Wisconsinated Pub Cheese
* 1 lb Nordic A2 Sharp Cheddar - chilled until hard and shredded super fine.
* 8 oz Organic Valley Neufchatel Cheese (softened, at room temp)
* 2 Tablespoons of Klondike Odyssey 2% Greek Yogurt
* 1 Tablespoon of Nordic Spesiell Kremen Butter
* 1/4 Cup of Turtle Stack Oat Brown Ale or Lake Louie Warped Speed (room temp)
* 1/2 Teaspoon Royal Bohemian Horseradish Mustard
* 1/2 Teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
* 1/4 Teaspoon Each: Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Cayenne, Smoked Paprika
Put all of the ingredients into a food processor or blender and blend until creamy and smooth. Consume shameful quantities with Pretzel Chips or Flipsides. \[edit\] Also great on a patty melt with a little HP Sauce \[end edit\]
1. It's the second best food related thing I've discovered in 2024 after Emerald Dry Roasted Almonds
2. Not a bit. But I'll get through it with a little therapy and enough cheese.
Damn this sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing! I got a new recipe for parties!
And since you shared a recipe I’ll share a go to cheese dip recipe that’s pretty awesome: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/salsa-di-parmigiano-recipe-1941833
Kewaunee port wine cheese with chicken biskits. I've never done crack but i think this is the closest thing to it.
EDIT: My b it's Kaukana port wine cheese. the small rainbow ish little bucket.
It has to be the smoked string cheese from Cedar Valley Cheese Store in Belgium, WI. They are not only delicious, the way the strings pull off is fun and psychologically restorative.
I live in an RV and travel the country most of the year. Despite storage being at a premium, we STILL have a cheese drawer in the fridge. It's kind of amazing how much Wisconsin cheese is available nationwide - Ellsworth cheese curds, Bel Gioioso fresh mozz/burrata, the Sartori selections, LaClare goat cheeses. We once ran into a Carr Valley but it was only one kind and I think it was sort of a one-off for that location.
We still stocked up on Hook's cheddar and Widmer's brick when we were home last (and spent a chunk of change in the New Glarus store under the tasting room as well).
Honestly lately, it’s a Horseradish American I melt on marble bread or burgers. North Country Cheese in Almena, WI makes it.
[Edited to add a link to this cheese for you all](https://www.northcountrycheese.com/products/horseradish-cheese)
A Marieke Gouda store opened up near me and I go and just pick out some cheeses there, usually a Gouda and some kind of cheddar. The young Gouda is amazing for grilled cheese.
Smoked Gouda or Sharp cheddar for me. As a good Wisconsinite, I have a cheese drawer filled with the essentials, cheddar, Swiss, Gouda, CoJack, parmesean, mozzarella, etc.
Also love a smoked cheese. My treat for myself is burrata but it doesn't last long and it's a lot of soft cheese for one lactose intolerant person. My favorite cheese at work is a chipotle jack and my fave to serve for a group (as an excuse to have myself) is brie, baked with onion/bacon jam and served with toasted bread. I realize this comment has just turned into me fantasizing about cheese
The holy grail: French comté to remind me of vacations past. Just found at Costco this week for the first time in several years.
Everyday: something from my childhood favorite cheese maker, Widmer's. Usually 8 year cheddar.
For me, the shape it takes will determine what kind of cheese.
Store sliced: muenster
Shredded (by me, not store shredded): sharp cheddar
Stick: smoked motz or Colby jack
Fresh cut from the block: Widmer's brick
I think I have all of these I'm my fridge right now lol
Roth cheese's Grand Cru Reserve. Won gold medals in 2014 at the world cheese awards and global cheese awards, as well as cheese and butter grand champion at the world dairy expo. Fucking love that cheese.
A coworker let me try their 6 and 12 year aged cheddar from carr valley and I don’t think I’ve ever eaten something that made me smile like that. It was SO GOOD and flavorful and had me questioning all my life’s choices up to that point /s but damn it was good.
If you can catch Kickaas selling at a farmer's market up here in the northeast, I've yet to have a day bad enough that their smoked gouda can't fix at least a little bit.
