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                                                                                                   How long will this cheese store?

                One product that has always been missing from food storage has been real CHEESE. It's true that, if you have a wine cellar, you can buy a waxed reel (or is it wheel?) of cheese and store it (= age it) for years. That's a bit expensive and unwieldy, but if you are wealthy enough to own a wine cellar, you probably can afford a 25 lb reel/wheel of cheese . . . and won't mind throwing about half of it away as it molds after you cut it open.   (Continues below....)

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PRODUCT                                                  PER CAN                           PER CASE (36 cans)

Real Kraft^® Canned Cheese                              3.50                                   97.90

Sample this Real Canned Cheese at a discount in dented cans

We stock this canned cheese in Quinlan.  If you're in the area, you may come by
and pick it up to save shipping/handling.  Just call first.

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(the story continues....)
                  For those of us of more modest means, we now have real Kraft^® Cheddar Cheese. In a can. Its technical name is "Pasteurized Processed Cheddar Cheese Product." (Please see note toward the bottom of this page.)  It's that name you have to give it because it wasn't "naturally" produced by a Wisconsin cheesemaster. It's a legal thing. From the ingredients and from the TASTE, you'll believe it's honest-to-God real, Wisconsin-made cheese! It's just plain delicious.

(Ingredients of Kraft Canned Cheese: Cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, milkfat, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, salt, lactic acid, Nisin (preservative), annato (color). Click here to go to Nutrition Facts.)
 

I don't care for sharp cheddar cheese, at least not real sharp cheddar. Makes my tongue curl. Having been a kiddo in the '50s, I actually like Velveeta.^®   I'm a real fan of American cheese, though my favorite—discovered on an airliner served with lunch—is pasteurized Gruyere cheese (product, of course). It's becoming harder and harder to find. But, I digress. (I'll pause here for a moment to give you time to use the smelling salts to revive that real cheese connoisseur . . .)

                  We've been as happy as it's possible to be with the powdered cheese products that we've offered for years. They make an excellent sauce and spread, but there's just something "not right" about spreading cheese on your sandwich like it was peanut butter. We knew we'd miss having the real thing.

                  Then we got an email about this canned Kraft^® Canned Cheese made in Australia and imported into the US. I asked Phyllis to see if she could get samples. She could. We did. They came in early this week (that was over 3  years ago).

                  I watched with interest as the case was opened. It contained 36 - 8 ounce tins of real canned cheese. The cans are ever-so-slightly larger in diameter than a 6 oz. can of tuna and about 25% taller. I was expecting a Velveeta^®-type product that would have to be spooned out of the can. (Even that still held my interest!)

                  With a flash of genius that could only come from a former restaurant manager (which she is), Phyllis opened both ends of the can and pushed out a 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" mini-wheel of cheese. It didn't sag. It didn't quiver. It didn't run. It was solid cheese. She cut a slice and handed it to me. All eyes were on me as I tried to look like an official cheese-taster using that stony-faced look. "Well??" Phyllis and Justin asked. "It's good. It's very good!" I told them as they cut their own slices. "It's excellent!"

                  This canned cheese will store for years. No one is sure for exactly how many. They've never tested it just for longevity. It's packaged this way in Australia for folks who don't have refrigeration, like most in third world countries. The manufacturer is confident it will last "indefinitely" . Since it's in a sterile environment, air can't circulate so germs can't get to it, there's no reason that it can't store indefinitely. Just keep it as cool as you can (protect from freezing). Once it's opened, it's best to refrigerate any leftovers (which a family of 4 or more probably won't have!), though it would go another day in a zipper-locking baggie. (Just try keeping from polishing off the leftovers! I dare you!)

                  This is real cheese that can be grated (Phyllis tried that immediately.). It melts (please be aware that competitor's Bega, or Red Feather, cheese will NOT melt!), it can be sliced into thin slices for sandwiches, pizzas, lasagna or meat loaf, it behaves just like deli-bought cheese and makes a much-better-than- average grilled cheese sandwich AND a fantastic omelette. But there is some disagreement as to the flavor.

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All prices are in US Dollars

PRODUCT                                                  PER CAN                           PER CASE (36 cans)

Real Kraft Canned Cheese                                3.50                                   97.90

Sample this Real Canned Cheese at a discount in dented cans

IMPORTANT: WE INSPECT EACH CAN, BEFORE PLACING IT IN THE SHIPPING BOX, TO BE SURE IT IS NOT DENTED. WE DO NOT SHIP DENTED CANS. WE PLACE CARDBOARD DIVIDERS BETWEEN ALL THE CANS TO DO ALL WE CAN TO ASSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE THEM IN GOOD CONDITION.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) HAS RECENTLY BEGUN EXPEDITED GROUND DELIVERY "SERVICE" . THEY ARE VERY ROUGH IN THEIR HANDLING OF HEAVY PACKAGES. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE CANNED MEATS TO ARRIVE AT YOUR LOCATION WITHOUT BEING DENTED, USUALLY TO A MINOR EXTENT. WE CANNOT REPLACE THESE MINOR DENTED CANS UNLESS UPS REIMBURSES FOR THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSED IN SHIPPING. WE HAVE HAD CUSTOMERS TELL US THAT CANS WERE DENTED EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE SHIPPING BOX. IF YOU DO NOT REPORT THIS HIDDEN, INTERNAL DAMAGE TO UPS, AND IF WE DO NOT GET REIMBURSED FOR THE DAMAGE, WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT REPLACE THE PRODUCT. PLEASE READ OUR Frequently Asked Questions Page FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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