A cheese puff tree? Saw this on a bike ride and had to record its existence. Half-inch cheese-puffy balls all over this thing. Yay.
Just goes to show that just because it looks like cheese, there’s no guarantee it’s going to taste like cheese. Enter Teese cheddar. As a Chicago-born lass, I want nothing more than for the cats and kittens over at Chicago Soydairy to kick some global vegan cheese ass, but my expereinces have not been stellar.
I covered the mozzarella here, and while it works I still tend to use Follow Your Heart because I get it to melt just fine (even browning a little) and it’s less fatty.
So what was my problem with the cheddar? Let me tell you what we used it for: mac ‘n’ cheese. Simplest, most forgiving, and cheapest thing to throw out if it totally sucked. We didn’t do a whole baking with breadcrumbs and whatnot, just melted the Teese in a pot and added elbows to it. It melted, as advertised, but just from the smell I knew Tom would be the lone test pilot in this mission. Never a fan of cheese, that acidic waft was enough for me. Tom’s take on the taste? Needn’t have bothered. He described a chemical taste, an instant turn-off. He finished it, but that’s probably it for the great experiment. We still have half a package left, and I’d had plans for quesadillas, but I think we’re done.
A bad batch? Perhaps, but at the price I’m not willing to try again.
That tree is super neato. Too bad they aren’t really cheese puffs because then they would be vegan…and probably not horrible for you. I feel ya on the cheddar front. gag
that segue at the beginning was awesome.
when two almost-cheesy things happen on one day it’s like magic.
I had the same experience! Here in Canada it is hard to get Teese, so when I saw it was in Toronto I jumped at the chance. My partner and I normally use the strong cheddar flavoured Sheese – grated on top of pizza and mac n’ cheeze. It doesn’t melt too much, but has a delicious herby flavour and great texture.
But Teese was just bland (mozzarella flavour) and very chemically tasting and textured to us too! It’s a shame since I bought a lot of it – the girl at the store swore by it above and beyond Sheese.
Needless to say we are back on Sheese with a new appreciation for it!
PS: Just found your blog recently! I am a new subscriber – nice to meet you.
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