Velveeta® is Not Cheese
Sometimes my food snobbery is revealed when a food product that I’ve never tried before is donated to our kitchen at work. After over half a century I had never purchased or tasted Velveeta “cheese product” before. Unlike real cheese, it contains a bunch of vegetable oil. It’s easily meltable, which is why they use it for Queso in Tex-Mex cuisine. It resembles sliced American cheese. Added some to to our standard ham and potato casserole but we also had real cheddar cheese too. Comfort food for the win!
—Alex
Tonette’s Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
(serves 150)
-30 lbs. potatoes
-12 onions
-10 lbs. cheddar
-2 hams
-2 blocks Velveeta®
-spices of your choice
-cream, if you have it
Cook potatoes and onions and combine with other ingredients. Save for later or heat and serve.