six to 12 months.

[IndispensableDestiny]

So, what DOES warrant shooting a block of Velveeta? I am now VERY curious.

Because you can.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

That sounds like a “here, hold my beer” moment. LOL

[BulletBobCo]

I saw enough bricks of the stuff here in Colorado to build a bomb shelter and it was on sale.