Cheese curd

[tpampel]

cheese curd. I love it. how is it different from regular cheese other than being MORE expensive. What is it good for. I eat it as a snack. They have different flavors and everything....

[not2late]

Re: Cheese curd

It's a fresh cheese, right? So what's the carb count?

[tpampel]

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Carb count is 0. It says cheddar. So it is a fresh cheese. It looks kinda like the shape of a misshappen styrofoam peanut...

[not2late]

Re: Cheese curd

Run that product through a "hidden carb calculator" to make sure it really has 0 carbs per serving.

http://www.lowcarb.ca/low-carb-tools/hidden_carbs.html

[Binsk]

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I love cheese curd. We only have the white or orange curds here. I find that it is a good melting cheese for when you want your cheese to have a little more chewy stringy texture when melted (like a firm mozzarella). Some cheeses are like a smooth sauce when melted (Brie, Camenbert etc.) I guess it depends on the dish that you're making to decide the appropriate cheese.

[2big4mysize]

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megs the curd is the proceeded cheddar cheese before it is aged it has the same chemical make up as aged cheddar does except it has a buit more moisture since cheddar dries somew in the aging process.

curd isn't like the fresh cheese cottage cheese casue the whey has been removed from the curd.

ir is funny that it costs more cause it is cheaper to make just curd since it isn't aged for 60 days minimum to be cheddar cheese. They shouldn't have a very strong cheddar flavor as it is the aging that allows the flavor to develop as anybody eating mild cheddar and sharp cheddar at the same tasting can tell you.

[not2late]

Re: Cheese curd

megs the curd is the proceeded cheddar cheese before it is aged it has the same chemical make up as aged cheddar does except it has a buit more moisture since cheddar dries somew in the aging process.

curd isn't like the fresh cheese cottage cheese casue the whey has been removed from the curd.

ir is funny that it costs more cause it is cheaper to make just curd since it isn't aged for 60 days minimum to be cheddar cheese. They shouldn't have a very strong cheddar flavor as it is the aging that allows the flavor to develop as anybody eating mild cheddar and sharp cheddar at the same tasting can tell you.

So is it like the fresh mozarrella?

[2big4mysize]

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yep only tastes like very mild cheedar or whatever cheese curd you have sort of like if you washed cottage cheese the lumps would be left which i think are the casin and other proteins with some moister still in them only inorder to be cheddar more of the moisture was proceesed out in cutting the curds.

[boonie stomper]

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OMG that cheese is so-o-o good; but didn't think it would be low on carbs, you make me want to run right over to the Amish/Pennsylvania-Dutch market, where it costs less than aged cheese. It's soooo creamy, like extra-rich mozzarella.

[2big4mysize]

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took me a while to find an actual photo of the nutritional info lable from a bag of those as I don't eat them this is from Heluva Good cheese's washed cheedar cheese curds ( they wash them with water during the formation so they have more moisture are "creamier in texture and melt better). As you can see they are low carb "wet" very mild cheddar and you are tricked by the chemical action of the water and the cheese.


Ingredients: Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Potassium Chloride, Enzymes.

[not2late]

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Hmmm....I have to look for those in my market. I eat the fresh mozarrella from time to time so this would be a change.

[boonie stomper]

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An after-thought: Curds are like a butter-cheese combination. The best of both worlds, second only to bacon!