(NATIONAL) — Just like potato chips, once you start eating cheese curds, it’s difficult to stop. As the youngest version of cheese, they have a very mild flavor and a uniquely bouncy texture that can ...

There were aspects I liked about each one, but Culver's blew the others away. The Midwest may claim cheese curds as its own, but the savory snack can be traced back to Ancient Rome. Luckily, dairy ...

John A. Lucey, director of the Center for Dairy Research, is working with researchers to extend the period of squeakiness in fresh cheese curds.

Dairy Queen's skippable cheese curds "are more of a hit or miss item," and the variable increases even more broadly depending on which DQ location you visit.

National Cheese Curd Day, celebrated annually on Oct. 15, was created in 2015 by the fast-food chain Culver’s to recognize Wisconsin’s signature treat. But the history of cheese curds goes back ...

Cottage cheese doesn't usually stir up confusion — until you're staring at two tubs that look similar but aren't. One is soft and milky, the kind most people recognize. The other? Firm, squeaky, and ...

When cheese is manufactured, the milk is clotted and some of the water removed. You end up with a curd, a tough structure in which the proteins in the cheese form a mesh. That mesh is held together ...