Through the years MP has made our version of it but , well , it just ain't the same. The original recipe is creamy and has a subtle smokey taste along with jalapeno. She thinks one of the secrets is the cheese that's used and how it it extruded or blended to make the texture right....in any case this stuff is so good it can make a Bulldog break his chain.
And the story goes like this : Echo Lake Lockers was started south of Soldotna about 8 miles . It was and still is a butcher shop that sold meat and processed fish and game. They had many specialty items of which tonnes of this stuff was sold annually, no doubt their most popular product. The store was started by a guy from Montana named Bob Biastock who the legend goes invented the receipt and guarded it for years before selling the recipe along with the business and moving back to Montana. We've pined away for this stuff ever since we left Alaska. We've seen similar cheeses but...it just ain't the same.
So the other day at the gym I was telling a new friend that we were going to Butte for lunch at Pork Chop John's and to buy Truzzilini Tamales....they know how to eat in Butte. He suggested we go to this place as he thinks it's the best Butcher Shop in Montana.
Western Meat Block on Dewey Street has got the goods ! Wonderful store made sausage. Gourmet cheeses and seafood etc. So we bought the ' original ' sausages, a couple Tamales and what I did spot in a special display built this .....At Echo Lake Lockers Bob always had samples but yesterday we had to wait until we got home. MP hadn't been in door 5 minutes when it was open and she got out the chips. she looked at me and said ' do you suppose this could be it ' ? AND Yahtzee ....IT IS !