I love dairy, anything from a cow, I love it! But curds are my favorite, they are the cats meow, and an outrageous explosion of Wisconsin pride, warm cheese and delight in my mouth. My mom's favorite story to tell is on my 3rd birthday I didn't want any cake, I just wanted a huge cheese curd! When I didn't get my wish I started to scream and cry until my dad went out and got me a fresh batch. I've loved curds my whole life, and my roommates just don’t understand! Any suggestions how I can turn these non-believers?
M. Valaskey, Madison, IL
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I remember my first curd like it was yesterday. Growing up in Madison I to remember going to the farmmers market and buying a pack and eating them all day and then getting sick on them. Then I was parted from the cheese and moved to Jersey. Now I live in Philly sooooo far away from the cheesy goodness it's hard for me to get back to my "roots". but yes, I have been back and I don't leave without at least 5 or 6 lbs of the stuff because it is my childhood.
B. Bryant, Philadelphia, PA
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I love Cheese Curds! Growing up in Madison, I had a blast going to the Farmers' Market every Saturday. When I was a small boy I used to fill my belly with all the awesome-delicious cheese from the different dairies and farms. My brother and I would eat free samples all morning until we thought we might BURST! Now that I am older I think I love cheese curds EVEN MORE! Hopefully I will never grow tired of cheese curds because that would be bad. Still, my favorite thing to eat with cheese curds...MORE CHEESE CURDS!
R. Mason, Milwaukee, WI
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I can well remember my first curd. My husband came home from a business trip and brought me back a happy. Living in Mississippi, I had never seen a cheese curd before and I was skeptical about the happy. I put one in my mouth and bit down on it. Squeak!! The more I chewed the more it squeaked. The flavor was divine and that texture so unique. I was hooked on cheese curds.
B. Arbuthnot, Clinton, WI
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We'd go buy fresh curds bright and early every Saturday morning when I was growing up. I don't think the bag ever made it all the way home.
We still go get curds and sausage every Saturday morning when I get home to visit my mom. Great memories!
J. Feldman, Eau Claire, WI
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My first curds were fried at the MN State Fair. But my first fresh curds were in Wisconsin during a cross-country trip. Heavenly squeaky cheese! We stopped at dairies across the state to replenish our curd supply. My most recent curd experience was in Sonoma County. VERY disappointing! The dairyman explained that CA health code requires them to refrigerate, destroying the whole curd experience as far as I’m concerned. When I visit my brother in Minne (next year after his twins are born), I’m hopping across the border to a Wisconsin dairy for some truly fresh curd and some butter jack! Mmmmm
L. O'Hara, Pacifica, WI
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I was going to a party and didn't know what to bring. So I strung cheese curds onto necklaces and handed them out to select people. It was hilarious to see people ask if they could eat a cheese curd from a necklace.
P. Weiner, Arlington, WI
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I'm from Iowa. We have great dairy products in Iowa, but somehow, I never nibbled squeaky curds until I came to Wisconsin. The first time I truly understood that squeaky curds really squeak was when I purchased a fresh bag of curds at Cheesers on Main Street in Stoughton.
I would chew a curd, and it would squeak, and squeak, and squeak, each time a bit different as the mastications reduced the curd to tiny squeaking crumbles.
Now I'm addicted. I love to eat them fresh and hear them squeak. I do confess, though, that I also like to melt them over tortilla chips for nachos.
C. Schnekloth, Stoughton, WI
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I had never had a cheese curd until last year when I went octoberfest in Chippewa Falls. Some nice people I met at the Leinie tent said I should try some curds at the curd stand. They were great. I will be tailgating next week in Pittsburg ,Ks and am having curds shipped in to share with my friends.
S. Narrell, Joplin, WI
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When my children were little we used to stop at cheese houses throughout the state, always hoping to sample the squeaky fresh cheese curds. Now that the kids are all grown up, my husband and I still love sharing a bag of fresh curds on camping trips. Nothing is better than fresh air and fresh cheese curds!!
L. Finger, Clyman, WI
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