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i like it either plain or slabbed on some nutty volkornbrot or in the summer i like little cucumber cottage cheese tea sandwiches with the crusts cut off. in fact i normally think of cottage cheese as a summer food.

i like a skim cheese but i HATE breakstones (i think thats the name - in every supermarket with the red label). blech.

I cannot get this in Canada, and I could only get it in some supermarkets in Boston, but I really liked the Hood Black Pepper & Herbs cottage cheese. It was low fat. I ate it on toast or bagels, or sometimes plain. Yes, you can add black pepper and whatnot to plain cottage cheese, but it's not the same.

I like Friendship brand. The 4% California Style is a total indulgence, and delicious. They don't sell it near me, so I usually buy the 1% whipped. I like it on melba toasts with a mix of black pepper, crushed red pepper and oregano.

I'm convinced the difference in various brands is the type of culture used by the dairy. The household basic pancake recipe is cottage cheese, eggs, and a few dry ingredients, particularly tasty with fruit. But solo, Ilike it with pineapple.

Fruit. When fresh isn't readily available or I'm all out, I enjoy canned pineapple, or peach halves. They taste fresher than canned sliced peaches.

I make a whole meal out of the cottage cheese (small curd, 2%) and fruit. Do not like it at all naked. Penn Maid or Breakstone is usually all I can find. I know there is better outside of rural Penciltucky (Jerz - we have always called it that, no plagiarizing here).

When I was a child, a German immigrant neighbor manufactured cottage cheese. Large curd, whole fat (I don't think there was any other kind), and sometimes with pineapple. It was served at many meals as if it were a condiment or side dish. I think this was done out of loyalty or solidarity. I have eaten it since adulthood because of convenience, nutrition, and a tiny bit of hopeful nostalgia. The only time I truly, truly loved and looked forward to it was in England during the mid-eighties thru the mid-ninties. It was tangy and highly textured.Oh, I miss it. Does something like this exist in the U.S.? On the west coast?

Small curd - either 2% or 4% - brand wise, i vary, I like Old Home or Kemps, Belefonte... I like to mix in pineapple or cinnamon/sugar or w/ black pepper, or just plain out of the container. Now I'm craving cottage cheese.

Mmm...you and me both, lemons. I like mine plain with either pineapple or peaches. People keep trying to convince me that savory/spicy cottage cheese is the way to go, but I'm just not feeling it yet.

MMM, thanks for asking this question JEP!! I'm a sucker for cottage cheese and HAVE to eat it every day. I love it so much. Usually, I just put some cinnamon on top and swirl it in. Sometimes, I'll add a touch of sugar if I have a sweet craving. I also make little tortilla "pizzas" with a tortilla topped with a bit of tomato sauce and parm, toasted under the broiler--sometimes I scoop a bit of cottage cheese on top and it's delicious.

Definitely 2%. Usually I only find small curd, but large is fine. I don't mind Breakstones, but I haven't had good luck with that Friendship brand. Although, I do hate those Breakstone Doubles, with the pure-sugar "fruit" toppings of pineapples and berries. It's pure syrup and it's disgusting.

I like my cottage cheese spooned over scrambled eggs, then sprinkled with pepper. At least I do for breakfast. Any other time, I like it with pineapple.

Small curd, no preference for fat content. I'll take anything from full to 1%. I like the biggest tub of cottage cheese one can find...only because I know I don't have to share, and can eat as much as I like.

Wow---some interesting combos & seasonings for SE's---thanks!

I have even blended in cottage cheese when making deviled eggs when I didn't have any Hellmann's on hand.

I can't stomach cottage cheese, but my husband eats a (to me) terrifying concoction he first ate at boarding school. He takes waffles, spreads them with peanut butter, loads them up with small curd, preferably 4 per cent cottage cheese, then pours maple syrup over the lot. The first time I saw him eating this I actually had to leave the table. I'm better now.

4% small curd, usually buy Kroger's store brand, as I don't like Breakstone's either. I eat it two ways usually:

savory: finely diced english cucumbers, choped vine ripe tomatoes, salt and black pepper.

sweet: As kids we had it with strawberry jam or diced pinnapple.

I like the 4% small curd, usually eat it plain sprinkled with pepper. Sometimes I like to put it on sausage pizza.

