My Faithful Readers, I come to you today in need, yet again.
Today, however, I am not in need of a favor, but rather…your opinions.
Grace and I have been locked in the midst of a heated debate for a couple of weeks now and it is time we reached a resolution before things get violent and we end up on Jerry Springer over this particular hot button issue.
The issue—as you may have surmised from the not-so-subtle title and photo—is which type of cheese curl is superior: puffy or crunchy.
Personally, I’m on team puffy all the way. It’s like eating a delicious cloud of cheese. You can’t freakin’ beat that.
Grace, on the other hand, is firmly entrenched in camp crunchy and believes—likely due to some undiagnosed head trauma—that they are the superior curl.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think that the crunchy ones taste like some combination of dried out puffy cheese curls and fiberglass.
They’re alright in a pinch, but puffy is totally the way to go ten times out of ten.
For her part, Grace thinks that the puffy ones taste like styrofoam packing peanuts covered in orange asbestos…or something along those lines. It’s hard to pay attention to what she’s saying when I’m seething with unfathomable levels of cheese curl-inspired rage.
So we leave it to you, My Faithful Readers, to make the call.
I’ve decided not to open up a poll, because it is too easy to skew the results, but rather we’re going to base it on the number of responses in the comments.
I’m going to count all votes until the end of May and on June 1st, I’ll post the winner (read: puffy cheese curls) so that you know your efforts were not in vain.
Thank you in advance for your vote.
…unless you’re voting for crunchy, in which case, we’re totally fighting and you’re sooooo not invited to my birthday party.
UPDATE: The votes have been tallied, click through to peep the final results.
PUFFY!
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By: Meg Partyka on May 23, 2012
at 2:27 pm
winner, winner…chicken dinner!!
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 2:47 pm
I grew up as a puffy fan, but am now a crunchy gal all the way. Tastes mature over time, perhaps?
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By: Darcy Duke on May 23, 2012
at 2:45 pm
your vote is begrudgingly counted…
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 2:48 pm
crunchy for sure.
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By: I still think I am better than you! on May 23, 2012
at 2:53 pm
Yeah, well maybe YOU’RE crunchy!!
*zing*
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 3:23 pm
Crunchy all the way. Team Grace!!!
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By: Lindsay Tarbell on May 23, 2012
at 3:02 pm
I never would have pegged you for a crunchy gal. Consider my world turned upside down…
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 3:25 pm
CRUNCHY! We ate the puffy ones recently, and I wasn’t thrilled with them.
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By: Katie on May 23, 2012
at 3:21 pm
Are you sure your taste buds weren’t malfunctioning?!
That seems like the most likely reason for the aforementioned scenario.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 3:24 pm
I have to say. If I am going to eat some cheetos
it has to be puffy
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By: wwwwhhhaaaaaaa on May 23, 2012
at 4:28 pm
Heck yes!
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 5:34 pm
I’ve always been partial to the crunchy ones as I find they stick to the teeth less and the puffy ones seem so disappointing in that they are basically just filled with air and appear to be more food than they actually are. Somewhat like opening a bag of chips to find that it’s only half full and it was a lie the whole time.
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By: Shanno on May 23, 2012
at 6:34 pm
All good points. Even if they make me sad.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 7:25 pm
I agree with Shanno’s reasoning. I’m crunchy all the way.
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By: Jessica Kunkel on May 25, 2012
at 12:32 pm
So. Many. Crunchy. Fans.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 25, 2012
at 1:23 pm
crunchy most definitely! I have to agree that puffy is like Styrofoam, sorry!
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By: instillari on May 23, 2012
at 6:56 pm
Rough crowd. Puffy is getting slaughtered so far…
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 7:26 pm
Crunchy 40 million times out of 40 million.
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By: My Friend on May 23, 2012
at 10:12 pm
…you make me so very sad.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 23, 2012
at 10:14 pm
I would have to go puffy all the way. Otherwise do the compromise, the crispy puff, such as the x’s and o’s or the twirls. Those are the best
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By: Grant Morfitt on May 24, 2012
at 9:19 am
My respect for you tripled today. I just want you to know that.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 24, 2012
at 11:20 am
I’m all for puffy ! Crunchy ones are too noisy ..
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By: vandysnape on May 24, 2012
at 10:01 am
That may be the best rationale I’ve seen yet! I love it!
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 24, 2012
at 11:21 am
The crunchy ones are better for two very important reasons:
1. You can eat them whole, whereas with the puffy ones you have to bite them in half – taking longer to eat, as well as increasing the amount of time you spend holding the other half of the curl and getting the nuclear “cheese” all over your fingers.
2. They taste way more fried, and thus are more of an indulgence.
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By: Amy M. on May 24, 2012
at 3:42 pm
1) Why do you have to bite them in half? I question your eating habits. Plus, the bag says they’re made with “real cheese”…so there’s that!
2) Touche…I’ll give you that one.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 24, 2012
at 3:56 pm
Ww’vw debated this before and I am still firmly a crunchy person. I should have known Grace is smarter than you!
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By: Rob S on May 24, 2012
at 7:23 pm
She is certainly smarter than me, no doubt about that one.
Her taste buds, on the other hand, are clearly suffering from the mouth-equivalent of a mental disorder, because puffy is where it’s at.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 24, 2012
at 8:47 pm
Puffy!!! I think it is the taste of styrofoam that draws me in rather than turn me off!!!
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By: S. L. DISAPPOINTMENTS on May 25, 2012
at 1:58 pm
YES! YES! YES!
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 25, 2012
at 1:59 pm
I have to go for crunchy…. there is more substance with every bite. With crunchy, it’s easier to trick my mind into thinking it’s real food..but who are we kidding, right?
Team Grace all the way! 🙂
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By: Jessica on May 26, 2012
at 11:57 pm
Ouch…Grace is cleaning up in this contest.
Rough.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on May 27, 2012
at 11:02 am
I like both. Crunchy for when I want a crunchy snack. Soft puffy airballs for when I feel like sucking on a snack. I like to pop one of the puffy ones in my mouth and just suck on it until it sort of melts. Each satisfies a different urge. 🙂
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By: hollybernabe on May 29, 2012
at 2:20 am
Well-played…I like the way you think.
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By: Jeremiah Graves on June 2, 2012
at 10:52 am
[…] a week ago, I called upon all y’all to cast a vote in the epic battle of puffy cheese curls versus crunchy cheese […]
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By: Cheese Curls: Puffy vs Crunchy [Results] « Blank Stares and Blank Pages on June 2, 2012
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