Do you know what a fried cheese curd is?

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

So - living "out east" has taught me that very few people know what a "fried cheese curd" or a "cheese ball" is. I find this fact very, very sad as cheese balls happen to be like my FAVORITE food of all time.

Just wondering how many of you have experienced the pure delight that is a cheddar cheese ball that has been battered and fried?

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Ahhh yes they are one of my wife's fav foods as well. I like them alot myself, but not to the extent she does. Of course, I live in Iowa, so anything deep-fried WILL be found here LOL

 

[der_kluge]

I previously lived in the midwest, and this is not a phenomenon I am familiar with. I mean, I've ordered fried mozzarella sticks at Italian restaurants, but this must be something different...

 

[Henry]

I mean, I've ordered fried mozzarella sticks at Italian restaurants, but this must be something different...

Sounds like the same principle, but with cheddar instead of mozzarella, unless I'm mistaken.

 

[Lasher Dragon]

I suppose you could look at it that way, but IMO they are much, much better than mozz sticks.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I suppose you could look at it that way, but IMO they are much, much better than mozz sticks.

Amen to that!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Just wondering how many of you have experienced the pure delight that is a cheddar cheese ball that has been battered and fried?

Nope, never had that experience. But it does sound like something I'd like, since I happen to believe that Chedder needs it's own food group.

 

[Torm]

Just wondering how many of you have experienced the pure delight that is a cheddar cheese ball that has been battered and fried?

Darn right! There's a place in Greenfield, Missouri called Red's and another called Dairy Isle, both of which carry the wonderful little heart cloggers that you refer to. We get some any time we go to visit my dad, and my wife, who is native to South Carolina and had never had them before I took her up there, brings them up every few weeks or so, wishing we could have some. The closest thing around here is jalapeno poppers. But of course, those have jalapeno in them. :\

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Darn right! There's a place in Greenfield, Missouri called Red's and another called Dairy Isle, both of which carry the wonderful little heart cloggers that you refer to. We get some any time we go to visit my dad, and my wife, who is native to South Carolina and had never had them before I took her up there, brings them up every few weeks or so, wishing we could have some. The closest thing around here is jalapeno poppers. But of course, those have jalapeno in them. :\

I don't know what it is: I like jalapenos, I like cheese balls, but I really don't like jalapeno poppers w/cheddar. Much prefer the cream cheese ones.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Oh... I'm SO HUNGRY!

I've been craving cheese balls all day... going to try to make them tonight. Wish me luck!