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In This Episode

🧀 Growing up in a Velveeta-only household

📺 The unforgettable Velveeta + salsa commercials of the 1990s

🤣 Why cutting Velveeta with a knife is basically impossible

🥣 Pregnancy cravings and the return of Velveeta Rotel dip

💔 When nostalgia doesn't live up to the memory

🌹 Why I rewrote this story after learning more about The Bachelor

Things Mentioned

Velveeta

Rotel

The Bachelor

Love Trapped podcast

Childhood nostalgia

Memoir writing

Creative nonfiction

Pregnancy cravings

Midwestern comfort food

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