WI: Make curd snacks a worldwide phenomenon

Curd snacks are, in my opinion, the greatest proof for the existence of a benevolent God.

However, these wonderful breakfast snacks are mostly limited to the Baltic States and a few other, mostly post-Soviet countries. And that's sad.

I hope alternate history could fix this problem. How could you make curd snacks into a worldwide phenomenon with a post-1900 POD? I can't wait to hear your answers
 
How do we get them there? Higher Baltic-American population?

That would be my guess. Have more get out of the Iron Curtain before it totally formed combined with there relatives and stuff coming over post the end of the Cold war.
 
The son of a general store owner from Wisconsin or Minnesota joins the US Army to fight in WWII. The Soviets take a worse beating (Stalin commits suicide, civil war erupts in the USSR, and the east turns into confused clash of guerilla, various power blocs, separatist forces in the Baltics and Ukraine, as well as Axis forces) leaving the Soviet Union fractured and decimated when the war ends in 1945 (sunshine over Berlin marking a brand new day). Desperate, a rump Soviet Union agrees to return the Baltics to independence in exchange for Marshall Aid. Said US soldier serves on occupation duty and discovers said delicious curds. When his service is up, he decides to create an export business based on these wondrous treats. Using his family's connections, he begins shipping them back. They quickly catch on and gradually spread across the Midwest.

With the growth of television, the treats soon are in every home by the end of the 1950s. As the European economies rebound, he then focuses on new markets throughout the Continent. He also achieves an Army contract that includes his curds in MREs which soldiers carry and share throughout the world with the various populations they encounter.

Just an idea.
 

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Could be a big seller in Wisconsin and other Midwest states of the US.
If by Midwest states, you mean all states. Any food with cheese can will become popular in America.

Curd snacks are, in my opinion, the greatest proof for the existence of a benevolent God.

However, these wonderful breakfast snacks are mostly limited to the Baltic States and a few other, mostly post-Soviet countries. And that's sad.

I hope alternate history could fix this problem. How could you make curd snacks into a worldwide phenomenon with a post-1900 POD? I can't wait to hear your answers
Wouldn't a truly benevolent God have already spread curd snacks across the world?
 
If by Midwest states, you mean all states. Any food with cheese can will become popular in America.

Wouldn't a truly benevolent God have already spread curd snacks across the world?

Cheese is but for some reason Cheese Curd products is not that popular outside of the Midwest when you think of it. Maybe pockets in OR,NY and VT but those are major cheese making regions themselves. You ask people from down south if they would eat Fried Cheese Curds.
 
That looks revolting. I think I will stick to pork scratchings, marmite on toast, beef tea, gentlemens relish, prawn cocktail crisps and Turkish delight.
 
Curd snacks are, in my opinion, the greatest proof for the existence of a benevolent God.

However, these wonderful breakfast snacks are mostly limited to the Baltic States and a few other, mostly post-Soviet countries. And that's sad.

I hope alternate history could fix this problem. How could you make curd snacks into a worldwide phenomenon with a post-1900 POD? I can't wait to hear your answers

hmmm i can see that poutine would be a success in the baltics.

Wouldn't a truly benevolent God have already spread curd snacks across the world?
poutine in canada is slowly moving south already
 
Yeah, Vegemite is the real deal. It's the real proof of a benevolent god
I have no idea what Vegemite is, so I turned to Google, and it told me this:

"A spread for sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits as well as a filling for pastries, [...] Vegemite is salty, slightly bitter, malty, and rich in umami – a glutamate similar in flavour to beef bouillon."

A salty and bitter spread for sandwiches and pastry? Sounds disgusting.
 
I have no idea what Vegemite is, so I turned to Google, and it told me this:

"A spread for sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits as well as a filling for pastries, [...] Vegemite is salty, slightly bitter, malty, and rich in umami – a glutamate similar in flavour to beef bouillon."

A salty and bitter spread for sandwiches and pastry? Sounds disgusting.

It's what the Aussies eat lol.
 
That looks revolting. I think I will stick to pork scratchings, marmite on toast, beef tea, gentlemens relish, prawn cocktail crisps and Turkish delight.
The Wikipedia article does not do it justice. They picked a bad flavour of kohuke to represent it. I mean, seriously, who eats lime kohuke?
The vanilla ones are the best.
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