Just what IS cottage cheese?

[GrassFed]

Just added cottage cheese to my diet, to my surprise the second ingredient is whey protein concentrate, first ingredient skim milk. What exactly is this gooey, alien, stuff made of?

Congealed protein shake maybe. Mmm, but seriously what?

 

[PillarofBalance]

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Its the curds part of milk.

 

[Bro Bundy]

its good late night source of protein

 

[Rampage]

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Its the curds part of milk.

LOL!!! wth PoB

 

[Gstacker]

There's instructions here somewhere on how to make it at home...
It's basically milk with lemon juice...

 

[Stumpy]

http://www.theironden.com/forum/threads/9657-Home-made-cottage-cheese?highlight=cottage

Heat some milk just below boiling, ordinary skimmed for low fat semi skimmed for a higher fat content etc, let it cool for a couple of minutes and then add lemon juice or white wine vinegar, that will separate the whey from the curd. you bin the whey by straining it keep the curd and that is cottage cheese. Chop it up (the curd) It takes ten minutes to make and it freezes.

 

[Fish77]

Thanks! Never knew it was so easy. Gave up the store bought cause of the salt. Will try this soon.

 

[PillarofBalance]

LOL!!! wth PoB

I own a 5 year old girl. Sorry.

 

[NutNut]

Typically to make cottage cheese they take milk, add lactobacillus to make curding happen faster and keep it at 32C, the lactobacillus multiplies like crazy and the coagulation of curd to happen. At that point it's cut into big chunks, heated and rolled to drain the whey. after that they get triple rinsed and drained, and salt and cream is added to get the fat content and saltiness. The curd is basically casein. Now as for whey they add whey, it could be for stabilization or gel-like formation as with other cheeses and dairy products or it could simply be to change nutritional value.

 

[Hero Swole]

I own a 5 year old girl. Sorry.

Aahah "own"

 

[Stumpy]

Why not, they give them away as prizes in some countries :261: pakistan show gives away babies

 

[TheClap]

http://www.theironden.com/forum/threads/9657-Home-made-cottage-cheese?highlight=cottage

Wow I'm going to try that. I love cottage cheese. Eat it every day. but it is very high in sodium.