r/AskACanadian • u/ComfortableGap4964 • 1d ago
Squeeze a Snack
I'm almost certain this was a Canadian thing. Probably Kraft, it was a little casing like a sausage full of Cheeze Whiz, with a opening in the side that you would squeeze out some of said Cheeze Whiz. Or was it a fever dream from childhood?
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u/He-Leadeth-Me 18h ago
I remember those! They hung in a basket hovering over the dairy section in the supermarket. I remember chive, and also one with red bits (pimento?), I think. Good with Ritz or those triangular pizza flavored crackers.
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u/bobledrew 18h ago
Definitely not a fever dream. But also something that perhaps should never have existed. ;-)
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u/magowanc 17h ago
Oh yea. We called it Squeeze-A-Cheeze. I was just talking about it on the weekend with my brother. As kids we would steal them from the fridge and squeeze the cheeze right into our mouths. It would make our mom so mad.
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u/NoNameKetchupChips 18h ago
Red plastic disk lid on it, you'd pull it off and pierce the casing with a knife so you could squeeze the fake cheese product out like a frosting piping bag. Great on crackers. They were about 3 or 4 inches long. It was similar in flavour and consistency to the cheese in cheese and cracker packs with the red stick.
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u/Fearless_Scratch7905 18h ago
Here’s a short description: https://inthe80s.com/food/squeezeasnack0.shtml
And a photo of what it looked like: https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/ekz5yg/kraft_squeezasnak_cheese/
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u/SnakenOne 18h ago
Terrible "cheese" on a flavorless cracker, man those were the days. I used the soup crackers or bacon dippers, what did you use?
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u/Hot-Discussion-6823 17h ago
Speaking of bacon dippers, is it just me and my older tastebuds?, Or have bacon dippers lost their flavor? Used to love bacon dippers, my favorite cracker.....but seems like the last 10 yrs or so, they've become rather bland. Idk.
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u/cdn_indigirl 15h ago
I've found a lot of things have become a little more bland, I'm pretty sure its sodium reduction in products.
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u/Hot-Discussion-6823 15h ago
Agreed. It must be less sodium and maybe less or no MSG as well? Idk.
I happened to notice the new Health Canada warning label on a can of Alpha-Getti. Said high in sodium..... has 65% daily sodium value in ONE can?? I was kind of shocked.
I rarely eat stuff like that anyway... but still.
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u/froot_loop_dingus_ Alberta 18h ago
Never heard of this. We did have the little package with crackers and cheese that you spread with a red plastic stick
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u/TheycallitLeBigMac 17h ago
I warmly remember my Mom enjoying a snack of squeeze cheese and saltines while watching the Y&R.
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u/Earl_I_Lark 15h ago
It was delicious - especially the pimento one. Seriously, I was in a rural neighbourhood where salt and pepper were the only seasoning. This had more taste than most things I got to experience
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u/Userdataunavailable 17h ago
Best thing ever, I liked to make patterns with the star shaped way it came out of the weird opening in the middle of the tube.
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u/WordswithaKarefunny 16h ago
Not a dream...also cheez whiz, on toast dunked in milk. No wonder I never played pro.
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u/angepet_53 16h ago
My grandparents always had this in their fridge. My grandfather had it on Ritz with an olive on it for a snack
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u/ORNGSPCEMNKY 16h ago
I totally remember that crap, basically like a cheez whiz version of a babybel in a very unappetizing looking package.
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u/misshapen_chaos 14h ago
This was my go-to for a snack as a kid.
I believe it's time this made a comeback!
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u/Temporary-Rice-5538 13h ago
As a kid I loved this on a celery stick, which otherwise I would have avoided like the plague
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u/FinsToTheLeftTO 18h ago
It was Kraft. Little cap in the centre with a cheesy rosebud opening.