# Recipe Needed: Velveeta olive "salad" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316 "2006-01-23T22:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316/1 "2006-01-23T22:28:30Z")
[This post in another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7027341&postcount=46) reminded me of a “salad” my mother used to make featuring cubed Velveeta and green olives. I think it might have been a pasta salad, but don’t honestly remmber. It was definitely served cold, not hot. I was born in 1974, and I know it was a common potluck item when I was a kid. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316/2 "2006-01-23T22:40:42Z")
Fresh peas, and some kind of tangy dressing I think. I remember eating it at times. Sometimes it had other cheese cubes instead of Velveeta. Weren’t there some variations with mint and peas, and others that were almost ranchy in flavor, with bacon? I remember it had spiral pasta too. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316/3 "2006-01-23T23:15:23Z")
Chopped boiled egg in some cases maybe too? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316/4 "2006-01-23T23:26:41Z")
The recipe on [this](http://www.mccormick.com/recipedetail.cfm?ID=486) page is the closest to the most common version that I ate, just add the cheese cubes. (Except I distinctly remember fresh/thawed peas with the one I ate most often, and onions, and sometimes other veggies, but peas definitely.) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316/5 "2006-01-24T02:09:16Z")
Ooh! The Salad Supreme Salad! I remember that one, too. Not the one I was looking for, but a yummy reminder. (I can’t wait for summer pot-luck season to start!) Thanks! The Velveeta Olive one I remember was a creamy one, perhaps with mayonaise, and maybe cream cheese. I think I do remember peas in it, though! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-needed-velveeta-olive-salad/341316/6 "2006-01-25T15:05:09Z")
Just to bring this thread some closure, my mom finally remembered the salad in question. Here’s what she had to say about it: > [@my mom](#): > > Don’t have a recipe, only a procedure. Use elbow macaroni, Velveeta, green stuffed olives, mayo, and milk. This must be made a day ahead of time. Chop up the Velveeta and olives. Thin out the mayo with milk to really thick buttermilk. (I’m guessing, I really have no idea, I just fold in the mayo and then eyeball the milk) Don’t bother with salt, between the Velveeta and the olives, it will raise your blood pressure to blow out stage. Sorry this isn’t a real recipe. > > It’s real white trash trailor park food. Soo good and soo trashy. So it’s essentaily lumpy cold mac and cheese with olives and mayo in it! Yum! 😃