Interesting. elfbabe says she can’t stand the milk she gets in Ottawa, and binges on our local product when she comes home to Wisconsin.
I’ve had poutine, it’s okay. Fries weren’t done enough, whole thing wasn’t hot enough, but I got the idea.
But fresh Wisconsin cheese curds are to die for! I like the cheddar ones seasoned with dill. My local cheese factory makes them every Monday. They’ll only keep for about a week, so dig in fast.
Who the heck buys their cheese in a grocery store? Doesn’t everyone have at least one cheese factory within a few miles of their home?
You can buy cheese curd at Wegman’s. I don’t know if there’s one out your way, but there’s one in Hunt Valley. Let me know next time you’ll be in town, and I’ll make you some poutine. It’s a lot better than you would expect.
I’ve had it with mild white cheddar instead of Canadian Curds. It was pretty good. Can’t imagine why anyone would use cottage cheese. Might as well pour on Cheese Whiz.
Some years ago, my boss and I went on a trip to Wisconsin. At dinner, I expressed surprise that they brought butter with the bread. He informed me that in Wisconsin, you have to ask for margarine.
OK, I just scrunched up my face and went “eeeewwwww!” There is nothing that could make me put that concoction in my mouth. Gross doesn’t begin to describe it…
The grocery stores near us carry cheese from the local cheese factories. Heck, even the gas stations near us carry cheese from the local cheese factories.
Well, if you’re ever in Monterey, California there’s an Irish-ey pub on Lighthouse avenue called Bulldog’s which serves up a big bowl of fries and a curry sauce that is amazing, and I’d stack it up against poutine or chili fries anytime.
Okay, I’m willing to give Wisconsin the benefit of the doubt for dairy - your state is known for it, after all. Nevada dairy - not good. Not good at all.
Cool! I’ve heard great things about cheese curds and I’ve been dying to try them. Is it not true that the curds have to be made fresh that day or else they lose their squeekiness? I’ve got a condo in Utah, so I’ll look for them there the next time I’m there. I’m going to Minnesota in a month. Can I get them there?
I think poutine sounds delicious. It’s kind of lame to diss something you’ve never tried.
I was introduced to poutine last year on my trip to Ottawa and needless to say, I fell in love with it. I wouldn’t eat it but maybe one time a year but for a bit I was trying to figure out how to smuggle the ingredients across the boarder.
I saw a British miniseries a few years ago. It was set in the US, and in one scene the main characters were in some sort of diner, and one of them asked for “French fries with gravy”, and the waitress knowingly said, “Oh, you mean ‘wets’”. Must be a common thing if it’s got its own name - well at least relatively common. Maybe that saw SoCal - I think it might have been, from memory.
