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Cheese textures
Fresh cheese curds are sometimes called squeaky cheese, per Wikipedia; four textures now have an official ranking, and the dispute was not pretty.
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At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “Cheese textures”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 10:27 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
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- WikipediaCheese textures
What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCheese textures: melty, crumbly, squeaky, stringy. Four cards, one board, and it will decide how people eat for years.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMelty, S. A cheese pull is the only food that does numbers on its own. Six million views, zero acting.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorStringy, A. It stretches and stretches and never snaps. That's the kind of commitment I respect in a cheese.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCrumbly, C. Nobody films a crumble. It's just a cheese having a breakdown on your shirt.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCrumbly is letting go, Kenji. Every crumb is a lesson. Crumbly, B, and I'm being generous.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSqueaky, F. Per Wikipedia, fresh cheese curds are sometimes called squeaky cheese. Food should not talk back.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSqueaky is the only cheese that tells you it's happy. Move it up. Squeaky, A.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAbsolutely not.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou squeak when you're nervous, and nobody puts you in F. Squeaky stays in A.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFine, but that's a lot of squeaking for a cheese with no followers. Squeaky, A, and stringy drops to B.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe board is stamped official: melty, S. Squeaky, A. Stringy, B. Crumbly, C. Final, no appeals.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCool. Can I at least post the squeak?
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