The Greatest Super Bowl Snack of All Time
Here's what I will be eating during the Super Bowl. Take a big block of Velveeta cheese. Cut into small cubes and place in a large bowl. Add two cans of Rotel diced tomatoes. Microwave on high for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with tortilla chips or, even better, Fritos Scoops.
As documentary film maker Nick Rogers discovered recently, cheese dip was invented in my home town, Hot Springs, Arkansas. This weekend, grocery stores across central Arkansas will have special displays containing stacks of Velveeta and Rotel.
Like me, Bill Clinton, spent most of his boyhood in Hot Springs. While on politics, he and I disagree on just about everything, I'm sure he'll agree with me on this: Velveeta-Rotel cheese dip is one of the greatest foods of all time.
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Jul '10
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Dude, add a can of Wolf Brand Chili. To die for.
Jul '11
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Ahh, a southern tradition.
We are hosting this year and are serving New England seafood chowda and Nu Yalk pizza.
Sam Adams Boston Lager and some moron Giants fan wants Coronas.
Go Pats!
Aug '11
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Add a brick of cheddar or longhorn, makes it even thicker and it clings to the chip better. This has been a public service announcement.
Aug '11
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Wolf chili recently made it to our grocery store. It's great!!
Dec '10
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Trying the lime & cilantro Ro-Tel this time. We're doing it tonight as we'll be out of the house all day tomorrow.
Dec '10
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If you see Dave, and he's coming this way, have him toss a can or two in his truck. I could get it at the commissary when I was in the Navy, so I may have to send one of the retired guys I work with to pick some up for me.
Jul '10
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KP, truly I'd overnight You a case if You want.
Edited on February 5, 2012 at 4:12amMay '10
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Cheez Whiz on pumpernickel.
Nov '10
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It's called QUESO! Pronounced "kay-so!" Amateurs...
Apr '11
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Tim Groseclose Take a big block of Velveeta cheese...
...cheese dip was invented in my home town...
...Velveeta-Rotel cheese dip...
Your recipe may in fact be the Greatest Superbowl Snack of All Time.
But please note that it does not contain cheese.
I am from Wisconsin. Do not challenge me on this.
Oct '10
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Charlotte
Tim Groseclose Take a big block of Velveeta cheese...
...cheese dip was invented in my home town...
...Velveeta-Rotel cheese dip...
Your recipe may in fact be the Greatest Superbowl Snack of All Time.
But please note that it does not contain cheese.
I am from Wisconsin. Do not challenge me on this. · 4 minutes ago
Thanks for stepping in on the Velveeta thing, it is not cheese. Spam has better Bonafides than Velveeta, now thats unsettling.
Mar '11
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Not JMR
It's called QUESO! Pronounced "kay-so!" Amateurs... · 25 minutes ago
Queso just means "cheese" in Spanish.
May '10
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While you're at it, make some cowboy caviar, too.
Feb '11
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The chowda is about the only item mentioned here that doesn't turn my stomach at the very thought.
At the party I'll be going to, there will be multiple types of chili, a taco bar, homemade pizza, etc. The pizza, by the way, will be proper sicilian-style; 'New York-style' pizza is really just incompetently made neapolitan pizza.
Dec '10
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I can report that the cilantro and lime Ro-Tel is really good.
Jul '11
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Add sausage, and the cheapest guacamole spread from the dairy case.
Jul '11
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Also, jalapenos.
Oct '10
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Guess what does not kill you makes you stronger. Hey ?
Oct '10
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I'm born and raised in San Antonio, Texas -- where TexMex is just called "food" -- and I can personally testify that Velveeta and Ro-tel is an absolute staple. It isn't something to scoff at, and people who insist that it isn't "real" queso will be greeted with eyerolls from everyone in the room.
This blessed concoction is the one-and-only, must-have, game-time snack food in my family, and always will be.
I will occasionally add some taco-seasoned ground beef, but even that is pushing it a bit.
Velveeta. Ro-Tel. Friends. Family. Happiness.
Oct '10
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Blue State Blues
Not JMR
It's called QUESO! Pronounced "kay-so!" Amateurs... · 25 minutes ago
Queso just means "cheese" in Spanish. · 1 hour ago
...but in Texas "queso" means two different things. Yes, it just means "cheese" if you're speaking spanish. But if you use it in an english sentence, it's shorthand for "chile con queso" -- that is, cheese with some spicy stuff mixed in -- usually a can of Ro-Tel.
English speakers who say "queso" are never just talking about a block of cheese. They're talking about the prepared, spicy cheese dip.
Edited on February 5, 2012 at 6:40am