I'm having a Port Wine Cheese Ball for after work snacks tonight

Yum!

I have never understood the whyfor of the ball shape.

Even the log shape makes more sense than the standard cheese ball.

[quote] I have never understood the whyfor of the ball shape

It's retro kitschy.

Totally 70's.

You know, I would never buy one, but finding one at the sort of party where one finds those things, the port wine cheese ball could be my best friend for an hour or two.

For a trashy appetizer, port wine cheese actually tastes really good.

It's very unusual. I wonder who thought of it?

It kind of looks like sherbet.

Is this Wispride brand?

You can get it in a container, if you don't like the ball shape.

Is OP going to a key party in New Canaan?

R9 has obviously seen The Ice Storm!

op = fat whore

R10 Or Stepford Wives!

Try it with Riunite on ice!

The secret to a successful party featuring a cheese ball, port wine or not, is to take the cheese ball out of the refrigerator at least and hour before guests arrive to let it come to room temperature. A cold cheese ball is a hostess’s worst enemy.

....on just plain-ass crackers? How uncouth.

[quote] ....on just plain-ass crackers? How uncouth.

No, silly. On Ritz crackers.

the jar doesn't have the nuts so it doesn't count.

OP's been shoppin' at Cracker Barrel dot com.

Did you get it at Hickory Farms while slumming for free samples?

One of life's guilty pleasures...stop pretending like you wouldn't gobble down those port wine balls!

NOT a fan of the port wine kind of cheeseball, but i like the other kind...

different crackers, apple slices, grapes and cheeseball sounds good to me! maybe throw in some different types of nuts too, never mind the shaved nuts on the ball (sounds like a porn scene! lol!) since i don't drink, i would have to down it with a nice glass of ice tea...

what's for dessert? i'm thinking maybe a slice of cheesecake with strawberries or cherries on top....

OP - are you wearing your brown corduroy bell bottoms as you flounce around your orange shag carpet?

R19, do Hickory Farms stores still exist?

You'll have to fart, but it will all back-up.

How exactly is "wine cheese" made?

It looks un-natural.

R25, when you make it at home it’s cheddar cheese, shredded, cream or goats cheese, and allowed to come to room temperature, mixed with port wine in a mixer.

You’re making a cheese spread basically. You can do the same thing with beer.

Thanks, R26!

The beer cheese sounds delicious.

OP - please have enough ashtrays. Because it’s the 1970’s, ALL of the guests will smoke a pack of cigarettes each during the 8-10 hour party!

I wondered who liked those odious cheeseballs. So, it’s you.

Add some salami, OP, and I'm with you.

Cheeseball cheese is fake cheese, but still delicious. My mother used to make one with pimento and the orange fake cheese that came in the tub with the knight on it for her swanky 1970s house par-tayes! I don't mind occasional fake cheese for nostalgia..:) Made me google...it's KRAFT product. Mclaren's

off topic, but i also like that dill dip in the carved out circular rye bread, and you dip your piece of rye bread in the dip.. yummy...

i also enjoy all kinds of "dips" and various appetizers... i could make into a meal...

When I was a kid my parents used to get cheeseball cheese but it wasn't in balls, it was in little glass jars, Kraft brand I think, and they saved the jars for juice glasses.

The 70s were a wild ride.

We serve them at my AA meeting.

Oh yeah? Well I’m nuking some Velveeta cheese with diced tomatoes & chiles paired with Tostitos! To go with it I’m serving Mountain Dew on the rocks! So there!

That's a hillbilly picnic, R35!

R35.. sounds good to me, along with some home made guac! have to substitute the mountain dew (that stuff will kill you!) with some ice tea though..

More ballz!!

Call me trashy if you must but it’s one of my party favorites - along with pigs in a blanket! Someone else can have the caviar- it’s never been my thing.

They come in log form, too.

If you don't like the ball.

Kaukauna makes them with almonds.

Yum!

So you have your choice of breast or cock shapped?