Alton Brown made some cottage chesse from skim milk and like most stuff he does it looked really good so I tried it. You take a gallon of skim milk and heat it in a pot. When it gets to 120 degrees you pour in 3/4 cup of white vinegar and stir. The milk will curdle pretty quick but you leave it sit for an hour to get the most out of it. When it’s cool you pour it into a strainer lined with cheesecloth and rinse it under cold running water for several minutes. After that you break it up in a bowl, add half and half, a little salt, and eat.
It is good but it’s not worth the time and effort. It doesn’t actually taste like cottage cheese. What it does taste like is cheese that hasn’t been aged or a little like cheese curd.
I would have included a photo but I ate it all.
I love cheese curd! I guess you are too young to remember when Grandma Lafferty made “Dutch cheese”. When Canisius would send their milk back with too high a bacterial count, she would pour some into one of her big pans that she kept for that purpose, and leave on the back of the kitchen stove for two or three days–absolutely delicious.
Your big brothers would remember it.
Comment by Mom — Monday July 23, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
Nope, I don’t remember that. I do remember how I love cheese curd. That was one of the perks of going to Wisconsin for Joce’s wedding. I got a whole bag of curd all to myself since Betty wasn’t that fond of it. Luckily our hotel room had a fridge.
Comment by Don — Monday July 23, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
Who’s Alton Brown?
Comment by Daryl — Monday July 23, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
You must be kidding. If not then Google him.
Comment by Don — Tuesday July 24, 2007 @ 6:21 am
Want more? We’ve got cheese curds in every grocery store. Even with cool flavors. Eric gets the dill flavored ones. Did I take you to Mars Cheese Castle while you were here? WI does fun things with cheese, and meat… I’m not very fond of the meat stuff though.
Comment by Jocelyn — Tuesday July 24, 2007 @ 7:02 am
I do like Alton Brown. Good Eats is more of a cooking class than a cooking show. However, after watching him for so long, I now spend more time counting the number of times he says “uh” in each episode than how many eggs he uses.
Comment by Donna — Tuesday July 24, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
You ate a gallon of cottage cheese???
Comment by Donna — Tuesday July 24, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
I wish I had eaten a gallon of cottage cheese. When I made it I probably had 2 cups of actual cheese.
Comment by Don — Tuesday July 24, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
I printed out the recipe. Maybe someday, I’ll get ambitious enough to make some. I was a little skeptical when I read the first few comments; they couldn’t eat it. Wonder what they did wrong. It sure sounds good.
Comment by Mom — Wednesday July 25, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
can I get cool new themes?
Comment by Jocelyn — Friday July 27, 2007 @ 6:21 am
I figured you would probably be next. I’ll upload the new themes when I get home tonight.
Comment by Don — Friday July 27, 2007 @ 6:46 am
sweet. thanks!
Comment by Jocelyn — Friday July 27, 2007 @ 6:54 am
From my iPhone.
Comment by Don — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 9:59 am
I thought you weren’t going to get an iPhone??
Comment by Heather — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 10:03 am
Here is your quote from Donna’s blog on July 4th:
“My overiding reason to not buy an iPhone is the $500 – $600 plus the 2 year $60/mo minimum contract. They look pretty cool but like most Apple hardware they are way overpriced(yes an iPod is overpriced too).”
Did the price drop drastically there in LA or did you have a change of heart?
Comment by Heather — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 10:07 am
I had a change of heart after talking to someone who got one. He is probably the most tech savvy guy I know and he said “It’s 5 times better than any technical device I’ve ever seen”. That was what it took for me.
I also found out it’s only $10 more a month than what I had been paying. If it had actually been $50 or $60 more a month I wouldn’t have done it.
I have also been wanting to get either an iPod or something similar for the last few weeks.
Comment by Don — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 10:54 am
do u have a new # now then?
Comment by Jocelyn — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 11:05 am
No, it’s the same number.
Comment by Don — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 11:13 am
Don’t you just love having to justify your actions to your children? I just wanted to give you a hard time is all!
Comment by Heather — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 8:15 pm
Yeah I just love it. 😛
Comment by Don — Saturday July 28, 2007 @ 8:49 pm
Aren’t you going to post a blog entry about your new toy?
Comment by Donna — Sunday July 29, 2007 @ 5:51 pm