{"id":407076,"date":"2026-08-15T04:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407076\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T04:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:48:27","slug":"el-paso-came-to-the-rescue-over-a-forgotten-queso-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407076\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Came to the Rescue Over a Forgotten Queso Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My doomscrolling finally paid off!<\/p>\n<p>As someone who is chronically on TikTok, I spend way too much time scrolling through videos. But every once in a while, the algorithm gives me something genuinely heartwarming. This time, it gave me an El Paso story worthy of its own good news segment.<\/p>\n<p>It all started with a woman on TikTok, who goes by Shanny Panties, a forgotten queso recipe and a woman from El Paso she hadn&#8217;t spoken to in years. Stay with me here because it\u2019s such a great story!<\/p>\n<p>A Forgotten Queso Recipe Sparked a TikTok Search in El Paso<\/p>\n<p>In a series of videos, Shanny turned to TikTok hoping someone could help her. In her first video, Shanny had a very specific request: She needed help finding a woman named Melissa from El Paso. And the reason was incredibly important:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Queso.<\/p>\n<p>Shanny explained that Melissa had shown her how to make queso back in 2013, but 13 years later, she couldn&#8217;t remember the recipe!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, if you&#8217;re still thinking about someone&#8217;s queso more than a decade later, I understand why this became a mission!<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/hot-cheetos-cookie-el-paso-bakeries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> El Paso Bakeries Could Make a Better Hot Cheetos Cookie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>El Pasoans Helped TikTok Reconnect the Two Women<\/p>\n<p>As usual, El Paso came to the rescue and delivered!<\/p>\n<p>Just one day later, Shanny returned with an update. Melissa&#8217;s daughter had been sent the video, showed it to her mom and Melissa called Shanny!<\/p>\n<p>That alone would have made this a great little internet story, but what happened afterward made it even sweeter.<\/p>\n<p>In a third video, Shanny thanked the 915 for helping her search and talked about how welcomed she felt by the community.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m biased, but I loved that part.<\/p>\n<p>A bunch of El Pasoans saw someone looking for a woman from our city and helped get that video to exactly the right person. It&#8217;s almost like a Lifetime movie!<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/el-paso-pellicano-name-pronunciation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Popular El Paso Street Just Started a Pronunciation Debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now El Paso Needs That Queso Recipe<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, one extremely important piece of unfinished business.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT IS IN THE QUESO?!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thrilled Shanny found Melissa. I love that El Pasoans helped make it happen. I&#8217;m happy my doomscrolling led me to something that actually made me smile.<\/p>\n<p>But you can&#8217;t tell us about an El Paso queso recipe so good that you&#8217;re still thinking about it 13 years later and then leave us hanging!<\/p>\n<p>If Melissa is from El Paso and Shanny hasn&#8217;t forgotten that queso since 2013, you KNOW it has to be good.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa and Shanny, we&#8217;re happy you found each other. Now please, for the sake of El Paso, give us the queso recipe!<\/p>\n<p>These El Paso Enchilada Spots Got the Most Local Love<\/p>\n<p>Consider this your next El Paso foodie adventure. Locals shared the restaurants they love when an enchilada craving hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Joanna Barba<\/p>\n<p>16 El Paso Dive Bars That Keep the Good Times Rolling<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to dive bars, El Pasoans know their favorites. 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