Let's Talk About Cottage Cheese!

[strongenough78]

We love cottage cheese here. We usually have it as a side with dinner or with tuna as a light snack. They sell CC with pineapple in it that is super yummy. It is weird though how some love it and others hate it. Never an in between.

 

[ea56]

Lime Jello Salad

is a family tradition for our Thanksgiving dinner.

Lime Jello Salad
3 small boxes or 1 large and 1 small box of Lime Jello, not sugar free
3 cups boiling water
1 20oz. can crushed pineapple, undrained (either packed in juice or syrup)
1 pt. cottage cheese, small or large curd, and not fat free
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Dissolve the jello in the boiling water, add the can of pineapple, juice and all and chill in fridge until partially set. Add the cottage cheese and walnuts and pour into a 9”X9” square Pyrex dish, that has been either lightly oiled or sprayed with Pam. Chill until firmly set. Cut into 12 squares, its rich, so a small portion is enough.

Next to the dressing, this is my favorite dish for Thanksgiving. It’s easy and really delicious.

Eddie

 

[lordkenmore]

At least a couple of people say it's either love or hate. Lord Kenmore, as part of his never-ending quest to be contrary, has an opinion in between. LOL

 

I don't actively hate it, and sometimes get it. But...I can also say that I don't love it, and don't get it that often. Usually, it seems that I'd get it because I'd see a tub on clearance at the grocery store, and figure: "Might as well--it's been a while!"

 

 

[countryford]

I like it. Usually just with black pepper. Can't recall ever having it with fruit, although I've seen it like that.

 

[circlew]

While I don't buy cottage cheese very often to eat at home, I do order it as a side pretty often when I eat at Frisch's Big Boy. I always put pepper on it.

If I eat it at home, I usually have pears or pineapple with it.

 

[cuffs054]

I found a recipe for the orange jello, pine apple, manderin orange salad. Have to make second batch. First didn't last a whole day!

 

[mrsalvo]

Tom, that's like my recipe. Posted reply #38. It's not bad!!!! Lol.

Barry

 

[twintubdexter]

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">I like pepper on cottage cheese too. Garlic salt is also good. </span>

 

[toploader55]

I've used small curd, strained it well, and used it in a Hungarian Dessert Polacintas.

Similar to a Cheese Blintz. My Gram mades these and I make them on special occasions.

This is not her recipe but similar

Cottage cheese crêpes | Zserbo.com

It's not a big deal to make cottage cheese crêpes (palacsinta), but there are a few tricks that can make your job easier.

zserbo.com

 

[liamy1]

*Am I not mistaking, Dear Laundress, but do the Brits call it Clotted Cream, now that sounds icky*

No we don't, clotted cream is a completely different product and despite its name of clotted, the product itself isn't actually completely lumpy like cottage cheese (the crust at the top is and of course is removed)

It's a very thick set, heavy sweet cream, usually put with strawberry jam (I'm sure us refer to that as Jelly but the Jelly, Jello thing is confusing to a Brit) on to Scones (which I believe the US call biscuits, but whilst very very similar - not identical, scones are sweeter).

I can only every recall having clotted cream in store bought clotted cream Vanilla Ice cream. May have a had a CC scone somewhere but can't 100 remember.

 

[xraytech]

I eat cottage cheese every so often. I buy United Dairy 2% large curd.
I eat it with a little salt and plenty of black pepper.

One thing grandma used to make for dinner that her and grandpas loved was cottage cheese noodles.
It was egg noodles, browned butter or bacon grease, and cottage cheese. I thought it was one of the most horrible things.
It must have been some sort of Hungarian dish, as I met a few Hungarian ladies on the employee shuttle while working in the city and they all were served the same dish.

 

[soapgirl]

I like cottage cheese. Eat it Pennsylvania Dutch style with some apple butter on top. Most cottage cheese now seems to be full of gums. Daisy is the only brand around here made with just milk, cream and salt. It's quite good.

 

[launderess]

In an effort to use up the stuff before having to bin for going bad, have to say IMHO much of the avoidance towards CC must be from looks of the stuff. It doesn't have much of a taste, and as such seems to take cue from whatever being served/mixed.

Over past several days have added a dollop or two of CC to a plate of macaroni with beef and red sauce, spinach ravioli stuffed with three cheeses and served with red sauce; tasted rather like putting ricotta.

Even wolfed down a tablespoon full of CC plain, it just doesn't have much of a taste.

Again while this has all been very informative and so forth, don't believe will be adding CC to weekly grocery list anytime soon. *LOL*