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A '''cheese ball''' is an American [[hors d'oeuvre]] that is a type of [[cheese spread]].
{{Short description|American hors d'oeuvre}}
[[File:Cheese ball.jpg|thumb|Amy Sedaris' Li'l Smokey cheese ball|250x250px]]
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A '''cheese ball''' is an American [[hors d'oeuvre]] that is a type of [[cheese spread]]. It first appeared in the 1940s, fell out of fashion, and then had a resurgence in popularity in the 21st century.


== Ingredients, preparation and serving ==
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The cheese ball is typically made from grated [[hard cheese]] with some sort of binder such as mayonnaise or [[cream cheese]], shaped, and often rolled in nuts, seeds, or herbs to provide a decorative finish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Buffardi |first=Michelle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQNKAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=great+balls+of+cheese&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbidbj94qFAxXHhIkEHTKQAEwQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=great%20balls%20of%20cheese&f=false |title=Great Balls of Cheese |date=2013 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-1-118-49720-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> It is often served with crackers or [[Crudités|crudites]] at holiday parties in the United States.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Jennifer |date=30 January 2014 |title=Respect the cheese ball: It’s the perfect party food |url=https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2014/01/30/respect-the-cheese-ball-it-s-the-perfect-party-food |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=[[The Splendid Table]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Emily |date=2019-02-12 |title=The Most Fun Kind of Party is a Cheese Ball Party |url=https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/how-to-throw-cheese-ball-party-article |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=[[Epicurious]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Matt-Taylor |date=2018-12-21 |title=How I Learned to Love The Texas Holiday Cheese Ball |url=https://www.saveur.com/texas-holiday-cheese-ball-memories/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=[[Saveur]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Rayess |first=Dena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=345iDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=great+balls+of+cheese&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbidbj94qFAxXHhIkEHTKQAEwQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Cheese Balls |date=2018-10-02 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-7140-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Blomgren |first=April |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8SVswEACAAJ&dq=great+balls+of+cheese&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbidbj94qFAxXHhIkEHTKQAEwQ6AF6BAgFEAI |title=Cheese Balls Cookbook: The Top 50 Quick, Easy and Delicious Cheese Ball Recipes to Make at Home |date=2017-09-02 |publisher= |isbn=978-1-9760-6059-5 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Cheese ball hedgehog.jpg|thumb|Cheese ball [[hedgehog]] with crackers]]
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The cheese ball is typically made from grated [[hard cheese]] and softened [[cream cheese]], sometimes with some sort of binder such as mayonnaise; the mixture is shaped, chilled to resolidify, and often rolled in nuts, seeds, or herbs to provide a decorative finish.<ref name="Buffardi-2013">{{Cite book |last=Buffardi |first=Michelle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQNKAQAAQBAJ&q=great+balls+of+cheese |title=Great Balls of Cheese |date=2013 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-1-118-49720-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hesser-2003" /> It is often served with crackers or [[Crudités|crudites]] at holiday parties in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Emily |date=12 February 2019 |title=The Most Fun Kind of Party is a Cheese Ball Party |url=https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/how-to-throw-cheese-ball-party-article |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=[[Epicurious]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Matt-Taylor |date=21 December 2018 |title=How I Learned to Love The Texas Holiday Cheese Ball |url=https://www.saveur.com/texas-holiday-cheese-ball-memories/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=[[Saveur]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Blomgren |first=April |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8SVswEACAAJ&q=great+balls+of+cheese |title=Cheese Balls Cookbook: The Top 50 Quick, Easy and Delicious Cheese Ball Recipes to Make at Home |date=2 September 2017 |publisher= |isbn=978-1-9760-6059-5 |language=en}}</ref>


