Mom made cottage cheese, which I think to this day was better than we get in the grocery store. She made it in a large granite pan (dish pan size). She put about three or four gallons of slightly "blinky" milk in the pan and set it on the back of the cook stove. She left it overnight or so until the milk clabbered. She cut it with a long knife into squares and placed the squares in a cheesecloth bag. She hung the bag on the clothesline (that’s how we did it) and left it until it formed into cheese. We seasoned it with a little salt and cream. Some added pepper or a little sugar in place of salt.
The cottage cheese made "thata" way tasted good! This may sound strange: After the curds were skimmed off to put in the cheesecloth bag, the whey remained and some folks like to drink it!! Remember about Little Miss Muffet who sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey?
This makes cottage cheese sound sort of icky! I'll still eat it though.
ReplyDeleteI'd never thought about how cottage cheese was made. Very interesting...
ReplyDeleteI would be willing to try this. Where can I find a granite pan?
ReplyDeleteI always wondered what "whey" was. This sounds very interesting, I wouldn't mind trying some. I doubt I could make it though!
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