Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,528,975 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

DIPPITY DOO DAH.


Cheese dip isn't usually thought of as one of the building blocks of a healthy diet. Then again, Jardine's Queso Amarillo is no ordinary cheese dip.

For a start, it isn't neon orange. And it doesn't taste like liquified American cheese with some hot pepper flakes. One dip and you know you're a long way from Cheez Whiz Cheez Whiz is a thick processed cheese sauce or spread introduced by Kraft Foods in 1953. The bright, yellow, viscous liquid usually comes in a glass jar, and is used as a topping for corn chips, hot dogs, cheesesteaks, and other foods.  and Velveeta.

Maybe it's the diced tomatoes In the simplest definition, diced tomatoes are just that, tomatoes that have been diced. In the United States retail environment, however, the term refers to a relatively recent arrival in the processed tomato market, generally consisting of canned chunks of plum tomatoes in tomato  and fresh onion or the combination of cheddar and blue cheese. Maybe it's the roasted poblano po·bla·no  
n.
A cultivar of the tropical pepper (Capsicum annum) having a mild or fairly pungent dark green, thick-skinned fruit used in cooking.
, jalapeno, and red and green bell peppers.

Whatever the reason, you won't be shy about serving Jardine's to your toughest-to-impress friends. Surround it with bell pepper strips, raw broccoli, baked tortilla chips, or other dippers Noun 1. Dippers - a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
Church of the Brethren, Dunkers

Baptist denomination - group of Baptist congregations
. Spoon some over your baked potato or steamed asparagus asparagus, perennial garden vegetable (Asparagus officinalis) of the family Liliaceae (lily family), native to the E Mediterranean area and now naturalized over much of the world. .

Why not? Two tablespoons have only 2 1/2 grams of fat--hardly any of it saturated. That's par for the low-fat or light cheese sauce course. But Jardine's 210 milligrams of sodium are less than you'll find in other cheese dips or sauces.

The hardest thing about eating Jardine's? Stopping at two tablespoons. That should be your worst problem.

Jardine Foods: (800) 544-1880.
COPYRIGHT 2000 Center for Science in the Public Interest
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2000, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Title Annotation:appetizer food product
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:May 1, 2000
Words:188
Previous Article:THE JUNK YARD.(snack foods and weight loss)
Next Article:SNEAKY SNACK.(snack bar product)(Brief Article)
Topics:



Related Articles
Move Over Cue Cat Here Comes... SpeedURL?(Company Business and Marketing)
MUCH A DOO DAH ANNUAL PARADE CAPTURES COMMUNITY'S COMIC SPIRIT.(News)
DOO DAH REVELERS READY; PASADENA GEARS UP FOR ITS OTHER YEARLY PARADE.(News)
TASTE TAKES OFF; DOO DAH PARADE'S RIBALD REVELRY LIVES.(News)
DOO DAH READY FOR WACKINESS.(NEWS)
DOO DAH PARADE TO WIND ITS WACKY WAY THROUGH CITY.(NEWS)
ZANY PARADE WILL FEATURE OFFBEAT ACTS.(NEWS)
ODDITIES REIGN ON THIS PARADE.(News)
ANYTHING GOES DOO DAH DRAWS ANTI-TRADITIONAL.(News)
DOO DAH THRIVES ON IRREVERENCE.(U)

Terms of use | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles