Ok... I decided to share with you the family secret of goop. I hope that you aren't too dissapointed to see how easy it is to actually make. I asked my dad the other day where the recipe came from and he said that our grandmother had read it in a magazine when he was a boy. The original recipe also had pistachios in it, but the goop I grew up with never had pistachios. Apparently because of the supply and demand at the time pistachios were extremely expensive. While I do like to eat pistachios, I do not like it in my goop.
Goop recipe:
two packages 8oz cream cheese
two cloves pressed fresh garlic (garlic lovers might want to add more!)
two heaping tablespoons sour cream
one bunch green onions chopped
In a large bowl add cream cheese, pressed garlic and sour cream. Mix with electric mixer until combined and creamy. Add chopped green onions and mix just until green onions are equally dispersed in the goop. (If you mix the green onions for two long, your goop will turn green.... YUCK!) Refrigerate (if it makes it to the fridge) for a couple of hours for best taste. Eat with pretzles.
Some advice... If you are trying to make it lower calorie, you can use the 1/3 fat cream cheese. I use one package of 1/3 fat cream cheese and one package of full fat cream cheese myself. You can use nonfat cream cheese, but the taste is terrible to me.
Please do not try to substitute the fresh garlic with garlic powder or garlic from a jar. You will not get the same flavor. All ingredients should be as fresh as possible for optimal taste.
Some of my relatives will eat goop with other kinds of chips. My dad likes corn chips, and some people like regular potato chips. My sister and I prefer to stick to pretzels which is how we always ate it as kids. My mom likes to use goop instead of mayonaise on her BLT sandwich.
Let me know how it turns out!
