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    Good Food

    Hiding Food Etiquette

    Chow magazine Table Manners columnist Helena Echlin shares advice on keeping mum about hiding food ingredients from guests. She talks about eating fudge and then learning that the secret ingredient was Velveeta cheese.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Chow magazine Table Manners columnist Helena Echlin shares advice on keeping mum about hiding food ingredients from guests. She talks about eating fudge and then learning that the secret ingredient was Velveeta cheese.

    If you've got an opinion on this, go to our new Good Foodblog and post your opinion or maybe a confession.

    Velveeta Cheese Fudge

    • 3 sticks butter or margarine

    • 1 lb Velveeta cheese

    • 4 lbs powdered sugar

    • 1 cup dry cocoa

    • 1 Tablespoon vanilla

    • 2 cups chopped walnuts

    Music break: Take It Easy My Brother Charles by Milton Banana Trio

    The full episode

    2 of 8
    Salmon Fisheries Closure; Cat Poo Coffee; Dental Lollipops
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 8:46Hiding Food EtiquetteYou’re reading this
    3. 15:37Cat Poo Coffee
    4. 21:55The Closure of Salmon Fisheries
    5. 30:0599-Cent Items Dinner
    6. 38:12Cow-Pie Energy
    7. 44:53Dental Lollipops
    8. 52:25Farm Bill Update
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    2 of 8
    Salmon Fisheries Closure; Cat Poo Coffee; Dental Lollipops
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 8:46Hiding Food EtiquetteYou’re reading this
    3. 15:37Cat Poo Coffee
    4. 21:55The Closure of Salmon Fisheries
    5. 30:0599-Cent Items Dinner
    6. 38:12Cow-Pie Energy
    7. 44:53Dental Lollipops
    8. 52:25Farm Bill Update
    Back to Good Food