A Nebraska original

SUTTON, Neb. (KOLN) – We stopped by the current Omaha Dwelling and Backyard present to find out about one other standard meals product that was created proper right here in Nebraska.

We caught up with Dee Fuehrer who’s the proprietor of Fuehrer’s Cheespred. “My mother and pa lived in Sutton, and that’s my hometown as nicely,” Fuehrer mentioned. “In 1960, they’d a meat market and simply determined to increase a little bit bit, and begin making a cheese product. It was my mom’s aunt’s recipe, and she or he mentioned to run with it. So, along with 5 sorts of German sausage, reducing steaks, and having a grocery retailer, they began making Fuehrer’s Cheespred. I’ve eaten it my complete life, 63 years now, and we’ve been making it with the identical recipe all of these years.”

Eddie and Laurie Fuehrer’s grocery retailer constructing remains to be on essential avenue in Sutton. “That’s nonetheless the place we make the product,” Fuehrer mentioned. “The constructing remains to be very a lot from the 1900′s.” It’s a supply of satisfaction for Dee Fuehrer to proceed making the product her mother and pa made. “We wish to preserve their legacy intact,” Fuehrer mentioned. “We simply wish to preserve it going, and I really like the feedback I get. My mother and pa have been gone 20 years, however there are nonetheless individuals who say they keep in mind my dad delivering.”

The cheese unfold has a memorable and distinctive taste. “It’s thick, the place you possibly can unfold it on bread or a cracker,” Fuehrer mentioned “It’s two sorts of cheese, and we chilly mix it, use some salad dressing, and inexperienced pepper, garlic and pimento is in it. It’s tasty. It has a candy style to it, however with some garlic. It’s good on grilled hamburgers, it’s good with a veggie tray, and it’s good on baked potatoes. There are lots of alternative ways this product can be utilized.”

Fuehrer’s Cheespred has not but made the soar to being a nationally-produced product. “Mother and pa nonetheless saved it a small mother and pop operation, and my brother and I attempted to maintain it going, and we now have,” Fuehrer mentioned. “However I might actually like to get it on the market extra, and being right here at this Omaha Dwelling and Backyard Present is an efficient method to get extra individuals uncovered to it.” However, there received’t be any modifications to the recipe if manufacturing had been to ever increase. “My mom all the time mentioned, don’t change the recipe, and we received’t.”

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