[PGR88]

I remember back in the late 70’s the government having a similar expensive cheese surplus.

The USDA or whoever would drop off 10 lb blocks of American cheese at my grandparent’s senior apt. complex for anyone who wanted it. They would take a few blocks (hey it was free government cheese!) and give it to our family. It was good stuff.

Can’t imagine it helped cheese makers in the end, because it simply substituted cheese we would have bought elsewhere, and given the amounts, probably other foods we would have bought as well.

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“I remember back in the late 70’s”

The “Fondue Era”.

[Will88]

The USDA or whoever would drop off 10 lb blocks of American cheese at my grandparent’s senior apt. complex for anyone who wanted it.

They spread the surplus wide in the early '70s. My mother had just retired from teaching and it was made available to either retired teachers or any retired person and she picked up a box. I came around to visit and it was really good cheese.