Cheddar vs Cheese curds
Cheddar
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Place
- Cheddar, Somerset
Cheddar is a pressed cow's-milk cheese from Somerset, in the west of England. The name comes from the village of Cheddar and from Cheddar Gorge, but most cheddar eaten today is made far from that village.
Cheese curds
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
- Place
- Upper Midwest
Cheese curds are the fresh curd of a cheddar-style make, sold before the cheese is pressed into a wheel and aged. Very fresh curds squeak against the teeth.