Food Theory: Why is the Government Hiding 1.4 BILLION Pounds of Cheese?

Theorists, did you know the government is hiding caves full of cheese from us? Well, sort of. Today we dive into the weird, melty mystery of government cheese. Is it real? What exactly IS it and why are we all not swimming in government funded grilled cheese sandwiches? It's time to take a bite out of the mystery that is government cheese!


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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Justin Kuiper
Editors: Koen Verhagen and Daniel Zemke
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[jupiter_jazz]

as a theorist and science lover, i would like to look at 1.4 billion pounds of cheese. as a cheese lover, i’d like to eat 1.4 billion pounds of cheese. and lastly as a lactose intolerant person, i would like to avoid 1.4 billion pounds of cheese.

[aro]

I’m starting to think about 70% of the reasoning behind every food theory topic is dependent on how many dad jokes Matpat can make within the span of the video

[hayleemk]

As a Missourian, a while back my friends and I decided that when we’re elderly, we’ll break into the cheese cave and make it our retirement home.

Glad to see an inside joke amongst my friends covered on the channel!

[TrickyNixon]

I swear matpats Alliteration skills are on point and getting better and better

[mummamortitia]

As an English 80's kid, I wondered if MatPat knew about the "Butter Mountain" surplus. We used to get given small wrapped pats of butter at school that they said was from the butter Mountain. As a tiny kid it sounded very literal. Lol! Xx

[ChipInDip]

My buddy from high school used to mock the school lunch’s cheese by calling it “government cheese, ” both because of its texture, and because of how the government is involved in school lunches.

Three years later, and I learn it was actually a reference to real Government Cheese

[pairashibito]

“How many cheese puns do you want?”

Matpatt: “Yes”

[mattpowers]

I grew up in Springfield and I have been to the "cheese caves". We took a field trip in elementary school. There was a permeating pepper smell to the entire complex.

[jaysrandomvideos]

Idea for theory : would a person survive by just taking pills with necessary amount of vitamins and minerals that the body needs ?

[theneonwarriors]

If someone wanted the cheese, how would they go about getting it? Asking for a friend

[DerpyPossum]

I’m absolutely *LOVING* these “debunking”-esque videos! It’s a neat change of pace every once in a while :)
Keep ‘em up 👍

[coolishness]

As a factory worker who packages cheese, a fun tidbit i can divulge is we package cheese at least 6 months ahead of the best by date. The pandemic really messed us up, a lot of warehouses burned through their extra stock and my production floor in particular went to 6 day weeks to keep up with future projections. After 2 years of 6 day weeks, we finally slowed down to 6 days every other week. Still a nightmare but when it's the best paying job in the area, you do what you gotta do.

[CrayRT]

Food Theory Idea: What is theoretically the highest you can stack a pancake? And what strategies can you do to prevent them from falling.

I love your videos so much. And this is just a random question I just got curious about after binging youtube at 3am.

[MrTheratedG]

This episode got me thinking of the whole "The moon is made of Cheese thing" what would that be like? what kinda cheese would be? and how long could a moon made of cheese last in space? this would be a fun theory to do I hope he does it.

[TacticalGhost]

I’m 41 now and definitely remember getting government cheese as a kid. My friends and I still bring it up sometimes that it wasn’t that bad.

[ryanjamesj]

I remember eating the real government cheese as a kid. Honestly, outside the weird texture it really was good for Mac and cheese and grilled cheese. Heck sometimes I even crave it today.

[ChengTeoh]

The cheese cave has got to be heaven for Remy from Ratatouille.

[brittonwalker]

That was probably my favorite pronunciation of the word "deseret" I have ever heard. Sorry, MatPat, it doesn't come from French. This is one of the few English words that is actually spelt phonetically. It's pronounced like desert, just with an extra syllable before the last "t".

[bobtf]

Food theory idea:How much cheese would it take to build an artificial cheese moon and also how much would it cost? #TeamTheorist

[Cloud_Strife]

I lived in a military family for 16 years. They would give out 5lb blocks of cheese every week. That's where the term " government cheese " came from. So where did they get all this cheese from... 😂😂