Our friends in Wisconsin.... question?
 

There's a new GEICO commercial with that cute little gecko, and a guy making some dumb joke and Wisconsin and meat-loaf. I don't get it! Do you........... :-)

Sorry ... I meant dumb joke ABOUT .....

I haven't seen it, Bonnie, but I can't really figure out a connection between Wisconsin and meatloaf. The only thing that comes to mind is that we in Wisconsin are sometimes stereotyped as sort of bland, boring, "meatloaf and mashed potatoes" kinds of people. You know, the type of people who would wear huge wedges of cheese on their heads. :)

bonnie,

Haven't seen it but when I do, I am sure that I will be able to help you out with this question.

But go ahead and ask me about bowling, hunting, snow, cold, fishing, cheese, beer, dairy farms, packers....all that stuff!

Hmmm...do I smell a rat? Maybe Geico is not showing those ads in Wisconsin and the whole country is laughing behind our backs!

Harumph! (slams huge wedge of cheese on head and stalks off)

Okay, guys, I have another question for you!!! In a recipe (Poutine) that calls for your fresh cheese curds that I hear you can go right out and buy there but I can't in North Carolina....... would a good substitute be grated Monterey Jack/Cheddar combo? Is it almost as good as the fresh curds? Don't ask me why, but I became obsessed with Poutine after hearing about it from a Canadian friend, but the only way I can make the REAL thing is by ordering fresh cheese curds delivered from Wisconsin, I think! :-d Do YOU eat Poutine in Wisconsin? :-)

I've never heard of poutine.

Fresh cheese curds are the best, though! (must be fresh - the kind that squeak when you chew them). You might substitute the MJack/Cheddar combo but is there something about this poutine that might require the lumpy curds, rather than something grated?

Janeygirl, Poutine is hot french fries smothered in fresh cheese curd and a hot thick gravy! The cheese curds melt onto the potatoes...... Hungry just thinking about it! :-)

I'm sure the poutine would taste a lot better with your Monterey Jack/cheddar combo. I just got back from Wisconsin yesterday. I tried the cheese curds everyone raves about there and they tasted like nothing. I was on a course and one of the other attendees said they tasted like those little styrofoam peanuts they use for packing (and they squeak too!). I guess it's an acquired taste.

Wow, well, potato's, cheese and gravy certainly SOUND like they could be served in WI but in all my years of living here I have never heard of nor had Poutine nor have I seen it in any WI restaurant. Deep Fried Pickles sure, (and deep fried everything else) but no Poutine!

OMG- The Battered Deep Fried Cheese Curds at the Lion's Booth at the Wisconsin Valley Fair are sooo good! -Told you we will deep fry anything!