IN YOUR FACE, CALIFORNIA!!!!! Wisconsin still tops in cheese taste and production!

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=777219

Fresh off a heady victory in the Oscars of the cheese world, Wisconsin cheesemaker Sid Cook was asked about the battle between America’s Dairyland and California, the state that claims happy cows.

“It’s about quality, not quantity,” said Cook, master cheesemaker-owner of Carr Valley Cheese in La Valle, who won Best of Show honors in last week’s American Cheese Society competition for his fruity, cave-aged Snow White Goat Cheddar. The competition in Chicago drew 1,149 entries from America and Canada.

Wisconsin cheesemakers captured 91 ribbons, more than any other state. California received 46.

Yet, equally important for the health of the state dairy industry, Wisconsin remains No. 1 in overall cheese production.



On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!
Grand old badger state!
We, thy loyal sons and daughters,
Hail thee good and great.
On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!
Champion of the right,
"Forward!", our motto -
God will give thee might!

[bluesbassman]

1. That's just so, so....Cheesy!

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

2. This California resident from Minnesota prefers Wisconsin Cheese

[CatholicEdHead]

43. Yep, Happy Cows do not come from California

[Skittles]

3. I agree

I've tried lots of cheese and Wisconsin's truly is awesome :thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear JonothanChance!

I'll have you know that I adore Wisconsin cheese!

I believe that Land O' Lakes is from there...

And it's yummy!

We love the Monterey Jack and the very sharp cheddar!

:9

[KitchenWitch]

5. There is nothing like fresh cheese curds from Wisconsin

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I've never had those...

You're not kidding me, are you?

:wtf:

Today's been weird, and I'm still feeling it...

[KitchenWitch]

7. Not kidding at all.

Curds are teh awesomeness!

:9

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thanks!

And you have mail...

[Connonym]

13. and they squeak when you bite into 'em

mmmmm

[KitchenWitch]

14. exactly!

:D

[AlCzervik]

8. you can get them at Trader Joe's, they're made here in the inferior cheese state of California

though. I am a fan of Dubliner cheese, not made here or in Wisconsin but produced in Ireland.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks!

I'll check them out...

:9

[Fenris]

11. Is Dubiliner a Kerrygold-produced cheese?

If it's what I'm thinking of, it's quite pleasant. Current favorite (on the off occasion I eat cheese): Beemster Graskass, an early spring cheese that's incredibly creamy. It's also not from California or Wisconsin.

[AlCzervik]

12. it is and it's my favorite cheese. I ran out of lactaid today so no cheese for me

but tomorrow, well i'll be all walgreens buying a huge box.

[Connonym]

24. have you ever had Kerrygold butter?

I know it's heretical for a Wisconsinite to say this but that butter so amazingly superior to anything that comes out of a cow here. Expensive but for a treat it's worth it for the amazing flavor.

[begin_within]

17. They're good if you can get the good ones.

I don't like the rubbery white ones from a cheese factory. The ones that are yellow, like Cheddar, are great stuff.

[JVS]

42. dump them on some good fries and put gracy on top of the whole shebang

[PeaceNikki]

33. Land O' Lakes is from MN

http://www.landolakesinc.com/corporate/history.asp

[bridgit]

15. we really only need cheese *with* wine for art gallery receptions out here...

but it's the wine, baby!! :7 'sides, sometimes it gets so hot & dry out here our cows won't give milk so we got like no cheese :cry:

[begin_within]

16. Those cheese curds are great - and not available in California!

Or very rarely at least. I have only seen cheese curds for sale in one place in California, in a tiny little overpriced store somewhere in the central valley. They should be sold everywhere. I bought some at Central Wisconsin Airport, when I was waiting for a plane, and fell in love with them. I don't mean the rubbery white ones you can buy directly from a cheese factory - I mean the orange ones just like chunks of Cheddar cheese, but in odd shapes. Yum!

[Critters2]

19. Like all fatty, cholesterol-laden foods, cheese curds can be improved

by deep-fryin' em!

