I went and did it…I invented a new campfire food you simply must try…if you’re in or near Wisconsin.
Take one fresh cheese curd. Skewer said cheese curd with a roasting fork. Toast the skewered cheese curd over the fire until it is brown and crunchy on the outside and the butterfat is all melted and runny. Eat directly off roasting fork. Reload and repeat. mmmmmMMMMMMMmmmmmmm
Note: this should only be tried with the freshest of cheese curds, if you aren’t within spittin’ distance of a cheese vat when you get it…you probably shouldn’t try it.
Where can this cheese curd stuff be found south of the Arctic Circle, or whatever Wisconsin and Canada are north of?
I’ve never seen it in stores. I live in a major metropolitan area with an incredibly diverse population. I can get fruit that looks like shrunken heads, parts of animals I never knew existed, unknown stuff in packages with unintelligible gobblygoop written on them, and the cheese! There’s every sort of cheese, it seems, but I’ve never seen cheese curds in a grocery store. Are they behind the counter with the cold medicine, rubbers and Gillette Mach 3 Turbo blades?!?
Wow, nothing screams “I live in a climate colder than you and must maintain my winter coat” louder than “Hey, let’s roast bacon and cheese over an open fire until the fat turns liquid.”
Actually roasting them over a camp fire (even with the bacon) is a bit more healthful than the tranditioinal serving method: deep fried and served with ranch dip. Thats right folks we’re going to take dairy fat, bread it, deep fry it and serve it with yet more dairy fat. Yumm…
Hey. Cheese curds are the primary reason to visit the Wisconsin State Fair, ok, Mr. “I come from a city where they put brown sugar in the chili, then serve it over pasta with little baby hotdogs”.
And look what you made me, an Illinoisan do - defend a Wisconsin tradition. Now I have to go flagellate myself…
I’ve been meaning to experiment with another Wisconsin staple… the bratwurst. How about this: slice a brat into one-inch pieces, dip in beer batter, deep fry to a golden brown. Serve with hot mustard and sour cream and other good stuff.
Hmmm, they may need to be pre-cooked a bit though.
Well, of course. I was born and raised in Iowa, and so I know that the only answer to the question “Do you want ham on that?” is “Yeah!” (unless it’s dessert). The moment when I identified best with Homer was the line “Mmmm… unexplained bacon…”
:eek: I just had a thought: Somebody needs to go order a slice of apple pie with a side of bacon and report back. I mean, we know that cheese goes with apple pie, we know that apples go with pork, so the pie & bacon combo might…just…work.
(I’m totally serious. I’d try it myself if I had any pie. Or bacon, for that matter.)
When I was a wee little Marli, my family visited some distant relatives in Wisconsin. They took us to a dairy and fed us yummy delicious squeaky fresh cheese curds.
I’ve never had them since.
Excuse me, I’m going to go weep for my lost youth now…
That sounds great xbuckeye. I’m going camping this weekend and was meaning to look for menu items here and up pops your thread. I guess for the full Wisconsin experience, I need a Leinies to wash it down with. (Pardon my slobber).
