I can't see how this martini would be something pleasing to drink, but there are now a few restaurants around Chicago using one very strange ingredient.
Not much good came out of the ongoing pandemic but apparently it took a generational catastrophe for the DAIRY state to officially name a state cheese.
In the interests of full disclosure, I'm happy to point out that I proudly worked for a grocery store (Pineway Supermarket in Oregon, Illinois) for about three years, and even with that experience, I didn't know what the number one most stolen item is.
Not that a state that has a law against mispronouncing Joliet as Jolly-ette, or giving dogs a cigar has anything to look down its nose at, but our friends behind the cheddar curtain have some interesting ideas about cheese legalities and other things.
Culver's joked about a cheese-curd centered offering on April 1st of this year (April Fool's Day), but apparently enough people reached out to them saying they'd try it that Culver's is actually going to add it to their menu. For one day.