Thursday is cheese curd day
Michael August 23rd, 2007
It used to be that you could only get cheese curds one day a week. For the little store in our neighborhood, that day was Thursday. The curds would come in the early afternoon and by 5:00, they where usually gone. Lovers of the curds squeaky goodness would quickly grab them up. When cheese factories where smaller and more prevelant, you could only get the curds when they where actually making cheese.
Nowadays you can find cheese curds just about everywhere. Almost all the small factories have closed and the large cheese factories are making cheese every day of the week. The local mega grocery store has a table near the entrance just about continuously. Or I can drive to the local cheese factory and get a bag whenever they’re open.
Now its even easier to find cheese curds with the new Chese Curd Crawl map from www.eatcurds.com. The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board put together a very nice site with the history of curds, how to find them, and cheese curd recipes.
Download the map and get ready to take a trip; there’s nothing better than biting into a hot squeaky one fresh from the vat.
A nice story about curds can be found on the Milwaukee Journal site.