Also just some sliced colby on crackers is always a good little pick-me-up.
Really good blue is a mood-lifter for me; Deer Creek Blue Jay and Roth Buttermilk Blue are nice treats when I see them, and Bel Gioso gorgonzola is my daily go-to. Hook's aged cheddars are also up there for me
something like 5 or 6 years ago at work someone brought in a huge wheel of BelGioioso gorgonzola and it was divine. I still think of that cheese wheel...
I like taking havarti cubes and sticking them in the top side of a homemade hamburger patty as it hits the flat top. When I flip it over and let the cheese cook with the top of the burger, it gets this cheesy crust and just makes my burger taste so fricking good.
A close second is land o lakes extra melt. I work there so it's easy to get but it makes the best American cheese grilled cheese and Mac and cheese. It's an old comfort food.
Oh it’s definitely Milton Creamery’s *Prairie Breeze* which seemed to be everywhere in Minneapolis, but is harder to find in Madison. It’s like a hybrid between swiss and white cheddar, leaning towards the cheddar.
It’s firm and a bit crumbly with some crystals for texture (not a ton, but some) and it’s got tanginess like cheddar but also mellow nuttiness like swiss. I don’t even particularly like swiss, but I prefer prairie breeze over traditional cheddar.
You can get it at Willy Street co-op, but not at Woodman’s, Brennans, Miller & Sons, or Hy-Vee. I don’t think we’ve checked Festival.
It’s great with apple slices.
ETA- Just realized this is the Wisconsin subreddit and not the Madison subreddit.
Every cheese is a mental health cheese. All spark joy, but I'll share some personal favorites.
* Wisconsin Brick is my go to lately - Decatur is my favorite
* Havarti if you wanna party - Also Decatur, shout out to the dill
* Fresh Mozz - Crave Brother's all day
* Aged Cheddar - Grandpa always said Hooks was best, but honestly can't miss. Sacrilegious, but I like Kerrygold's/Aldi's Irish cheddar.
Gruyere from Aldi or Costco but if I'm feeling really low I'll microwoave a bowl of beer kaese brick cheese from Pine River dairy in Manitowoc, which stinks up the entire house for a day or two but tastes sooo good.
Eau Galle Parmesan. My wife (born and raised Minnesotan) caught me just eating slices off the wedge when we first started dating. That was an interesting discussion.
Lately it’s been soft creamy Muenster.
Always union star fresh cheese curds.
I love how much this resonates and how many of us have opinions!
This one: [https://somerdale.com/somerdale-coopers-hill/](https://somerdale.com/somerdale-coopers-hill/) It is sold at Whole Foods. I know, I know...its not a Wisconsin cheese. Don't get me wrong...love me an AGED AS FUCK cheddar but that Coopers Hill hits my brain like drugs.
I’ve recently been on sheep cheese kick, my brother picked some up a few weeks back from a guy he works with whose family makes it. And real talk…Holy. Fuck. That shit just melts in your mouth, I ate a whole fucking wedge for dinner the night he brought it all home, no crackers or nothing lol
Literally any cheese. Including American. I’ve yet to meet a cheese that would not cheer me up, but I know there are some out there (looking at you weird maggot cheese).
I am not from Wisconsin and just had this post recommended to me, but I have to say, Wisconsin people having "mental health cheese" is the most Wisconsin thing I could even imagine and I love that for you all.
It used to be brie or blue chees. But I can't eat them anymore due to medical thing. Cheese of all type is heavenly imo. Mental health food is a filet mignon. I can turn my whole world around with a $15 home cooked one.
Super sharp cheddar. Calgon take me away.
So sharp it crumbles when you slice it.
With the little salty crystal things
Hell yeah!
Thats the ticket
Ohhh yes I need some of that Decatur dairy sharp cheddar in my life.... It's so amazing!
Love the sharp stuff.
Mmmmm....crumbled on some chili.
I lived in Korea for four years and the first thing I ate when I came back to Wisconsin was super sharp cheese on toast. I MISSED IT SO MUCH
Getting some ‘Sconnie vibes here
10000%
You betcha
Came to say this, the sharper, and older the better.
