People Outside the Midwest Have No Idea What These Are

I was stunned when someone in a video described these as mozzarella sticks.

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There are countless people outside of the Midwest who don't understand this appetizer and all it's ooey gooey glory.

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You'd be right if you thought I was talking about cheese curds. Despite Culver's expanding to more cities across America and spreading the good cheese curd word, plenty of people still don't understand them.

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For those who can't tell the difference between a mozzarella stick and a cheese curd, this is what Yahoo! had to say:

Cheesemaking involves separating the milk solids in milk from the liquid whey. Typically, these solids are processed repeatedly and then aged until they become the blocks of cheese you're familiar with. Cheese curds, though, stop after the separation; they're basically nugget-shaped milk solids that have been salted. Mozzarella sticks, by comparison, are made from fully processed cheese.

Most of us would be inclined to believe that cheese curds are solely a Wisconsin thing, and while towns like Ellsworth, which claims it is the Cheese Curd Capital of the World, it's not only The Badger State's thing.

Cheese curds are also a big deal in Minnesota (I know, it borders Wisconsin), but they're also big in Quebec.

This French Province uses heaping helpings of cheese curds in their poutine recipes.

Sure, Wisconsin might have the loudest (and squeakiest) cheese curd fans in America, but Minnesota, Quebec, and a few other states in the US would stake their claim on them, too.

Really though, we all know where the best cheese curds come from (Wisconsin, obviously).

But what do you think? Are cheese curds a Wisconsin thing only, or do other states and provinces deserve some credit, too?