The dish is representative of mid-20th century US cuisine.<ref name=":2" /> According to ''[[The Splendid Table|Splendid Table]]'' the first recipe appeared in a 1944 cookbook by [[Virginia Safford]].<ref name=":2" /> According to [[Amanda Hesser]], writing for the ''New York Times'' in 2003, it "tend[s] to be associated with shag rugs and tinsel, symbols of the middle-class [[middlebrow]]".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Hesser |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Hesser |date=24 December 2003 |title=If You Want It Delicious, Make It Yourself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/24/dining/if-you-want-it-delicious-make-it-yourself.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
Cheese balls are sometimes formed into wheels or logs rather than balls or shaped and decorated to represent a variety of items such as owls or pineapples.<ref name="Buffardi-2013" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rayess |first=Dena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=345iDwAAQBAJ&q=great+balls+of+cheese |title=Cheese Balls |date=2 October 2018 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-7140-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Severson-2016">{{Cite web |last=Severson |first=Kim |date=5 December 2016 |title=To Find Out Who You Are, Peer Into the Cheese Ball |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/dining/cheese-ball-recipe-snack.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>


== Origins ==
Cheese balls are sometimes formed into wheels or logs rather than balls.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
The dish is representative of mid-20th century [[American cuisine|US cuisine]].<ref name="Russell-2014">{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Jennifer |date=30 January 2014 |title=Respect the cheese ball: It's the perfect party food |url=https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2014/01/30/respect-the-cheese-ball-it-s-the-perfect-party-food |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=[[The Splendid Table]]}}</ref> According to ''[[The Splendid Table|Splendid Table]]'' the first recipe appeared in a 1944 cookbook by [[Virginia Safford]], a "wildly popular columnist" for the ''[[Minneapolis Star Journal]]''.<ref name="Russell-2014" /><ref name="Grumdahl-2016" />


== References ==
== Popularity ==
The dish fell out of fashion for a period; by the late 1980s the term "cheeseball" was synonymous with "lacking style, taste, or originality".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of CHEESEBALL |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheeseball |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=[[Merriam-Webster]] |language=en}}</ref> According to [[Amanda Hesser]], writing for the ''New York Times'' in 2003, it "tend[s] to be associated with shag rugs and tinsel, symbols of the middle-class [[middlebrow]]".<ref name="Hesser-2003">{{Cite web |last=Hesser |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Hesser |date=24 December 2003 |title=If You Want It Delicious, Make It Yourself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/24/dining/if-you-want-it-delicious-make-it-yourself.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> [[Kim Severson]], writing for The New York Times in 2016, said it was "the culinary equivalent of a [[Rorschach test]]".<ref name="Severson-2016" />
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[[Amy Sedaris]] and her brother [[David Sedaris|David]] wrote a play, [[The Book of Liz]], that focussed on cheese balls as a metaphor for "the cliches we all live by", according to [[Ben Brantley]].<ref name="Severson-2016" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=28 March 2001 |title=THEATER REVIEW; The Courage To Accept That Life Is a Cheese Ball |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/28/theater/theater-review-the-courage-to-accept-that-life-is-a-cheese-ball.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> She included a recipe in her 2006 cookbook, ''Hosting a Party Under the Influence'', and in 2007 made a version on the [[The Martha Stewart Show|Martha Stewart Show]], which according to Severson, "elevated cheese ball [[kitsch]] to an art form".<ref name="Mackey-2014" /><ref name="Severson-2016" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reimer |first=Susan |date=14 November 2006 |title=Hosting a party under influence of Amy Sedaris |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/11/14/hosting-a-party-under-influence-of-amy-sedaris/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=[[Baltimore Sun]] |language=en-US}}</ref> According to ''Splendid Table''<nowiki/>'s Jennifer Russell, writing in 2014, "Sedaris may be singlehandedly responsible for the cheese ball's revival."<ref name="Russell-2014" /> In 2014 ''Culture'', an industry magazine, said "cheese balls are making their comeback".<ref name="Mackey-2014">{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Dakota |date=19 November 2014 |title=Cheese Ball History |url=https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-bites/cheese-ball-history/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=[[Culture (cheese magazine)]] |language=en-US}}</ref> MplsStPaul Magazine called 2016 "the year of the cheese ball", calling the dish "the North’s answer to Southern [[pimento cheese]]".<ref name="Severson-2016" /><ref name="Grumdahl-2016">{{Cite web |last=Grumdahl |first=Dara Moskowitz |date=13 January 2016 |title=The Year of the Cheese Balls! |url=https://mspmag.com/Blogs/Dara/January-2016/The-Year-of-the-Cheese-Balls/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Mpls.St.Paul Magazine |language=en-us}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Cheese dishes}}
[[Category:Cheese spreads]]
[[Category:Cheese spreads]]
[[Category:Appetizers]]
[[Category:American cuisine]]
[[Category:Cheese dishes]]

Latest revision as of 15:01, 23 April 2024

Amy Sedaris' Li'l Smokey cheese ball

A cheese ball is an American hors d'oeuvre that is a type of cheese spread. It first appeared in the 1940s, fell out of fashion, and then had a resurgence in popularity in the 21st century.