I like to eat it with a spoonful (or two) of corn relish or red pepper relish. Sweet/spicy versions are best. I started doing this as a young man when dining at family style Amish buffets in PA where cottage cheese and (I think) chow-chow were two of the many offerings.

does anybody else like eating cottage cheese with either tuna or sardines? sounds a little fishy, but it's delicious and chock full of protein.

my mom used to put in my lunch box cling peaches and cottage cheese and fruit salad coctail and cottage cheese. I still love it today. When I go to Ponderosa, I always have that as dessert. Now I buy the cling peaches in the plastic or glass jar, instead of the canned ones. But it still a dessert that hits the spot.

I like to buy the Breakstone's individually packed mini packages - it's nicely portioned, stays fresher and I don't have to eat it all in one sitting.

Madelyn
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I am shocked that no one called out cottage cheese (small curd) and apple butter - granted, I skimmed the comments, but still! Mix lightly, sprinkle with some granola, and voila, a delicious snack/breakfast/dessert. And applebutter is deceivingly good, with a generally low calorie and sugar content (make it at home or read the label carefully).

i like the friendship 1% whipped kind with some honey stirred in, maybe some kashi golean crunch too. i also like it stirred in with egg noodles.

I really like cottage cheese pancakes (ahem, when they're made right)!

I don't usually mix fruit with my cottage cheese or anything; I'll usually eat it plain. But I have to say I'm a bit quirky about my cottage cheese. I only like certain kinds and ONLY at room temperature! I like it when its liquidy not thick and pasty.

Hillary
Chew on That

I love 4% large curd, but generally settle for 2%. I won't eat the FF which I think is disgusting. I love cottage cheese and eat it in all the ways most people eat it - over potatoes, mixed with fruit, plain, plain w/a little salt and pepper, etc. The one really weird way I eat it (the weirdness according to my friends) is I like to mix up equal parts fruit yogurt and plain cottage cheese. I don't like commercial fruit yogurt as it's just too sweet, and I love the mouthfeel of cottage cheese, so it works out fabulously.

Toast a slice of bread, then top with cottage cheese (small curd, please). Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and pop under the broiler for a minute. Let it cool slightly and eat with a nice cuppa tea. Ahh, comfort.

I never liked cottage cheese. But my mom used to make the old potluck standby, which I really liked. Mix a container of cottage cheese with cool whip, add Jello powder (raspberry or lime was best), and mix in fruit. We usually would put a can of pineapple and a can of mandarin oranges. Tart, tangy, sweet and creamy! But it might sound disgusting to everyone else. Well, we all grow up with some food that others think sounds gross!

Ok, this seems weird but I started eating because of dietary restrictions and then grew to like it -- cottage cheese and rice that has been warmed up with margarine and kosher salt.
Put a scoop of each side by side in a bowl. Don't mix them, just eat a bit of one and then the other!
I swear, its really comforting.

Oooh, reading this makes me remember some old favorites. After school, one of my favorite snacks was to make a "parfait" out of crushed potato chips and cottage cheese.

Also, egg noodles or elbows with butter, salt, parsley, and cottage cheese. Imagine my disappointment when trying kugel for the first time. It looks right, but it's all sweet and raisin-y. Not on my watch!

I remember the first time I saw someone put salt and pepper on cottage cheese... :o I thought it was the strangest thing I had ever seen.

I've always been a "fruit adder" when it comes to cottage cheese. Pineapple, berries, you name it. I also love it on toast with a good strawberry preserve or orange marmalade.

I have yet to try it with salt and pepper.

I *adore* cottage cheese. 2-4% large curd if I can find it. Two favourite meals with cottage cheese are as follows:

One lightly toasted English muffin, 2 boiled eggs, a spoonful of cottage cheese sprinkled with cracked pepper and ample amounts of hot sauce. *drool*

Canned albacore tuna, drained then mixed with half cottage cheese and half salsa. Consume fishy dip atop wasabröd. MMMMM :D

I love cottage cheese... large curd 4% is best but I'll eat others
Mia Rose- I love it with tuna and sardines
Miss Molly- I love it with Catalina, try cottage cheese, Catalina dressing and grated sharp cheddar cheese- looks gross, but is so delicious
and SRBrooklyn- cottage cheese with egg noodles, cinnamon and sugar is comfort food for breakfast

cantalope or canned peaches, or luction noodles.

I love how threads get resurrected!
I'm not a cottage cheese fan....I've never been able to get past the squeekiness (yes...that's a word! lol)...when you eat it.