Let's Talk BBQ
Cured Meats & Food Preservation => Cured meats & Food Preservation => COLD SMOKING! => Topic started by: muralboy on February 08, 2016, 09:43:53 AM
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Went up North for what could be the last good weekend of sledding. Picked up about 5 lbs of curds - reserved 3 lbs for smoking.
Fired up the Big Kahuna with apple wood chunks. Smoked for 2 hours, overnight in the fridge and then vac sealed. Now the long 2-3 weeks of waiting.
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Linenkugel, gravlox and smoked cheese curds.....that is my favorite for winters up North with my kids..... ;)
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Looks good Mb! Gonna have to try smoking curds real soon!
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Sounds good! I need to get some cheese cold smoked. This time it won't be in the Red Box Smoker.
Art
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I see some poutine in your future
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Oh, no... the waiting.
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Yum!
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Looks good!!! I love the cheese curds just as a snack or in poutine. I have never had real fresh curds, the ones I can get don't have any crunch to them. Don
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I was just reminded that we are going to New Glarus on Sunday. So we will definitely grab a few bags of curds to smoke.
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Looks good!!! I love the cheese curds just as a snack or in poutine. I have never had real fresh curds, the ones I can get don't have any crunch to them. Don
Don..aren't they supposed to be squeaky? .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Looks good!!! I love the cheese curds just as a snack or in poutine. I have never had real fresh curds, the ones I can get don't have any crunch to them. Don
Don..aren't they supposed to be squeaky? .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
That's what I said Pam, they are supposed to be crunchy or squeaky! I read where you have to get fresh ones for that. Don
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Squeaky not crunchy
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I have tried to find fresh ones in my area and cannot. I think that the fresh ones have a short shelf life and that may be the reason? Maybe I will have to move from Florida to Wisconsin. I think that I will suffer without fresh curds.
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You do not have to go to Wisconsin for fresh curds! Check your area for dairies or creameries that make cheese. Up until twenty years ago here in central Illinois my uncle worked for a dairy that's main function was processing milk but they did make brick and muenster cheese. Once a week my uncle would give my family a waxed lunch bag of curds from that days' processing. We never fried them, just ate them right out of the bag. We didn't call them curds either, no they were "squeak cheese"! ;D
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Definitely squeaky.
Not all curds are created equal - these have a rich cheese flavor.
Came from Cady's in Wilson WI
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Squeaky not crunchy
How can they squeak if not crunchy? :) Don
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Squeaky not crunchy
How can they squeak if not crunchy? :) Don
Don fresh curds are relatively soft, like biting into a piece of cheese.
Are you thinking of battered and fried curds - which also delicious and considered one of the major food groups in Wisconsin