I use to hate cottege cheese also. My mom would get it when I was younger in tubs pre-mixed with pineapple. It was nasty. Or it looked nasty. I never ate it myself. The texture was enough. Thick, heavy curds in pale swamp combined to form bleached mud. Gross.
But I don't think every type is worth eating. Eating Lucerne, for instance, is like eating glue; I have absolutely no desire to eat it. Friendship cottage cheese on the other hand, is delicious. I can't stop eating it. Tell your friends. Tell your colleagues. It is the best. Add some berries, or peaches, or pineapple, and there's nothing better. Really nothing. I eat 1%. Unlike after eating Fage, I'm completely satisfied with the lower fat version, I have no desire for full fat. It's that good.
I guess however, it's time for me to stop being lazy and make my own. And make it better (anyone notice I love starting sentences with and? It's like HAHA I'm not in English and I'm free to do what I want). After browsing a few recipes, I see it's incredibly easy. I think I'm going to use this recipe with 1% milk and maybe I'll try using lemon juice instead of acid. I guess the real trick to making this cheese well is using good milk. I don't drink milk myself so I don't know squat. Anyone have any favorite milk brands or maybe a favorite cottage cheese recipe?
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My favorite is Tomatoes and cottage cheese, but peaches or melon are a close second.
I've made the cottage cheese type recipes out there with milk and lemon juice vice vinegar...it was delicious. I actually made it to use on some pizza but ate moste of it before I got that far (which in retrospect was good because unlike 'real' cheeses this doesn't melt. The curds came out smaller than store bought cottage cheese-more like a ricotta. I actually prefer though that when making those recipes to use higher fat milk or a mixture of half-half and milk. But to each his own.
I love my cottage cheese with coarse sea salt. Nothing else. I am not a big sweet/savory person so I can't really imagine eating it with fruit!
I'll be interested to see how the homemade stuff turns out!
I love cottage cheese since I was small. Maybe I am a little freaky but I loved to eat everything when I was younger. Maybe it is my family. We were four children at home and my youngest slibing was 8 years older than me. And we had some pretty crazy cooking housekeepers (my parents worked regulary overtime at theire medical practise). When I did not eat something there would not be enough for me because my brothers with theire constant growth spurts would everthing on the table and in the fridge before I could even voice that I didi not like the food. And my sister the big meany told me everytime that I should think about all those kids in Africa who don't have anything to eat.
So when there was something like cottage cheese on the table I did not even consider not eating it. I would simply try. And I have to say I loved it so much that I tried various forms to eat it. Pure with only a litte bit of cinnamon or pure on a bun with some butter under it. (I am from germany so only the various different buns give it a whole new complexity(I hear that there arent that many differnt buns and breads in America)). Cottage chese with apples and raisin is pretty yumy too. uhh... I am hungry now! I should start making dinner... ^_^
First, you have to try strawberry jam and cottage cheese for breakfast - SO delicious.
Second, Chef Kory Stewart from Americano in San Fran uses Clover brand organic milk when making his mozzarella. I would start there...
Good Luck!
mmmm I'll have to try that tomatoes combo
michael: yea i bet the higher fat would make a creamier product with better mouthfeel
quidquid: that sounds really good ill have to try.
lisag: cottage cheese on bread? never tried it but now that I think about it why not? it's like ricotta.
elizabeth and chad: that sounds awesome. Is that milk widely available?
Cottage cheese on crispbread, with a few sliced plum tomatoes - can't be bettered!
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I eat cottage cheese for breakfast 5 out of 7 days every week, on average. The brand I eat is Dean's and I do the full fat version (I hate lowfat milk products of any kind- the less processing, the better). I've not seen your brand in stores around me, unfortunately. I've tried many different brands and Dean's is the best. I like it with tomatoes, strawberries, melon, peaches, and other fruits, too. My kids love it, too! Eager to hear about your results!
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