Would You Eat Cottage Cheese Knowing How It’s Made?
@RichardMeister (5328)
Otis Orchards, Washington
December 1, 2015 4:13pm CST
I suggest if you do not want to know how cottage cheese is made you do not read this.
I was raised on a dairy farm and we would occasionally make cottage cheese. First we would take the fresh milk and put it in a stainless steel kettle. No, we didn’t cook it. We cover the milk with a cloth and let it set on the counter. Yes, you read that right. We would let it set there at room temperature. And after a few days if it hadn’t soured, we would add a bit of vinegar.
After the milk was good and sour and stunk to high heaven, we would then pour it into a cheese cloth. Then we would hang the cheese cloth full of the sour milk and let the liquid drain out into the bucket. This would take a couple of days.
Once all the liquid would drain it would be thrown out. What was left in the cheese cloth was the solids from the milk which would have turned into curds. These curds would then be raised in water until the smell of sour milk was gone.
And there you have it–delicious cottage cheese.
Now that you know how cottage cheese is made, will you ever eat it again? I will because even though it is made from sour milk it tastes good and it won’t hurt you unless you cannot tolerate dairy products.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
2 Dec 15
Sometimes it's better not to know how things are made. I like cottage cheese so I'll probably still eat it.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
2 Dec 15
I hope you will continue to eat cottage cheese. The main reason for me to write this is to show people sour milk won't hurt you if you don't have any problems with eating dairy. And in fact many of us eat sour milk products all the time. On this one no one can say I'm full of BS because I actually witnessed how it was made. That homemade cottage cheese was delicious.
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@much2say (56088)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Dec 15
I would still eat it! Funny but I don't think of cottage cheese as a sour milk product, but I guess it is (I suppose any cheese is?). I don't really eat it too often as I didn't grow up on it (except for a lasagne recipe I learned in junior high and made it that way in my school years). Hubby introduced me to cottage with canned peaches years ago - that's pretty good!
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@much2say (56088)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Dec 15
@RichardMeister I guess any of that canned fruit with the syrup is good - have you tried it with fresh fruit (I haven't but I'm sure it's healthier). Speaking of cottage cheese, I found out it goes in "kugel" (that sweet Jewish noodle pudding) - and I'm going to attempt making it this weekend!
@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
4 Dec 15
Yeah, cheese are. Peach and cottage cheese–yum-yum. Can pears and cottage cheese is good, too. So is the Dole mixed fruit. Pineapple as well. Actually I think any fruit would go good with cottage cheese.
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
1 Dec 15
I dont care how its made, I love that stuff. Its the same thing when it comes to that movie Food Inc. After seeing that movie I thought I would never eat meat again but I cant help it, I love steak and I will never give that up.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
1 Dec 15
Commercial cottage cheese would have to be made in a similar way. Of course it would have to be made in bigger vats. It would still be made from sour milk. From what I understand cottage cheese was first made when someone didn't want to throw out sour milk.
