This...and it depends on where you got them from.Need to clarify, cheese curds or deep fried cheese curds? Big difference.
A good deep fried cheese curd, fresh from the fryer, does not need dipping sauce.
Mozzarella sticks are teh suck.
Inferior cheese? Cheddar is not inferior.These are basically just mozzarella sticks with inferior cheese and inferior dipping sauce, right? What am I missing here? That’s the big draw?
This x1000. If you got the ones that have been frozen with a heavy batter (Culver's is a perfect example of these) they yeah they are just meh. If you went to a local bar that has freshly made, usually deep fried in a light beer batter, those things are to die for. Most of those places that has those are dive bars in the middle of nowhere...Not the kind of places I'd expect to see a slick New Yorker like Oats hanging out. I'm guessing Otis had the Culvers variety.This...and it depends on where you got them from.
Hand breaded and actually homemade...they are going to be fantastic.
Frozen, thrown in a fryer and put in a dipping sauce...yeah, they are still going to be better than a Mozz stick, but i can see the comparison.
Fresh cheese curds...all good and squeaky and are fantastic and should never be mocked.
Last summer, in waaaaay north WI, (Eagle River, for those who know the area) I had some that were 'regular' shaped, but those were cubes that the restaurant had made by mixing the cheese with bacon. Heaven.Otis the way to tell if they are good or not were they individual oval and circle shapes with a breading similar to mozzarella sticks? If so those are the bad ones. If the basket contains pieces that resemble oval and circle shapes but stick together to form a big glob of giant goodness...those are the great ones.
Sounds amazing.Last summer, in waaaaay north WI, (Eagle River, for those who know the area) I had some that were 'regular' shaped, but those were cubes that the restaurant had made by mixing the cheese with bacon. Heaven.
That's it, I'm going back to the Great Taste next yearExcellent cheese curds look like this
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-cheese-curds-in-wisconsin/
This. Breading? Not a real cheese curd imo if it’s like what your describing.Squeak squeak
To mozzarella? There are lots of things I’m uncertain about in life. This is not one of those things.Inferior cheese? Cheddar is not inferior.
Yeah it was breaded. It was at a place called Smoky’s which I’m told is like a famous local institution in Madison.This. Breading? Not a real cheese curd imo if it’s like what your describing.
The ones I had didn’t look like those. They were breaded and fried and wanted desperately to be almost as good as mozzarella sticks.The breaded, deep-fried variety, as served at the fast-food places, are mostly greasy breading with a dollop of cheese-like substance in the middle and do indeed suck. The fancy curds served in decent restaurants are pretty good as an app. Real Wisconsin cheese curds look like this, don't come with dipping sauce, and are fantastic.
Sounds nasty. Most I have had in WI were not breaded, fresh, and quick fried.Yeah it was breaded. It was at a place called Smoky’s which I’m told is like a famous local institution in Madison.
That's a steak joint never had the curds there. Probably for the best you just had the C level curds the good ones are hard to turn down.Yeah it was breaded. It was at a place called Smoky’s which I’m told is like a famous local institution in Madison.
I have to defend our honor. Imagine someone going to New York grabbing a slice of Sbarros and saying I don't get the hype with NY style pizza. That's what Oats is doing here.Settle down cheese nerds
also just want to say I celebrate the entire cheese catalogue except for that one weird one with the maggots in it
Oats IS Michael Scott..,,.I have to defend our honor. Imagine someone going to New York grabbing a slice of Sbarros and saying I don't get the hype with NY style pizza. That's what Oats is doing here.
You should have gone to the Tornado Room, that was your first mistake. Then you could have wandered over to the Old Fashioned and had amazing curdsYeah it was breaded. It was at a place called Smoky’s which I’m told is like a famous local institution in Madison.
Blasphemy.To mozzarella? There are lots of things I’m uncertain about in life. This is not one of those things.
Great place for a steak and an old fashioned or martini. I would not think cheese curds for a place like Smoky's, but would expect them to do a decent job with them.It was at a place called Smoky’s which I’m told is like a famous local institution in Madison.
All this thread is making me want to do is drive to Wisconsin, visit the family in the appleton area...hit up the Kwik Trip when they get a delivery of curds (or Lamers Dairy near my family's house)...hop on 41 to Slinger and stop in at Helds and pick up some brats (and damn good Beef Jerky) and tailgate for no particular reason.You probably think you have had a brat after having a Johnsonville.
can confirm Eddie Whipp's and the Dyckesville Bowl are worthyExcellent cheese curds look like this
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-cheese-curds-in-wisconsin/
the first time i went to Held's was maybe 5 years agoAll this thread is making me want to do is drive to Wisconsin, visit the family in the appleton area...hit up the Kwik Trip when they get a delivery of curds (or Lamers Dairy near my family's house)...hop on 41 to Slinger and stop in at Helds and pick up some brats (and damn good Beef Jerky) and tailgate for no particular reason.
That was always our stop as a kid coming from the Fox Valley on our way to Brewers games. Brats and jerkey...Weber Smokey Joe in the trunk of the car. Perfect for a day at County Stadium.the first time i went to Held's was maybe 5 years ago
the aroma from that place is.... almost like a hallucinogen.
then when i opened the door there was a..... sheet.... of meat hanging on the wall that was about as big as a one-car garage.
amazing place. a must stop.
Wow. This is exactly what I wanted to post, but I figured most (if not all) have never heard of this town. Love that place (stayed across the street from Dycke Bowl for work a long time ago when WiDOT was expanding 57). Solid drinks too.can confirm Eddie Whipp's and the Dyckesville Bowl are worthy
You missed one, may be a bit more driving. Head up to Wittenberg (west of Shawano - wife's hometown) and hit Nueske's! One word. BACON.All this thread is making me want to do is drive to Wisconsin, visit the family in the appleton area...hit up the Kwik Trip when they get a delivery of curds (or Lamers Dairy near my family's house)...hop on 41 to Slinger and stop in at Helds and pick up some brats (and damn good Beef Jerky) and tailgate for no particular reason.
Screaming "I DECLARE...BANKRUPTCY!!!" is inevitable.Oats IS Michael Scott..,,.
Wait... What? You one of those weirdos who prefers a fresh steak over dry aged too?To mozzarella? There are lots of things I’m uncertain about in life. This is not one of those things.
hope it was summer and you got over to the Frosty Tip.. where a small soft serve cone is like a foot tall and the large is taller than my 8 year old.Wow. This is exactly what I wanted to post, but I figured most (if not all) have never heard of this town. Love that place (stayed across the street from Dycke Bowl for work a long time ago when WiDOT was expanding 57). Solid drinks too.
Yeah. It was July and the bay was nice and cool after long days in the field. I miss that place and even then, folks knew the highway expansion was the end. Sad.hope it was summer and you got over to the Frosty Tip.. where a small soft serve cone is like a foot tall and the large is taller than my 8 year old.
eta: going to Door County used to mean driving through Dyckesville. ever since the highway was built/expanded all those little towns are dying off.
that kid like any good scanny kid got those cheesecurds and died of gout at age 14 take that to the bank bromigosYears ago, I was in a Wisconsin convenience store.
A kid (probably 7-8 years old) was begging his Mom to buy him a cheese curd vs all of the candy, slurpees, etc surrounding him.
Thought I was in an alternate universe.