Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Velveeta...hated, but good food





I suppose the two most hated foods are Velveeta and Spam...now, both foods of the poor.

On this date...

In 1928, Kraft's Velveeta Cheese was invented. It was packaged using the 1921 invention of a tinfoil lining that could house the cheese inside a wooden box. Its special cooking properties quickly caught on. When melted, it was as smooth as velvet (hence its name), and it would never curdle when heated. Make this dip for a Sunday football game or any specialIt replaced canned cheese. James L. Kraft founded J.L Kraft Bros. cheese factory in Stockton, Illinois in 1914. He introduced the company's first cheese in tins a year later. In 1917, Kraft cheese in tins was accompanying WWI soldiers to foreign fronts.

Velveeta [Wikipedia]

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