Had to look up the song:

• “Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts”
• “Mutilated monkey meat”
• “Dirty little birdie feet”
• “French fried eyeballs rolling down a dirty street”
• “And me without my spoon”

🤢

No bologna for me. I tend to keep dips very simple. Spinach-artichoke dip (hot) is about as complicated as i get.

All I can think is 'ew.'

And I know that greasy grimy song very well, but with slightly different lyrics - including 'French fried eyeballs rolling down a dirty street - that's what I had for lunch' 😃

Our “French fried eyeballs ” were “swimming in a pool of blood”

And our last line was ”Oops I forgot my spoon, but I brought my straw.”

That song and dip gross me out! The most unusual dip I make these days is an edamame wasabi dip. It's nice because it's dairy free and works for vegetarians/vegans/lactose intolerant, etc. And it's delicious with rice crackers for gluten free. I've posted the recipe before. For vegan, I just eliminate the honey, or you could use a little maple syrup. edited to add that I forgot to say that I use lime juice instead of vinegar.

Yes - I know the spoon and straw variation as well.

There's also an line about 'little dirty birdy feet'...

OK -- I will have a new earworm until I find a way to replace it -- and I tried to ignore allthat. I wouldn't touch that dip -- not big on bologna and really not big on mayo, so.... I had one bite of a dip someone RAVED about at a group function -- all I remember is it was made with dried beef and it was about as pleasant as eating mulch in mayo. Putting similar ingredients in jello doesn't make them a salad either.

I've sung the praises of this one before. So good!

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012617-pea-dip-with-parmesan

Oh and for something to dip, I love these. I have only ever had them on flights, but yesterday I saw them at HomeSense. Yum

Remember the cartoon about Sheep Dip? (Larson)

enter Sheep Dip Cartoons into your search engine. There are oodles.

I’ve probably posted this before…really simple favorite from way back. The original recipe called for chopped clams instead of the chiles. I tweaked it!

2 jars Kraft Old English (5 oz. each)
12 oz. cream cheese, room temp.
2 cans diced green chiles (4 oz. each), drained
About 1/3 cup chopped green onion (or to taste)

Nuke Old English and cream cheese in microwave to melt; stir well to combine. Add green chiles and onion, heat another couple minutes. Stir again making sure cheeses are completely blended. Serve warm or room temp. with tortilla chips.

ETA - Maybe not interesting but it’s good!

I’m quite fond of sweet corn relish mixed with cream cheese.

We used to have a meat market in town, the parking lot was in back, which was higher than the storefront on the street. Mom would take us in that back door, we’d go down the ramp and see the butchers moving the sides of beef etc well I won’t go into detail, but we knew that in the storefront, Mom would get the household meat and we’d each get a slice of bologna, rolled up. from the butcher. A treat!

Our song had slightly different lyrics, but no matter what, it sure was fun to sing.

Ewww, I haven’t thought of that song in years! We not only brought our straws, we mimicked the sound of slurping with them at the end. No to bologna.

I don’t make dips very often, but I like buffalo chicken dip, and spinach artichoke is my favorite.

We would sing a line about “concentrated birdy’s feet and me without my spoon”

Another delightful childhood song was ” leprosy, its crawling all over me, I droppedmy eyeball right in your highball. “

Getting back to dips, I plan to try a version of Love Dip that we had at the TX GTG, for book club. It was delicious!

https://www.diprecipecreations.com/texas-love-dip/

😂 I’m going to be teaching that song to my Sprites tonight, I guarantee!

Glad you liked it Ded, I did too. Thanks for the recipe. I though it tasted like a salsa and ranch dip mashup, but milder.

That CM love dip is addicting. I’ve seen recipes for it but haven’t made it. I have bought plenty of it, though. Let us know how it turns out, Ded.

Ded, you taught me something. I live in Texas and shop at HEB but had never heard of love dip. Sounds like pico de gallo blended into cream cheese. I'd try it.

I created this recipe when I was in Texas and made a huge batch for a student ASID meeting when I was in design school at UT Austin:

Texas Bean Dip

• 1-1/3 cup dried pinto (or red) beans
• 1/2 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 tbsp cumin
• 2/3 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
• 1 can RoTel tomatoes (10 oz.) or similar tomatoes, diced with green chilies
• 1 Serrano or jalapeño chilie, coarsely chopped (or 1 dried chile de árbol)
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 1 tbsp soup base—vegetable or beef (or 1/2 tsp salt, to taste)

Cook the beans your preferred method – I've been using a pressure cooker lately and follow the instructions that came with it. Drain the beans after cooking and discard most of the water.
Place all of the ingredients in a food processor and process until the beans are pureed. I remove the seeds from the chilies but they do not affect the flavor. Add some of the bean cooking water if it comes out too thick, but you should not need more than a couple of tablespoons.
Serve warm or cold with tortilla chips.

I made this often and use it to make a lot of other dishes, including migas, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, etc.

The HEB dip reminded me of Mexican Street Corn dip, which is delicious. Most Texas grocery stores carry a version, but it’s easy to do homemade, too.

The Kroger one is very good:

A different take on guacamole — smash up avocado and add just enough mayo or Miracle Whip to make it creamy, but not so much you taste it over the avocado. Top with garlic powder and chili powder.

Lars, I saved your recipe a while back and still want to try it. It sounds so good.

I can't think of any 'meat' dip I'd want to eat nowadays, but then I rarely eat dip anyway.

Haven't had clam dip in ages, but I did like it once I finally overcame an aversion to the name and tried it, and after that I made it often. I also used to make a sort mock one using veggie bac'un bits, strained yoghurt or sour cream, mayo, chopped scallions and Worcestershire.

My extended family's 2 big faves are smoked fish spread and pimento cheese spread. I prefer my own home made versions of those.

I used to make a yummy and very high calorie nacho cheese dip too - American cheese, mayo and salsa melted together.

Never heard of that song,lol. Never heard of that "dip".

CarolbCarole, do you have a favorite smoked fish spread recipe? Ive had it, but so far my own attempts have been disappointing. i like smoked trout.

I cant imagine a dip based on bologna.

I remember the great green globs song but we had a different version that did not include fried eyeballs. I dont remember what it was though

patriciae

Patriciae, from what I read, the recipe was mentioned several times by those in poverty. I think there were old timey recipes that used what was available, and what people could make or buy at that time, when they did not have much.

Had to bump this back up because i just finished making the Love Dip from the TX GTG. It tastes very close to what we had. Recipe above. Tomatoes are kind of wan at this time of the year, so i used the small sweet ones.

I tried making it in the blender so i didnt have to haul out the food processor. Big mistake. I ended up blending it in batches in my mini processor. Made twice the mess as needed! Book club is tomorrow night so i will let this cool its heels in the fridge overnight. Hope they like it as much as i do. The recipe makes a big batch, so my son will be getting some, Im sure.

Here it is in the unfancy bowl. It looks pinker IRL. Maybe i can get a better pic later.

Heres the mess I made!

We sang that song in summer camp but had to do it on the QT because the camp director did not think it was very ladylike . (She also made us eat pizza and fried chicken with forks and knives 😎 ) I did not know a dip made from baloney existed 🤢

We are not huge dip fans here except for homemade caramelized onion dip. I would def make rhe love dip for parties if I could substitute some other ingredient for cilantro, which is not allowed over my threshold. Any suggestions?