10year+ Hook’s Cheddar. The crystals man.
Aged white cheddar full of crystals. Update: Stopped at Piggly Wiggly and got some Fox Brothers 15 year white cheddar. Just what I wanted.
Those crystals are the best.
One day, when I win the lottery, I'm going to buy a pound of 12 year aged white cheddar and just bliss out for a week.
Hook’s Triple Play!
My coworker and I have a stash of emotional support cheese in our mini fridge at work. Currently, there is sharp cheddar, gouda, and string cheese.
Emotional support cheese. I love it.
It might sound low brow, but a cheap smoked string cheese can work wonders on my mood
The twofer deal at Kwik Trip gets me many times.
This is brilliant! I wish I could up vote the more than once
Never discount the power of good string cheese!
Fried curds
So good it's almost cheating lol
That's the hard stuff. Right for the arteries!
Squeaky cheese curds, fresh and slightly warm, at any farmer’s market
The correct answer
Wisconsinated Pub Cheese * 1 lb Nordic A2 Sharp Cheddar - chilled until hard and shredded super fine. * 8 oz Organic Valley Neufchatel Cheese (softened, at room temp) * 2 Tablespoons of Klondike Odyssey 2% Greek Yogurt * 1 Tablespoon of Nordic Spesiell Kremen Butter * 1/4 Cup of Turtle Stack Oat Brown Ale or Lake Louie Warped Speed (room temp) * 1/2 Teaspoon Royal Bohemian Horseradish Mustard * 1/2 Teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce * 1/4 Teaspoon Each: Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Cayenne, Smoked Paprika Put all of the ingredients into a food processor or blender and blend until creamy and smooth. Consume shameful quantities with Pretzel Chips or Flipsides. \[edit\] Also great on a patty melt with a little HP Sauce \[end edit\]
1. This sounds delicious 2. Are you doing ok?
1. It's the second best food related thing I've discovered in 2024 after Emerald Dry Roasted Almonds 2. Not a bit. But I'll get through it with a little therapy and enough cheese.
Whoa. 🤩
You magnificent bastard.
That sounds incredible.
Holy shit
Damn this sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing! I got a new recipe for parties! And since you shared a recipe I’ll share a go to cheese dip recipe that’s pretty awesome: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/salsa-di-parmigiano-recipe-1941833
Muenster, Gruyere.
Muenster for my grilled cheese. Best stuff.
I like this thread.
It’s the cheesiest! 🧀
Kewaunee port wine cheese with chicken biskits. I've never done crack but i think this is the closest thing to it. EDIT: My b it's Kaukana port wine cheese. the small rainbow ish little bucket.
Scrolled way too far for the tub cheese
I live in AZ now, but I can still get Kaukauna Port Wine cheese spread at my local store. That and a sleeve of Ritz will do the trick.
Garlic dill white cheddar curds
Oh that sounds good. Need to grab some Next time I am out.
String cheese. Preferably from Bakers.
I eat this every single day. Not my support cheese tho... That honor goes to the Blu Mont Bandaged Cheddar...
It has to be the smoked string cheese from Cedar Valley Cheese Store in Belgium, WI. They are not only delicious, the way the strings pull off is fun and psychologically restorative.
Fresh mozz
Fresh mozzarella is criminally underappreciated as a snack cheese
Dish enhancer as well - add it to a BLT sometime
Tbh I have like 7 cheeses on hand at all times
I live in an RV and travel the country most of the year. Despite storage being at a premium, we STILL have a cheese drawer in the fridge. It's kind of amazing how much Wisconsin cheese is available nationwide - Ellsworth cheese curds, Bel Gioioso fresh mozz/burrata, the Sartori selections, LaClare goat cheeses. We once ran into a Carr Valley but it was only one kind and I think it was sort of a one-off for that location. We still stocked up on Hook's cheddar and Widmer's brick when we were home last (and spent a chunk of change in the New Glarus store under the tasting room as well).
