10 November 2019

Rest of Canada problems: Why don’t cheese curds squeak in Toronto?

Think of the nightmare lived by a man scouring a city for chips that crunch but finding each bag stale. I am him

https://montrealgazette.com/news/toronto/why-the-cheese-curds-in-toronto-dont-squeak-a-national-post-investigation/wcm/7a497873-1be0-440f-b53c-6e829dad913b?fbclid=IwAR2BCsQzZ2_p3V8W1y0dwOOwcRTJgH-nYg1_a72gDyg3JSRyBh_bLYJ5IQQ


Some time ago, I realized that in Toronto, the cheese curds do not squeak. And cheese curds that do not squeak are a dangerous thing. They can trick you into thinking that cheese curds are just chopped-up cheese. The whole idea, to those unlucky enough to have never had a good one, must seem absurd: Eating cheese by itself, piece by piece in the same compulsive way that someone eats more chips than they need.

Think of the nightmare lived by a man scouring a city for chips that crunch but finding each bag stale. I am him.

As food-obsessed as it is, Toronto is living a cheese curd lie. It’s not always a popular assessment, though. One local cheesemonger took it rather badly.

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