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1 day agoThe Store-Bought Addition For Creamier, Cheesier Mashed Potatoes - Tasting Table
Creamy garlic mashed potatoes can be enhanced with beer cheese for a decadent side dish.
When it comes to party favorites, homemade beer cheese hits the spot by offering a tangy, hoppy dip that is more complex than it sounds. Served with soft pretzel bites or pizza rolls, any beer cheese recipe can disappear fast on game day. For those who have experienced a batch of leftovers, beer cheese can be cleverly incorporated into a variety of recipes.
There are conflicting stories about beer cheese's golden-orange origins. It appears to have first been served in the 1940s at a restaurant in Clark County, Ky., called Johnny Allman's (since renamed Howard's Creek). In 2006, when Kathy Gorman Archer, president of Howard's Creek Authentic Beer Cheese, decided to revive the spreadable cheese brand-to widespread acclaim-she said it initially was a sustainable effort: leftover sharp cheddar cheese was a key ingredient, as well as leftover beer.