cottage cheese
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noun
an extremely soft, or loose, white, mild-flavored cheese made from skim-milk curds, usually without rennet.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
1840–50, Americanism
Regional variation note
Farmer cheese and farmer's cheese are widely used throughout the U.S. as terms for a kind of cottage cheese. This same kind of cheese, with varying curd size and sourness, is also called sour-milk cheese in Eastern New England; curd or curd cheese, chiefly in the Northeastern and Southern U.S.; pot cheese, chiefly in the Hudson Valley; smearcase, chiefly in the North Midland U.S., and sometimes cream cheese in the Gulf States.
Farmer cheese and farmer's cheese are widely used throughout the U.S. as terms for a kind of cottage cheese. This same kind of cheese, with varying curd size and sourness, is also called sour-milk cheese in Eastern New England; curd or curd cheese, chiefly in the Northeastern and Southern U.S.; pot cheese, chiefly in the Hudson Valley; smearcase, chiefly in the North Midland U.S., and sometimes cream cheese in the Gulf States.
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| cottage cheese | |
| —n | |
| a mild loose soft white cheese made from skimmed milk curds | |
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| Main Entry: | cottage cheese |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See curds and whey |
Encyclopedia Britannica
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cottage cheese
fresh, soft, unripened cheese consisting of curds of varying sizes, usually mixed with some whey or cream. It is white and mild but faintly sour in taste. In commercial cheese making, the curds are derived from pasteurized skim milk or reconstituted, low-fat milk products. The whey is drained-but not pressed-from the curds, thus leaving a certain amount of liquid. In this form, cottage cheese has a low-fat content and is a popular food in low-fat diets. If cream is added and the product contains four percent or more fat, it is sold as creamed cottage cheese.
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Example sentences
The application of cottage cheese whey to sodic and saline-sodic soils should have potential for reclaiming these soils.
But my father loved them, especially with cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese subs for sour cream, making the dip high in protein and low in fat.
Add cottage cheese, sour cream or yogurt and you make the pancake rich and filling.
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