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Serve with popcorn sprinkled on top! Use popcorn instead of crackers. Have fun!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 cups prepared chicken broth, or 4 boullion cubes prepared with 4 cups water
1 cup half-and-half
1 pound Velveeta, or 16 ounces Cheese Whiz
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
2-3 drops yellow food coloring

Instructions

Melt butter with flour until blended. Stir five minutes over low heat. Slowly add broth and half-and-half. If needed, put in blender and blend until smooth. Mix until smooth and thick. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add remaining ingredients; simmer at least 15 minutes longer, stirring frequently.


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1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.




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