CHEESE NOTES

High-res Cottage cheese gets a bad rap: most of us know it only from the supermarket tubs, usually in some low- or non-fat version, to be eaten by suffering dieters with some pineapple or peaches from a can plopped on top.  It’s a shame, because the real thing can be delicious and more complex than the spackle-like substance most frequently encountered. This one is Ben’s Cottage Cheese, made on the Lower East Side of New York. With large, irregular curds that hold their shape but give gently in the mouth, it has a wonderfully milky, tangy flavor, with just the right balance of sweet and salty.  Purchased at Murray’s Cheese.  (Note: Brighton Beach is another great source of cottage cheese. The Russian groceries down there will often have multiple vats of cottage cheese, in different curd sizes and styles, that you can purchase by the pound.)

Cottage cheese gets a bad rap: most of us know it only from the supermarket tubs, usually in some low- or non-fat version, to be eaten by suffering dieters with some pineapple or peaches from a can plopped on top. 

It’s a shame, because the real thing can be delicious and more complex than the spackle-like substance most frequently encountered. This one is Ben’s Cottage Cheese, made on the Lower East Side of New York. With large, irregular curds that hold their shape but give gently in the mouth, it has a wonderfully milky, tangy flavor, with just the right balance of sweet and salty. 

Purchased at Murray’s Cheese. 

(Note: Brighton Beach is another great source of cottage cheese. The Russian groceries down there will often have multiple vats of cottage cheese, in different curd sizes and styles, that you can purchase by the pound.)

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  1. mimimimo reblogged this from cheesenotes and added:
    excuse me emily if you end up in new york at any point before you come home i NEED THIS CHEESE also apparently they sell...
  2. xyzmariee reblogged this from lew4ndowsk1 and added:
    OH MY GOSH I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVES COTTAGE CHEESE ♥
  3. lew4ndowsk1 reblogged this from cheesenotes and added:
    I’ve got an ungodly love for cottage cheese.
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  7. krippner said: I agree whole heartedly. Cottage cheese is badly neglected. A good cottage cheese can be creamy, lush. Had some in Vermont a few years ago that was amazing - fresh, rich almost buttery mouth feel, a hint of chives. Yummmm
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  11. murrayscheese reblogged this from cheesenotes and added:
    SO GOOD. I’ve eaten...chopsticks before. Chopsticks!
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