Do you know what a fried cheese curd is?

[frankthedm]

There is a culvers bycycle riding distance from my house, will have to try those cheese curds.

:\ 710 calories, 387 from fat, 125% of daily allowance for saturated fat, 73% daily sodium allowance....Maybe i should bicycle ride to the one in mount prospect.

 

[kenobi65]

Of course I know about fried cheese curds! I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after all...and there, we even use cheese as hats!

Culver's curds are pretty good, I agree, though maybe not quite as good as the ones you can get at mom-and-pop restaurants in Wisconsin, like Kroll's in Green Bay.

Raw (i.e., not breaded and deep-fried) cheese curds are pretty darn good, too...and they squeak when you bite into them, hence the nickname "squeak cheese."

 

[Pbartender]

:\ 710 calories, 387 from fat, 125% of daily allowance for saturated fat, 73% daily sodium allowance....Maybe i should bicycle ride to the one in mount prospect.

Come on, man... It's deep fried cheese. What did you expect?

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Culver's curds are pretty good, I agree, though maybe not quite as good as the ones you can get at mom-and-pop restaurants in Wisconsin, like Kroll's in Green Bay.

I have found this to be the case as well. The best "cheese balls" or "cheese nuggets" as they are called around here come from those mom & pop diners.

 

[The_Universe]

The same is true in South Dakota - but there's at least a reasonable chance that some of the posters here can find a Culvers, though finding a mom and pop place with fried cheese curds is going to be hit or miss.

Culvers are definitely the best of the mass-produced variety, though.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I have found this to be the case as well. The best "cheese balls" or "cheese nuggets" as they are called around here come from those mom & pop diners.

Indeed, if you ever have the joy of visiting Huron, South Dakota please take the time to visit Phoebe's. It may be the most disgusting little diner I've ever seen... but the cheese balls are to die for. And I - for one - am willing to sacrifice that which is sanitized for that which is breaded and deep fried.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

OK, so I tried these Cheese Curds at A&W last night. Well, they were ok, but not all that. I was expecting something with a bit more bite to the cheese, I guess, since they had signs up proclaiming "100% Pure Wisconson White Chedder". To me, chedder needs to have quite a bit of bite, and they just didn't have it. Sorry. I'll just have to take you rword for it that they are better elsewhere.

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Anybody got a good recipe?

I live close to an international market where I can get the best cheese.

We get fresh Italian Buffulo Mozzeralla when we make lasgna.

They also have some great Irish White Cheddar. (no offense Wisconsin).

I figure I'll have to fry the suckers myself to get trully great ones.

 

[megamania]

So - living "out east" has taught me that very few people know what a "fried cheese curd" or a "cheese ball" is.

a pending heart attack ....? :\

 

[howandwhy99]

I was living in Wisconsin for 23 years. I should hope so.

They are good, but I never had an addiction to them as I did to the normal, fresh, farm-made cheese you could get just about anywhere.