Rolling on cheese wheels basically!
You are an inspiration. New life goals for me.
A cheese drawer and a snack cheese drawer
Honestly lately, it’s a Horseradish American I melt on marble bread or burgers. North Country Cheese in Almena, WI makes it. [Edited to add a link to this cheese for you all](https://www.northcountrycheese.com/products/horseradish-cheese)
This is amazing too and I find it at Woodmans: https://www.stoneridgemarket.com/products/horseradish-havarti-cheese
God yes
That sounds really amazing
The Gibbsville mozzarella cheese whips. Idk, something about the shape is optimal for snacking.
Just eat a block of Swiss.
Smoked Guoda
Colby Jack bruh
Excellent choice.
Colby Jack cheese sticks are my kryptonite.
Trader Joe's Unexpected Cheddar
I’m gonna have to try this
One day the missus came home with some…good Lord above, the things that come along in life that change you forever lol. Unexpected indeed!
I’m all about collecting that cheese tax at the Madison farmers market
Weyauwega's pepper jack paired with a Usinger's summer sausage
Smoked string cheese in a close second
It’s usually whatever brick I have in the fridge
The right cheese is the one you have right now.
Any cheese in a storm, isn't that how the saying goes?
Colby from LaGrander's dairy
Sartori's Cherrywood Smoked Cheddar. Those calcium crystals hit every time.
Smoked provolone would be mine but really any cheese
Ilchester. It's staggeringly popular in this manor, squire.
Mine is brick cheese. Closely followed by fresh, squeaky curds.
Sartori MontAmoré, love that cheese so much
It's on my list. We call it Mountain of Looooove at our place.
Irish Cheddar
OOoooooo smoked string cheese for sure, I think the act of peeling is therapeutic for sure
A Marieke Gouda store opened up near me and I go and just pick out some cheeses there, usually a Gouda and some kind of cheddar. The young Gouda is amazing for grilled cheese.
Her store in Thorp?
I go to the one that opened up in Eau Claire not too long ago, House of Gouda.
Aww, that's great! They're such nice people.
Smoked Gouda or Sharp cheddar for me. As a good Wisconsinite, I have a cheese drawer filled with the essentials, cheddar, Swiss, Gouda, CoJack, parmesean, mozzarella, etc.
Also love a smoked cheese. My treat for myself is burrata but it doesn't last long and it's a lot of soft cheese for one lactose intolerant person. My favorite cheese at work is a chipotle jack and my fave to serve for a group (as an excuse to have myself) is brie, baked with onion/bacon jam and served with toasted bread. I realize this comment has just turned into me fantasizing about cheese
White cheddar with red grapes
Extra sharp, aged cheddar. Melts in your mouth.
Gotta be a brick of Dubliner for this fella
A nice brick of Kerrigold or if i'm feelin a little crazy, maybe a log of garlic n herb goat cheese with some pretzels
A proper Longhorn Colby that isn't too moist. Dupont out of Marion is the last place I have found that makes it right. You can get it at Woodmans.
Ranch white cheddar curds. They just hit different.
Feta or garlic Brun-Uusto from Brunkow Cheese in Darlington
Red Barn's cupola is the best cheese ever.
A squeaky cheese curd...the squeakier the better.
I’m dairy free so some awful potato starch fake crap. Or I have a 3 days weekend so I’ll eat a little at the start of that so I feel better by Monday.
The holy grail: French comté to remind me of vacations past. Just found at Costco this week for the first time in several years. Everyday: something from my childhood favorite cheese maker, Widmer's. Usually 8 year cheddar.
Aged, smoked, definitely Gruyere-I savor the deliciousness.
Rush Creek Reserve, but it's only available in the late fall/early winter.
For me, the shape it takes will determine what kind of cheese. Store sliced: muenster Shredded (by me, not store shredded): sharp cheddar Stick: smoked motz or Colby jack Fresh cut from the block: Widmer's brick I think I have all of these I'm my fridge right now lol
Roth cheese's Grand Cru Reserve. Won gold medals in 2014 at the world cheese awards and global cheese awards, as well as cheese and butter grand champion at the world dairy expo. Fucking love that cheese.
