Chupaqueso

I enjoy the writings of Howard Tayler, whether it be his livejournal or his comic strip. He somewhat recently started yet another blog about a fried cheese dish called a chupaqueso. (Jay Maynard, aka Tron Guy, is his cohost on the new blog.)

I recently decided to try to make one. However, I was somewhat short of ingredients around the house. So, I made one with some improvised ingredients.

A chupaqueso is basically a shell made of fried cheese wrapped around other ingredients, usually involving melted cheese. I decided to wrap mine around some scrambled egg, for an inverted omelet. Since the only regular cheese I had was mozzarella, I used that for my shell. I had read somthing about using cottage cheese as a filling, so I decided to try that. I also added some diced jalapeño, to give it a bit more bite.






In all, it wasn’t too bad. The shell was a bit overdone. It's hard not to overcook food when you are trying to take care of kids at the same time. The cottage cheese tasted a tad weird with the egg. If I have the right ingredients next time, I would use cheddar instead. Also, I would probably use less egg and add in some crumbled bacon.

But for the most part, I think I should stay farther away from chupaquesos and eat more cholesterol-reducing oatmeal instead.

PS: Howard, if you find this, you are welcome to post it on chupaqueso.com, as long as there is a link back to here.

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