Do you know what a fried cheese curd is?

[Lasher Dragon]

Well good luck then.

Can you purchase cheese curds where you live? After that, pick a decent breading mix and you should be good to go. One warning - they take very little time to fry; fry 'em too long and you'll have a bunch of empty breading balls LOL

 

[Jaws]

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.

Same here.


Peace and smiles

j. (Wishing that people in California were called Cheeseheads instead)

 

[Mercule]

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

Yup. About the size of popcorn shrimp. Breaded, and without the herbs.

MMM....

 

[Raging Epistaxis]

I think I know what you are talking about.
Aren't they the cheese balls where the good ones squeak when you bite into them? Or am I thinking of something else. Maybe before they are fried?

Anyhow, yum!

R E

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Well good luck then.

Can you purchase cheese curds where you live? After that, pick a decent breading mix and you should be good to go. One warning - they take very little time to fry; fry 'em too long and you'll have a bunch of empty breading balls LOL

I found this today - can't wait to try it out:

Fried Cheese

Vegetable oil
1 c. Bisquick baking mix
1/2 c. milk
1 egg
1 lb. Monterey Jack, Cheddar,
American, Swiss or Mozzarella
cheese
Bisquick baking mix

Cut cheese into 3/4 inch cubes. Heat oil (2 inches deep) in deep fryer
or saucepan to 375 degrees. Beat 1 cup baking mix, milk and egg with
hand beater (or fork) until smooth. Coat cheese cubes lightly with dry
baking mix and insert round wooden pick in each cube. Dip into batter,
covering cheese completely. Fry several cubes at a time, turning
carefully until golden brown (1 to 2 minutes). Drain on paper towel.
Makes about 45.

 

[Lasher Dragon]

MMMmm now I am getting hungry LOL. Speaking of localised foods, it's mushroom season here. I can't wait. Anyone else had good, fried Morel mushrooms?

 

[Tewligan]

I think I know what you are talking about.
Aren't they the cheese balls where the good ones squeak when you bite into them? Or am I thinking of something else. Maybe before they are fried?

Anyhow, yum!

R E

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of mice.

 

[trancejeremy]

I bet these go great with Wholphin...

 

[Raging Epistaxis]

Mice? Nah they scream when you bite them. And bite back!

Yeah, ok. I guess I kinda asked for that. Background: when my oldest brother was getting his masters degree at UW-LaCrosse he found somewhere to get chunks of cheese that ranged from marble-sized to 2-3 inches.

IIRC, they were some by-product of the manufacture of cheese. Thing is, when you bit into them, they made this faint squeaking noise due to the firmness/internal structure of the cheese. They were quite tasty, and odd to eat.

The more I think about it, I am pretty sure they were called cheese curds, but not fried. Perhaps they were a specific kind of cheese. Oh Well.

R E

 

[Pbartender]

Oh, yes, fried cheese curds... One of the staples of the Minnesota State Fair when I was growing up, along side Turkey Drumsticks, Fresh Lemonade, Honey Ice Cream, Walleye on a Stick and Milk That You Just Watched Come Out of a Cow.

Yum.

Really... The only way you could make them better would be to wrap them in bacon and dip them in melted butter.

I moved down toward Chicago about 7 years ago, and it's really hard to find them around here. Everybody down here makes mozzerella sticks instead.