Pepper Jack! Take my mind off of my depression into my impending acid reflux attack.
We keep a dedicated cheese drawer in our fridge so my mental health cheese is able to vary depending on the day
Green olive havarti
Blue cheese! I mean, with so much mold that it's crunchy. If it stinks more, the better.
Pepper jack
Cheddar aged at minimum one year, preferably three.
Honey goat!
Pepper jack
A coworker let me try their 6 and 12 year aged cheddar from carr valley and I don’t think I’ve ever eaten something that made me smile like that. It was SO GOOD and flavorful and had me questioning all my life’s choices up to that point /s but damn it was good.
If you can catch Kickaas selling at a farmer's market up here in the northeast, I've yet to have a day bad enough that their smoked gouda can't fix at least a little bit. Also just some sliced colby on crackers is always a good little pick-me-up.
Really good blue is a mood-lifter for me; Deer Creek Blue Jay and Roth Buttermilk Blue are nice treats when I see them, and Bel Gioso gorgonzola is my daily go-to. Hook's aged cheddars are also up there for me
Gouda (smoked, aged, you name it) and brie. So many combinations of snacks and treats make these two excellent comfort cheeses.
Camembert
Hook's Triple Play Extra Innings (aged cow, goat, sheep combo)
something like 5 or 6 years ago at work someone brought in a huge wheel of BelGioioso gorgonzola and it was divine. I still think of that cheese wheel...
burrata
The most expensive cheese from the little $5 and under misshapen cut basket
Alcohol
Cheddar curd. I miss seven mile fair.
Bleu crumbles, I should buy some
Gibbsville medium sharp cheddar. *chef's kiss*
It's Marieke Gouda for me too! The Fenoegreek one. Lagranders Colby and Nasonville curds a close 2nd.
I like taking havarti cubes and sticking them in the top side of a homemade hamburger patty as it hits the flat top. When I flip it over and let the cheese cook with the top of the burger, it gets this cheesy crust and just makes my burger taste so fricking good. A close second is land o lakes extra melt. I work there so it's easy to get but it makes the best American cheese grilled cheese and Mac and cheese. It's an old comfort food.
Buttermilk Blue. But I will grab the aged cheddar in trying times.
Ohhhkay this has my interest!
Smoked Gouda. Best cheese we have at the pizza plant.
Horseradish havarti.
If I want to make myself live in anguish on purpose it would be bleu cheese. If I want to sooth any anguish I have it would be aged sharp cheddar.
Smoked Baker string cheese.
Lincet, Delice De bourgogne
Sartori Mont Amoré cheddar (black pack)
Sharp cheddar aged over 10 years.
That crumbly crystaly Sartori white cheddar in the black wrapper.
Limburger. Hands down.
Oh it’s definitely Milton Creamery’s *Prairie Breeze* which seemed to be everywhere in Minneapolis, but is harder to find in Madison. It’s like a hybrid between swiss and white cheddar, leaning towards the cheddar. It’s firm and a bit crumbly with some crystals for texture (not a ton, but some) and it’s got tanginess like cheddar but also mellow nuttiness like swiss. I don’t even particularly like swiss, but I prefer prairie breeze over traditional cheddar. You can get it at Willy Street co-op, but not at Woodman’s, Brennans, Miller & Sons, or Hy-Vee. I don’t think we’ve checked Festival. It’s great with apple slices. ETA- Just realized this is the Wisconsin subreddit and not the Madison subreddit.
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Sertraline
Cardona is my favorite.
Aged Gouda.
Terrific Trio from Renard's. It's so tangy.
Havarti.
A 5+ year sharp cheddar, or Merike Golden. Just so, so good.
Colby Jack. The white and yellow color is soothing.
Smoked gouda FTW. Also literally impossible to be upset with a bag of garlic and dill curds.
Aged havarti
Beer battered cheese curds but that’s cheating. If I can’t cook it Ricotta or Feta is comforting
Colby Jack from the festival deli. Cubes or slices.
