Canadians: A question for you

[mikey3000]

We've had an early winter on the prairies but I'm not about to start eating cheese curds.

You're from Winnipeg? Man, all my family is out there. Winnipeg, Transcona, Beausejour, Cook's Creek, Dauphin, Morris. Fun place.

 

[xbuzzerx]

You're from Winnipeg? Man, all my family is out there. Winnipeg, Transcona, Beausejour, Cook's Creek, Dauphin, Morris. Fun place.

Speaking of Transcona, Dal's is good.

 

[voyager1994]

Heard about it but not sure if I've tried it...is that some kind of food that heats up the body during cold winters (like in Quebec)?

 

[xbuzzerx]

Grats, Johann! I never had the nerve to try it while in Canada, you'll have to let your fellow AMericans know how it is.

 

[gsdx]

Just remember to bite into a piece before you make it. If it squeaks, it's fresh. If it's like biting into regular cheese, it isn't. I won't really change the flavour, but it isn't as much fun to eat. (Oh, yeah. It's very, very salty.)

 

[Benvolio]

It's really nothing more than pressed cottage cheese. The small curds of cottage cheese are pressed so that the whey is squeezed out. Cottage cheese is your typical 'curds and whey'.

In the US you can buy dry cottage cheese, just the moist curds without the milk or cream. Would that be like a cheese curd?

 

[gsdx]

In the US you can buy dry cottage cheese, just the moist curds without the milk or cream. Would that be like a cheese curd?

I've never heard of dry cottage cheese, but that's pretty-much all that cheese curds are.

 

[gsdx]

Question: do I melt the cheese curds first?

No. They will melt with the hot fries and gravy.

 

[mikey3000]

Speaking of Transcona, Dal's is good.

What's Dal's? A restaurant or something?

 

[xbuzzerx]

What's Dal's? A restaurant or something?

Pizza place in Transcona. Very good.

- - - Updated - - -

Well, I made the poutine today.

I feel ashamed to admit that because I used a cheap bouillon cube, the dish tasted too salty. Moral of the story: don't scrimp! Use either chef's quality beef stock, or just buy brown gravy.

Except for this, however, I found the flavor absolutely excellent. The bouquet of flavors works very well. Americans, you could call it a close cousin of chili cheese fries.

I think it deserves more attention in the States as a excellent choice for a midday or late-night snack. Folks, try it! You won't have to spend a lot of money.

Pictures promised; pictures undelivered.

 

[xbuzzerx]

^I apologize for that, Buzzer. I beg your indulgence.

When I promised pictures, I'd forgotten that my only way of posting pictures is through my laptop's webcam. That won't work very well for something horizontal, it only works well for something you hold vertically.

I apologize.

I was only scruffing you Johann. I did actually see poutine in Canada, I just always meant to order and try it sooner or later and never got around to it. Was pretty bummed when I left and realized I'd forgotten to do that. Oh well, there's always next up: Vancouver.

 

[genthree]

Cheese curds are readily available in the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Upper Michigan) and considered a delicacy there.

Last trip 'home" I picked up 5 pounds of the stuff and put it in my checked baggage.

They are gone already (the trip was 4 weeks ago). :

Fried Cheese Curds are awesomely awesome (Cheese curds, dipped in batter and deep fried, crunchy on the outside, warm and melty and gooey on the inside...)

This post was made posthumously !

 

[bankside]

You're from Winnipeg? Man, all my family is out there. Winnipeg, Transcona, Beausejour, Cook's Creek, Dauphin, Morris. Fun place.

I've been to all of those places except Dauphin.