Kitchen

[Cletus21]

Meredith Laurance made poutaine with curd cheese, and I would like to know where curd cheese can be bought?

[fthunt]

I have a Wegman's nearby and I see it there. Don't know where you live but ask your grocery store manager.  I realize not every town has a store with a huge cheese department.  Also, check your local quick stop stores - 7-11 or such.

[Carmie]

Curd cheese can be expensive because it doesn't stay fresh too long and has a short shelf life and  many stores don't sell it, 

You can substitute cottage or ricotta cheese in most recipes if you  can't find it at your grocery,

[KathT]

I buy them at my local HyVee, they are in the coolers around the deli meat & cheese dept. I always buy ones produced at a creamery in a small town near us. The store also carries Shullsburg brand, they are a well known Wisconsin cheese maker and have a website where they can be purchased. I love the onion & chives curds from our nearby creamery, Dan & Debbie's Creamery, in Ely IA. They also have a website but haven't check to see if they sell from theirs. Besides eating them plain as a side or snack, they are delicious added to scrambled eggs!

[Desertdi]

Target has it at the deli counter (not the dairy case)

[Icegoddess]

I thnk it's a regional thing.

[Mistreatedbycs]

Are you referring to cheese curds?

Usually found in the deli section, brought in fresh from a local dairy making cheese.  I have seen them frozen but I don't recommend purchasing these frozen although I have seen at Sam's Club breaded frozen curds ready to fry.

[aubnwa01]

If you belong to Costco, check the refrigerated cheese cooler.  I've seen it at my local Costco here in Tucson.

[RespectLife]

@Cletus21

I make Poutine ALL the time.

Yancy's Fancy Cheese from Pembroke, NY makes all kinds of cheese curds.

They are NOT expensive.  Comes in an 8 oz bag.

They are sold in the Cheese Shop at Wegman's and Walmart.

It may very well be regional since I live in a border city w/ Canada and the dish is well known here.

I would strongly suggest you do NOT substitute ricotta or cottage cheese.  While cottage cheese is a curd, neither are similiar to cheese curds in texture.  Cheese curds are solid hunks.  Ricotta and cottage and way too wet.

If you can not find curds, I would purchase a chunk (NOT shredded) of mozzarella.  Chop it into smaller cubes.  Curds are typically odd shaped hunks of cheese.

The point of the cheese in Poutine is to get it to a melting, soft point.  You bite into a nice little hunk of gooey cheese.  It should not melt down totally like shredded would.

You can also make Poutine using potatoes instead of FF.  I also use red potatoes cut in half or quarters.  Par boil to almost cooked.

I make a brown gravy often adding white wine and dill (with garlic, S & P etc)

Pour it over the potatoes, toss in the cheese curd chunks and warm in the oven till the cheese hunks are gooey.

Hope this helps!

[ValuSkr]

Is curd cheese the same as cottage cheese?