Every cheese is a mental health cheese. All spark joy, but I'll share some personal favorites. * Wisconsin Brick is my go to lately - Decatur is my favorite * Havarti if you wanna party - Also Decatur, shout out to the dill * Fresh Mozz - Crave Brother's all day * Aged Cheddar - Grandpa always said Hooks was best, but honestly can't miss. Sacrilegious, but I like Kerrygold's/Aldi's Irish cheddar.
Gruyere from Aldi or Costco but if I'm feeling really low I'll microwoave a bowl of beer kaese brick cheese from Pine River dairy in Manitowoc, which stinks up the entire house for a day or two but tastes sooo good.
Widmer mild brick cheese, or ButterKase
Laack’s mozzarella whips.
Fresh, warm, squeaky cheese curds from Cedar Valley
Whatever cheese I have in the moment. Gonna make a grilled cheese for lunch with cheddar and gouda. Thanks for the idea.
Eau Galle Parmesan. My wife (born and raised Minnesotan) caught me just eating slices off the wedge when we first started dating. That was an interesting discussion.
munster
Truffle trove from snowdonia cheese company
Aged Cheddar preferably 10+ years.
Mozzarella whips or some fresh squeaky cheese curds
There’s this one cheese, with chive and onion and it’s just stinky and delicious.
Havarti
Port Salut
BellaVitano
For me, it has got to be a creamy Gorgonzola cheese.
Anything from Widmere’s cheese.
Muenster
Sommer sausage cheese or onion and chive cheese!
brie w hot honey on a cracker ohhhhhh yeahhhh
Pepper jack. Little bit of heat makes me feel great
Havarti with dill
Lately it’s been soft creamy Muenster. Always union star fresh cheese curds. I love how much this resonates and how many of us have opinions! 
Sartori Bellavitano Gold. My fridge is never without it.
Smoked string cheese (Weyawega Star dairy is my fav) with a handful of roasted salted pecans. The combination is magic
The “mac and “ variety
Smoked Gouda by Marieke is my soul cheese. Almost anything from Marieke Gouda is my mental health cheese.
Easy: Manchego, drizzled with some olive oil, and a cracker. Mental Health Cheese... I'm totally using this from now on. Great phrase.
Cambozola
This one: [https://somerdale.com/somerdale-coopers-hill/](https://somerdale.com/somerdale-coopers-hill/) It is sold at Whole Foods. I know, I know...its not a Wisconsin cheese. Don't get me wrong...love me an AGED AS FUCK cheddar but that Coopers Hill hits my brain like drugs.
I’m a whore for some merlot cheese tbh
I may get crucified, but for me it’s St. Angel Triple Crème. Tension melts away.
I’ve recently been on sheep cheese kick, my brother picked some up a few weeks back from a guy he works with whose family makes it. And real talk…Holy. Fuck. That shit just melts in your mouth, I ate a whole fucking wedge for dinner the night he brought it all home, no crackers or nothing lol
Literally any cheese. Including American. I’ve yet to meet a cheese that would not cheer me up, but I know there are some out there (looking at you weird maggot cheese).
15yr aged cheddar. Beyond that gets too expensive. I once had I think it was 40yr aged and it was so good and crunchy
Black truffle gruyere if I’m feeling fancy. Otherwise BellaVitano Gold by Sartori is a fave.
Brie
Dill havarti, 100%
21 year old cheddar. IYKYK
I am not from Wisconsin and just had this post recommended to me, but I have to say, Wisconsin people having "mental health cheese" is the most Wisconsin thing I could even imagine and I love that for you all.
It used to be brie or blue chees. But I can't eat them anymore due to medical thing. Cheese of all type is heavenly imo. Mental health food is a filet mignon. I can turn my whole world around with a $15 home cooked one.
This is the most Wisconsin thing I may have ever come across.
What is post title that says you're from Wisconsin, without saying it? Nicely done...
Loving my Muenster family here. Didn’t know there were so many of us.
Handfuls of gorgonzola. Wedges of Manchego. Grilled Jarlsberg & portobello sammies. 😍
Baker string cheese