lukethedrifter wrote:But are they still cheese curds when they're fried? I mean, I know they are but I thought the squeakiness was the thing. And if they're fried, do you know if they didn't just give you a small fried regular cheese? And does it matter?
I never even thought about the squeakiness, personally. That seems to be something that non-'Sconnie people notice more than people from Wisconsin. I just thought it was neat that there were tiny little cheese leavin's that could be eaten like popcorn.
I would venture that Wisconsin's cheese obsession has something like the Bavarian Purity Law or whatever to prevent cheese curd fraud.
lukethedrifter wrote:But are they still cheese curds when they're fried? I mean, I know they are but I thought the squeakiness was the thing. And if they're fried, do you know if they didn't just give you a small fried regular cheese? And does it matter?
I never even thought about the squeakiness, personally. That seems to be something that non-'Sconnie people notice more than people from Wisconsin. I just thought it was neat that there were tiny little cheese leavin's that could be eaten like popcorn.
I would venture that Wisconsin's cheese obsession has something like the Bavarian Purity Law or whatever to prevent cheese curd fraud.
Sure, it's likely some intrinsic Wisconsinite quality to not lie about cheese but I'm starting to see fried cheese curds on menus down this way and I'm a skeptic.
Funny this thread was started today - just put Mrs Rad on a plane to Wisco this morning. She introduced me to cheese curds. We met in Milwaukee and on our first trip to the Northwoods to see her family, we stopped at some obscure cheese factory on the way up. They pulled fresh cheese curds right out of the vats for us - still warm. I've been hooked ever since. In fact that may be the main reason I married her.
What are your suggestions for a guy like me that needs to pop his cheese curd eating cherry? Aside from the warm contents of a Wisconsin dairy vat, where should I get that first local cheese curd bite?
StL Dan wrote:What are your suggestions for a guy like me that needs to pop his cheese curd eating cherry? Aside from the warm contents of a Wisconsin dairy vat, where should I get that first local cheese curd bite?
Granted, they aren't Wisconsin brands or Wisconsin made, but I've been seeing them more and more in some of the area Schnuckseses. Both Hampton Village and the Clayton Schnucks carry some brand made here in Missouri.
