The Best Thing our Government made!

I remember when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My Grandma would watch me and all of my cousins because our parents either had to work or they needed a break from us. If one of us would get in trouble over Grandmas house and get a butt whippin with her wooden ruler, all of the cousins would look at the youngest cousin to see if he/she was going to laugh. If you laugh, they would snitch and say "Grandma "So and So" is laughing. After that, Grandma would whip your behind too for laughing. One time, my second eldest cousin got his behind torn up by Grandma and her ruler from hell and afterwards everyone looked at me. I smirked and said "What are yall look at?" and then they all yelled "Grandma "So and So" is laughing". I got my behind torn up by Grandma's ruler. You would of thought Grandma's ruler had an odometer or counter on it, she used it so much on our arses. I digressed. At this age however, I was exposed to a piece of history. I believe it was destiny for me to live during that time and to have witnessed and experience a phenomenon that I will never forget. This piece of history can be made a million ways. This piece of history had the following characteristics:

• It could hardly melt even in fire.
  
• It just sweats in the heat.


• When you put it on top of toast and put it in the toaster oven or broiler, it made a black burnt layer on top and it was ooey and gooey on the inside.
  
• You could slice it thick or thin.
  
• Was it made from real milk or was it oil and vinegar? I Still don't know


• It gave me comfort after a butt whoopin from grandma and her wooden ruler.


• If it had mold on it...We cut the mold off and still use it.


• It held the door open for us as a door stop when we were bringing groceries in from the car.

I'm talking about Government Cheese folks. Do you have a government cheese story? I ate so much Gub'ment cheese as a kid that till this day, I am a cheese addict. I need a hit. Give me some Cheese!! If you please!! There had to have been something in Gub'ment Cheese to make me so addictive to it. All of my cousins flocked around the table waiting for Grandma to cut some slices of cheese as if it was a turkey on Thanksgiving Day! The label on the Gub'ment cheese was simple. It just said CHEESE, USDA and some little stuff like "not for sale" or "no frills". If you need a history lesson on Gub'ment Cheese Click Here. My Aunt made the best MAC "n" Gub'ment cheese.

A sure slice of heaven!

• The Year 1984
• The Cosby Show debuts on television
• Apple Computer releases the Macintosh Computer
• Famous Jazz musician Count Basie dies
• "Whats love got to do with it" sung by Tina Turner
• The Fat Boys release the album "Jail House Rap"
• Bell (AT&T The Phone Company) had to be broken up into smaller companies because it had a monopoly on the telecommunications industry.
• MTV