When FUNdraising Is FUN

Our local Culver's had a fundraising event all day today. The fundraiser is that they will donate fifteen percent of all their sales, today only, to the local Humane Society which is moving to a new location and is in desperate need of financial help to keep those poor little animals cared for. So, I urged my fellow animal loving friends to go to Culver's, and we went too. I got a single scoop "flavor of the day" (which happened to be "Turtle" today - totally yum!) and Cheese Curds. I need to pause here in order to spend some time talking about cheese curds.

In India, the word "curds" has a very different meaning, and my desi friends would concur. It's what we in the States know as our everyday yogurt. But in Wisconsin - for my non-Wisconsin resident friends reading this - "cheese curds" are something totally unique. Picture this - very, very fresh cheese, portioned into perfect little bite-sized pieces, often salty, sometimes deep-fried, and always very, very good. It makes a squeaking sound when you bite into it. The fresher the cheese curds, the more pronounced the squeak. How incredible is that?!

If you look for cheese curds on wikipedia, you will find out that the New York Times describes the squeaking sound as "balloons trying to neck." You will also see that cheese curds are staple menu items in fast food restaurants across the midwestern US. And I love them :) What better way to support a cause?