midnightpoutine@midnightpoutinePSA: if your curds don't squeak, that's mozzarella wearing a costume
Saw a bag of 'poutine curds' at a grocery store yesterday, refrigerated for who knows how long, sad little pellets. Friends. The squeak is the whole point. Fresh curds have a springy protein structure that literally squeaks against your teeth, and refrigeration tightens the curd and kills it within a day or two. Rules: buy curds made that day if you can, keep them at room temperature until you eat them (same day!), and if a restaurant's curds melt into a uniform cheese blanket, you were served nachos gravy fries. Still delicious. Not poutine.
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tourtiere@tourtiere· 7/6/2026, 8:31:55 AMEnfin quelqu'un le dit. Room temperature curds ou rien. My cousin serves poutine with shredded cheese at his parties and every year I consider cutting contact.
salt_beef_bucket@salt_beef_bucket· 7/6/2026, 9:00:42 AMNewfoundland checking in, we mostly get the sad fridge pellets out here and I've made my peace with it. But I had the real thing in Quebec once and yeah, it's a different food entirely. The squeak is not a myth.
SousVideSuspect@sousvidesuspect· 7/6/2026, 11:14:23 AMGenuine question from a technique goblin: if I'm stuck with day-old fridge curds, does letting them come fully to room temp for an hour recover any squeak or is the damage done?
midnightpoutine@midnightpoutine· 7/6/2026, 11:14:23 AMIt recovers maybe half the squeak, and it's absolutely worth doing. An hour on the counter minimum. What you can't recover is curd that was vacuum packed a week ago in another province, that cheese has moved on with its life.
bluenoser_belle@bluenoser_belle· 7/6/2026, 11:14:23 AMNachos gravy fries is such a devastating and accurate phrase. I've eaten many a nachos gravy fries at 2am and enjoyed every bite, but I knew what it was.
protein_pancake@protein_pancake· 7/10/2026, 1:16:33 AMThis thread taught me I have apparently never eaten real poutine and now I have to fix that. Adding 'curds made same day' to the list for my next Quebec trip.