Ingredients, preparation and serving[edit]

Cheese ball hedgehog with crackers

The cheese ball is typically made from grated hard cheese and softened cream cheese, sometimes with some sort of binder such as mayonnaise; the mixture is shaped, chilled to resolidify, and often rolled in nuts, seeds, or herbs to provide a decorative finish.[1][2] It is often served with crackers or crudites at holiday parties in the United States.[3][4][5]

Cheese balls are sometimes formed into wheels or logs rather than balls or shaped and decorated to represent a variety of items such as owls or pineapples.[1][6][7]

Origins[edit]

The dish is representative of mid-20th century US cuisine.[8] According to Splendid Table the first recipe appeared in a 1944 cookbook by Virginia Safford, a "wildly popular columnist" for the Minneapolis Star Journal.[8][9]

Popularity[edit]

The dish fell out of fashion for a period; by the late 1980s the term "cheeseball" was synonymous with "lacking style, taste, or originality".[10] According to Amanda Hesser, writing for the New York Times in 2003, it "tend[s] to be associated with shag rugs and tinsel, symbols of the middle-class middlebrow".[2] Kim Severson, writing for The New York Times in 2016, said it was "the culinary equivalent of a Rorschach test".[7]

Amy Sedaris and her brother David wrote a play, The Book of Liz, that focussed on cheese balls as a metaphor for "the cliches we all live by", according to Ben Brantley.[7][11] She included a recipe in her 2006 cookbook, Hosting a Party Under the Influence, and in 2007 made a version on the Martha Stewart Show, which according to Severson, "elevated cheese ball kitsch to an art form".[12][7][13] According to Splendid Table's Jennifer Russell, writing in 2014, "Sedaris may be singlehandedly responsible for the cheese ball's revival."[8] In 2014 Culture, an industry magazine, said "cheese balls are making their comeback".[12] MplsStPaul Magazine called 2016 "the year of the cheese ball", calling the dish "the North’s answer to Southern pimento cheese".[7][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Buffardi, Michelle (2013). Great Balls of Cheese. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-1-118-49720-3.
  2. ^ a b Hesser, Amanda (24 December 2003). "If You Want It Delicious, Make It Yourself". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Johnson, Emily (12 February 2019). "The Most Fun Kind of Party is a Cheese Ball Party". Epicurious. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ Gross, Matt-Taylor (21 December 2018). "How I Learned to Love The Texas Holiday Cheese Ball". Saveur. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. ^ Blomgren, April (2 September 2017). Cheese Balls Cookbook: The Top 50 Quick, Easy and Delicious Cheese Ball Recipes to Make at Home. ISBN 978-1-9760-6059-5.
  6. ^ Rayess, Dena (2 October 2018). Cheese Balls. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-4521-7140-1.
  7. ^ a b c d e Severson, Kim (5 December 2016). "To Find Out Who You Are, Peer Into the Cheese Ball". The New York Times.
  8. ^ a b c Russell, Jennifer (30 January 2014). "Respect the cheese ball: It's the perfect party food". The Splendid Table. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b Grumdahl, Dara Moskowitz (13 January 2016). "The Year of the Cheese Balls!". Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Definition of CHEESEBALL". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. ^ Brantley, Ben (28 March 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; The Courage To Accept That Life Is a Cheese Ball". The New York Times.
  12. ^ a b Mackey, Dakota (19 November 2014). "Cheese Ball History". Culture (cheese magazine). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  13. ^ Reimer, Susan (14 November 2006). "Hosting a party under influence of Amy Sedaris". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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