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In reality they are keeping at least some incompetent farms in business making us as consumers pay higher prices for our cheese as well as being taxed to hold up prices on milk. Double whammy.
Not to mention forcing those of us who don't consume dairy products for ethical reasons to pay for them anyway and support an industry whose practices we find disgusting and inhumane.
One thing the government might also use surplus cheese for is for the armed services they have to supply. Just a thought. Base commissaries?
Probably. But most MRE's don't contain cheese per se, just squeezable cheese sauce packets, to put on hardtack crackers. And base commissaries today probably sell better cheese than the likes of Kraft Singles.
the loaf that we got in 77 was a extra sharp cheddar, it would dry your mouth out it was so sharp. mama use to mix with whipped potatoes , to have cheesy potatoes
When my husband and I [we are from the same hometown] reached Jr High age and stayed for lunch at the school, if we happened to buy our lunch [which happened quite rarely] the go-to item was a grilled cheese sandwich which sold for 25 cents. A cafeteria lady grilled them nine or 16 at a time in a big grill machine where the top came down so they cooked evenly on both sides. She got them off quickly, put them on a plate and sliced them in half, and added a pickle.
When we got to high school, more of the same, those 25 cent grilled cheese sandwiches. How I craved them! But. alas, it was usually a pbj sandwich for me, as I brown-bagged it most days! I know now that those grilled cheese sandwiches were so cheap because the USDA supplied the cheese cheaply to the schools!
I have been out of school over four decades, and I still remember those cafeteria grilled cheese sandwiches. Umm! Yummy!
When my husband and I [we are from the same hometown] reached Jr High age and stayed for lunch at the school, if we happened to buy our lunch [which happened quite rarely] the go-to item was a grilled cheese sandwich which sold for 25 cents. A cafeteria lady grilled them nine or 16 at a time in a big grill machine where the top came down so they cooked evenly on both sides. She got them off quickly, put them on a plate and sliced them in half, and added a pickle.
When we got to high school, more of the same, those 25 cent grilled cheese sandwiches. How I craved them! But. alas, it was usually a pbj sandwich for me, as I brown-bagged it most days! I know now that those grilled cheese sandwiches were so cheap because the USDA supplied the cheese cheaply to the schools!
I have been out of school over four decades, and I still remember those cafeteria grilled cheese sandwiches. Umm! Yummy!
For the record, the USDA provides a number of commodity products to hospitals, schools, and prisons. The surplus cheese is only only one small portion of the commodity spend.
The good part of the commodity program is that it reduces the overall costs to running a lunch & now, breakfast program. The bad part is that a lot of the stuff provided is of pretty low quality compared to what you would normally buy on the open market. We had no complaints about the quality of the cheese and butter but the beef and pork was another issue.
the loaf that we got in 77 was a extra sharp cheddar, it would dry your mouth out it was so sharp. mama use to mix with whipped potatoes , to have cheesy potatoes
We got what was supposed to be mild cheddar, but it was pretty much orange, American type cheese. It wasn't tasty.
my high school the favorite was the hamburger pizza, and most people hated the soybean hamburger
damn i miss those soybean hamburgers, had to coat with ketchup and mustash to get them to slide down
I don't remember a lot from the school cafeteria. Burritos with bean-and-cheese filling were disgusting: they made El Monterey ones taste good in comparison. Pizza was great, with real cheese too. Cheeseburgers were lukewarm with cheese not even melted, but still edible (I think they were beef, with turkey mixed in to cut costs). Steamed vegetables were flavorless. Salt and pepper, let alone hot sauce, were not available.
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I have never seen government commodities, like cheese, sold at the commissary. I don't think the commissary could sell them, even if they wanted to.
I agree. Our armed forces deserve better. I don't think they serve that stuff even in Basic Training/Boot Camp.
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