Cheese curds are a regional delicacy of Wisconsin (but apparently also of Michigan, upstate NY, and parts of Canada), and they are just the best, most wonderful, most comforting cheese ever. I remember the first time I had them. It was one weekend years back when my friend N and I were visiting our friend Q in Milwaukee. We decided to do some grocery shopping for our girly weekend and, lo and behold, my love for cheese curds was born. Some people get turned off by the squeaky chewiness, but oh man, that’s what makes them soooo delicious. After that weekend, there is not one time that I’ve been to Wisconsin without getting cheese curds. (I’ve gotten them at grocery stores, gas stations, and this past weekend at a cheese factory—yay!).
If you have not yet experienced this wonderfulness, my heart breaks for you—though I think Whole Foods and other specialty stores carry them. If you do get the chance to have them, please eat them at room temperature because that’s when they’re the most soft, squeaky, and amazing. Battered and fried is pretty darn good too. ;) And if you’ve ever had poutine, I am fiercely jealous of you. My friend Q went to Canada recently and had this sinful Quebecois dish of French fries, cheese curds, and beef gravy and—knowing my love for cheese curds and disgustingly fatty foods—pretty much called me to rub it in. *heavy, heavy sigh* I’ll get to Quebec one day, people. One day . . . *dreamy look*
If I didn't have some of these in the refrigerator, this picture could potentially make me cry.
This picture does make me cry. It actually hurts me to look at this.
7 comments:
yo jihan you should be a food critic...im so hungry right now and i want to go to whole foods immediately and look for some cheese curds, they sound so good arghhhh (homer simpson drool)
Haha. I'd love to get paid to eat, Francis, but I'd be a horrible food critic because I pretty much eat anything. ;) Now taste testing or hosting the female version of Man vs. Food might be a better option for me. Haha. And oh man, I just thought of something. Cheese curds would be AWESOME on pizza!! Or just microwaved for like 10 seconds. *homer simpson drooling also*
So I'm guessing you've had poutine (that last picture) which is the only time I eat cheese curds. hahah the word.. CURDS sounds so weird to me so i dont' like eating cheese curds. maybe you'll have to get me some good stuff
Haha. Hannah, I haven't tried poutine yet. That picture is from a popular poutine restaurant in Quebec that I found online. Have you had it?? It doesn't sound like you've enjoyed it very much though. :\ Is it the word "curd?" Or is the texture? I need to understand the problem before I come up with a proper diagnosis and treatment. ;)
Oops. I have this tendency to skim through the blog and look at the pictures, so I assumed you ate poutine.
I LOVE POUTINE.
I lived in Montreal for a year, which is in Quebec, and it was a regular for me as a child. So I love it. However I've never eaten cheese curds apart from poutine.
Its the word 'curd' that makes me feel weird.
Hmmm, why don't we try to make our own poutine!
Oh, thank goodness! Haha. And, yes, let's make it!! I was actually thinking of doing that because the ingredients seem pretty simple and I probably won't be going to Canada for awhile. Yay! I am sooooo excited...
poutine looks amazing
i wondered if you would like this article when i came across it
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/28/style/28bacon.php
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