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Title: Provel cheese
Post by: zxcvbob on March 01, 2021, 08:30:28 PM
(look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about) is available at the Walmart in New Caney, TX.  That's about 5 miles from here.  I'm going to have to try it just to see how awful it is. =)  I suspect it's actually good for grilled cheese sandwiches.
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: K Frame on March 01, 2021, 09:18:05 PM
Never heard of it before, but I think I'd like it from the descriptions I've read.
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: zxcvbob on March 01, 2021, 09:23:47 PM
It is the defining ingredient for St. Louis style pizza.  Or so I've heard. :)
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 01, 2021, 10:11:32 PM
Mozzarella is better for pizza. Provel is, well, not what I would choose. It's better than blue cheese, though. 
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: Fly320s on March 02, 2021, 09:27:50 AM
It isn't real cheese; it is a cheese product.
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: JTHunter on March 03, 2021, 11:18:29 PM
Isn't that just a different name for provolone cheese?
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: zxcvbob on March 03, 2021, 11:22:29 PM
Isn't that just a different name for provolone cheese?

It's a processed cheese product (like American cheese) made from white cheddar, swiss, and provolone.  I tried to buy some today and couldn't find it.  Figured out when I got home it's sold in the deli case rather than in dairy.
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 03, 2021, 11:26:29 PM
Isn't that just a different name for provolone cheese?

Nope. Provel is a processed cheese, combining cheddar, swiss, and provolone. It's apparently not much seen outside of the St. Louis, MO area, because some restaurants around here used it on their pizza. And I guess people in St. Louis back then thought pizza was supposed to taste that way...

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/provelology-the-study-of-a-made-up-cheese-with-a/article_d033b816-b856-5d5c-a8ca-a3c6592db4f0.html
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on March 04, 2021, 06:38:34 PM
I learned about it while on my moto ride around the country.  It's nasty stuff.  Doesn't taste too bad, but its texture is much like velveeta.  When it cools, it gets rubbery as you chew it.

I had it on a St Louis style cheesesteak sammich at a bar along the Mississippi River as it was in high flood.
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: JTHunter on March 08, 2021, 09:13:22 PM
Nope. Provel is a processed cheese, combining cheddar, swiss, and provolone. It's apparently not much seen outside of the St. Louis, MO area, because some restaurants around here used it on their pizza. And I guess people in St. Louis back then thought pizza was supposed to taste that way...

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/provelology-the-study-of-a-made-up-cheese-with-a/article_d033b816-b856-5d5c-a8ca-a3c6592db4f0.html

Is it Imo's or Imo's?  ;)
The "square beyond compare". (I 'm near St. Louis.)
  =D
Title: Re: Provel cheese
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 08, 2021, 09:33:54 PM
Is it Imo's or Imo's?  ;)
The "square beyond compare". (I 'm near St. Louis.)
  =D

I don't know who started it, but obviously Imo's is the main supplier of provel pizza these days. It's not bad pizza, though. (If you order it with mozzarella, instead.)