'70S Cheese

Stained Class

A thread in AH just now mentioned Calvita cheese.

It got me thinking........

As a kid I remember a variety pack of cheese triangles that included Calvita & 2 other brands.

I think the pack was called 3 Counties,but can anybody remember the other brands of cheese in it?

Judgement Day

I remember them well - horrible little triangles, some of which used to refuse to come out of their foil wrappers and some were more offensive than others. That was back in the day when the only alternative was the box of Galtee or a lump of red cheddar.

Professey Chin

For some reason when I was younger the only cheese I would eat was those triangles. I have no idea why. I kept calling them pizza

And whats even stranger is I dont even like cheese or pizza :pac:

Ruu

Can only remember Dairylea triangles.

whisky_galore

There was a 'variety' round box with those cheese triangles in them, can't recall who made it. It was considered gormet stuff at the time, but it was just different coloured and flavoured chunks of rubber.

Galtee manufactured an offensive foil-wrapped block in a cardboard box resembling orange candle wax in texture and taste iirc.

Aglomerado

"Three counties" is the one I remember. It tasted creamier and therefore less rank than most other processed cheese. Round box with six triangles in it.

RoryMurphyJnr

I think Galtee did cheese triangles as well
Used to eat them all the time, there was a knack to removing the foil wrapper
Still buy their big block of cheese, great with cream crackers

darkdubh

Was it Galtee or Calvita had a picture of the same young girl with long center parted blond hair on the front of the packet for years?

Professey Chin

darkdubh wrote: »

Was it Galtee or Calvita had a picture of the same young girl with long center parted blond hair on the front of the packet for years?

Calvita. Galtee mainly had a cow I think

SpaceTime

These things were classified as cheese?!

r3nu4l

Heh, Easi-Singles graced my school lunches for many years...

C.K Dexter Haven

r3nu4l wrote: »

Heh, Easi-Singles graced my school lunches for many years...

Easi Singles slices, with that touch of class,
Individually wrapped, fresh, from first to last,
8,12,20, there's always plenty:(

- and I didn't have to look up the lyrics for that-I will kill the add guy who wrote that song if I ever find him:P

Aglomerado

r3nu4l wrote: »

Heh, Easi-Singles graced my school lunches for many years...

Who thought they were a good idea for white bread school lunch sandwiches? Rotten things. (Although they're great on burgers!!)

whisky_galore

Even with all the sh!te food back then, full of E numbers that are since banned, there weren't too many fat kids....

whisky_galore

SpaceTime wrote: »

These things were classified as cheese?!

They could double as a shock absorber for a car...or a door stop.

nlgbbbblth

Stained Class wrote: »

A thread in AH just now mentioned Calvita cheese.

It got me thinking........

As a kid I remember a variety pack of cheese triangles that included Calvita & 2 other brands.

I think the pack was called 3 Counties,but can anybody remember the other brands of cheese in it?

There was a tomato-flavoured cheese in that pack too.

cml387

There was a cheese and onion spread called Mandeville.

Anyone from Mitchelstown,where the cheese was made, will know there is a statue in Mitchelstown of John Mandeville.

Legend has it that many a garda on a boozy night was given a name and address of :

"John Mandeville,
The Square
Mitchelstown"

Judgement Day

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

There was a tomato-flavoured cheese in that pack too.

That was the most offensive one from my memory - the slightly slimy, white ones were a little more edible.

D1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNIdNDODgGY

darkdubh

D1976 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNIdNDODgGY

There's that girl on the cover I was talking about.She could Deffo have passed for one of the Brady Bunch.

Stained Class

darkdubh wrote: »

There's that girl on the cover I was talking about.She could Deffo have passed for one of the Brady Bunch.

Yeah, Jan the one no fella liked.

Googled this to death folks & have still drawn up nada on the flavours in this variety pack

The tomato thing is intresting though.

I'd forgotten all about that & when reminded had still forgotten.

Maybe it was too traumatic.

nlgbbbblth

Stained Class wrote: »

Yeah, Jan the one no fella liked.

Googled this to death folks & have still drawn up nada on the flavours in this variety pack

The tomato thing is intresting though.

I'd forgotten all about that & when reminded had still forgotten.

Maybe it was too traumatic.

From memory the variety pack had six triangles.

One or two Calvitas, one or two Galtees, the tomato one and possibly a chive variety.

cml387

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

From memory the variety pack had six triangles.

One or two Calvitas, one or two Galtees, the tomato one and possibly a chive variety.

Like I said, it was a cheese and onion flavour called Mandeville.Do you honestly think that chives were a big thing in the 1970's?

Stained Class

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

From memory the variety pack had six triangles.

One or two Calvitas, one or two Galtees, the tomato one and possibly a chive variety.

A chive one? Hmmm.

This was advanced for the time.

The plot thickens.

nlgbbbblth

cml387 wrote: »

Like I said, it was a cheese and onion flavour called Mandeville.Do you honestly think that chives were a big thing in the 1970's?

Yes - sorry. You're right. There was a cheese and onion flavour triangle in the pack.

Skill Magill

And this is the Calvita girl now Elaine Comyn

sudzs

There was a highly processed smoked "German" cheese, it was a roll wrapped in thin brown plastic I think. And there was cheese in a tube, came in different flavours, was it Primula ?? That was quite posh!

Stained Class

sudzs wrote: »

There was a highly processed smoked "German" cheese, it was a roll wrapped in thin brown plastic I think. And there was cheese in a tube, came in different flavours, was it Primula ?? That was quite posh!

I dunno if it was posh.

Maybe it was a flavour in the 3 Counties pack.:D

Still, I'll find out more about this.

Funny the details you forget as you get older....

lukesmom

whisky_galore wrote: »

Even with all the sh!te food back then, full of E numbers that are since banned, there weren't too many fat kids....

No internet, PlayStation or Xbox. We went outside to play.

Pro Hoc Vice

Stained Class wrote: »

A thread in AH just now mentioned Calvita cheese.

It got me thinking........

As a kid I remember a variety pack of cheese triangles that included Calvita & 2 other brands.

I think the pack was called 3 Counties,but can anybody remember the other brands of cheese in it?

It was Mitchelstown CoOp the 3 brands where Calvita, Three Counties and Galtee. http://wikimapia.org/84538/Mitchelstown-Baile-Mhistéala

"It also became famous nationally for its processed cheese brands (Eg. Galtee,Calvita,Three Counties)"

God they where rank, how could a country with such great ingredients produce such utter crap.

Stained Class

infosys wrote: »

It was Mitchelstown CoOp the 3 brands where Calvita, Three Counties and Galtee. http://wikimapia.org/84538/Mitchelstown-Baile-Mhistéala

"It also became famous nationally for its processed cheese brands (Eg. Galtee,Calvita,Three Counties)"

God they where rank, how could a country with such great ingredients produce such utter crap.

At the time to me it seemed grand. We knew no different.

I was about 10 & thought this was great.

Funny how there were not many fat kids back then.

By today's standards this was pure crap, but it was Irish made, sold well & kept a town going back in the day.

To this day, I like the 'crap' we ate then.

Now, pass me the Angel Delight!:D