[begin_within]

22. yikes!

I bet they're good though.

[Robeson]

18. But they have you totally beat with silicone, blonde hair, and...

...sport cars...:P

[Radical Activist]

29. Wisconsin dairy queens don't need dyed blond hair and silicone

They are the real thing.

[CreekDog]

20. oh i guess we are lame

we got 2nd place cheese. :rofl:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. You will NEVER top Venezuelan Beaver Cheese, tough guy...

"Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street just now, skimming through "Rogue Herrys" by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish."...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0

:toast:

[Blue_Tires]

35. your state also has them beat in the 'funny accent' category

[Tektonik]

23. Whatever, both states are AWFUL in comparison to French and Spanish cheeses

[Inchworm]

25. Skr00 happy cows!

We want cows with dignity!

:hi:

[Angleae]

26. I'll stick with Switzerland and Italy thank you

but then, I'm not a cheddar fan.

[sasquatch]

28. "I'm not a cheddar fan"

Why do you hate America?
:cry:

[Tektonik]

47. Cheddar fans stick to outside the US anyhow

:P

[sasquatch]

27. Wussconsin Uber-Alles

:P

[Radical Activist]

30. I really don't approve of California dairy farmers letting the cows graze on marijuana plants.

That's right, I said it! I know why those cows are so "happy" all the time!

[RadiationTherapy]

51. You know, if the time ever came and it wasn't abusive to the animal...

THC is fat soluble and would likely end up in the milk.

[hippywife]

31. Do you

produce this cheese yourself or are you involved in it's production? If not, doesn't it seem just a tad on the silly side to be so proud of it you're yelling about it and trying to antagonize others?

Kind of like sports fans.


BFD.

[PeaceNikki]

34. And bitching about people taking pride and having fun with a rivalry of cheese production

is just as silly as bitching about them doing the same with sports teams.

[PVnRT]

49. Thank You For Your Concern

[mikeytherat]

32. Don't forget about Vermont: The other, smaller Wisconsin.

mikey_the_rat

[bigwillq]

36. HA!

I love your subject line!


IN YOUR FACE! :rofl: I just thought it was funny.

[mulsh]

37. THAT ALL YOU GUYS HAVE? CHEESE? "it is to laugh"

as that great 20th century philosopher Bugs Bunny once said.

[SOteric]

38. *snerk* Americans battling over cheese superiority. Tsk.

It is to scoff.

*putting on her European cheese snob hat*

[vard28]

39. Dairy Farmer Family

Our family dairy farm is in Virginia. We've been to California AND Wisconsin to visit and do research on production, farming, etc. Wisconsin wins hands DOWN for being compared to California! REAL cows wander around in fields, not in "factories". :)

[Tikki]

40. It's just that out here in California...

we've gotten used to the taste of cheese without frost burn...


Tikki :P

[SidneyCarton]

41. As a Californian I'm willing to be a gracious loser...

After all, Wisconsin has what, eight months of winter every year? Yup, I'll just cry all the way through my January in the 60-70 degree range.

[derby378]

44. Serve that Wisconsin cheese with some TEXAS beef!

Yeah, I know, it's a cheeseburger. I'm hungry. And we Texans do have some great beef.

Athens, TX, even claims to have invented the hamburger. Hate to tell them that the Romans beat them to it by some 1700-1800 years...

[petronius]

45. Athens? A town that couldn't even come up with an original name for itself

claims to have invented the burger (which it then named after another place)? :rofl:

[deucemagnet]

46. The University of Wisconsin's dairy shop is awesome.

I spent a week there, and I filled all of extra space in my luggage with cheese before I left. Their ice cream rocks, too.

[Lethe]

48. Thy badger gives thee strength

and they squeeky cheese is delicious.

[PVnRT]

50. I raid the Carr Valley store in Sauk City every time we visit the in-laws

Or we have them bring some to us; which reminds me, I need to wolf down that brick of six-year-old cheddar from Carr Valley still sitting in the fridge, preferably with some of the Spotted Cow I also requested.