Kochkäs: What is it? What’s the Deal with the Music? Can I Make it at Home?

Before I left Germany for the United States, I asked my co-workers to share their favorite regional foods. That way, I could make them in the New World to provide some comfort should I get homesick. The overwhelming consensus was that “Kochkäs” (“cooked cheese”) was a must-have, must-make essential. Mit oder ohne Musik (“with or