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Longley Farm Cottage Cheese

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/09/2026 13:09

Over my many years on here, there have been many threads about the yumminess of Longley Farm cottage cheese. I am a big fan, and fairly local.

Anyway, I thought you low fat, high protein fans would like this video of Jimmy Longley being interviewed on Radio Leeds https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HPVmjazb5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

5.7K views · 37 reactions | Some love it, some hate it, but did you know about Yorkshire's place in cottage cheese history? | BBC Leeds

Some love it, some hate it, but did you know about Yorkshire's place in cottage cheese history?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1728535049277168/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=s2Zdgwe4NbcWXwpL&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fr%2F1HPVmjazb5%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr

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forceofhabitandnotneed · 09/09/2026 13:21

It's the best cottage cheese by a country mile but seems to be increasingly hard to get hold of! Home Bargains no longer stock it, and the normal (i.e. full fat) version gets snapped up in M & S very rapidly.

Raisinsandweetabix · 09/09/2026 13:24

The chive one is the best! So fresh and delicious. Been eating it for ever!

Soozikinzii · 09/09/2026 13:25

My absolute favourite and the low fat one just isnt half as good is it ? Must be the full fat !

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Lindy2 · 09/09/2026 13:26

I used to get it in Home Bargains. I was so delighted to at last have found a proper, delicious cottage cheese. Then they stopped stocking it and I haven't had any since.

Tescos have a plain Polish cottage cheese that is OK. Not as good as Longley but not awful like most of the low fat stuff.

I wish Home Bargains would stock it again.

RockinCara · 09/09/2026 13:30

Asda has it around here.
I don’t live far from where it’s made, so thankfully we get it in local shops too.

minipie · 09/09/2026 13:31

It’s gone from Ocado too <weep>

Snozzlemaid · 09/09/2026 13:35

It disappeared from Asda and Morrisons here but M&S now stock it. So I now have a good excuse to regularly visit the food hall 😃

napody · 09/09/2026 13:37

Morrisons still do it here.
Selfishly gutted that the rest of the world has cottoned on- I've bought it for years as the closest thing to fresh ricotta- shop bought ricotta is so stodgy.
But I'm happy for them as a business! Well deserved.

Holdthemayo · 09/09/2026 13:44

Found it in Herons food the other day . Sadly for me , it’s just to rich and makes me feel a bit queasy if I eat the whole tub in my lunch break ( easily done ) .

OtherS · 09/09/2026 13:59

Waitrose has it, and my local farm shop (which isn't very helpful!).M&S always sold out. Waitrose own is also very good, though not quite as good.

JustSawJohnny · 09/09/2026 14:06

Raisinsandweetabix · 09/09/2026 13:24

The chive one is the best! So fresh and delicious. Been eating it for ever!

The problem is resisting eating it off the spoon.

At least half the tub never makes it to my plate!

JustSawJohnny · 09/09/2026 14:09

minipie · 09/09/2026 13:31

It’s gone from Ocado too <weep>

I noticed this and my local Morrison's only does plain now.

Luckily my local farm shop still stocks chive ❤

WaneyEdge · 09/09/2026 14:18

Booths have it if you’re in the north.

YorkieTheRabbit · 09/09/2026 14:24

Sainsbury’s sell the plain one. Co op sell all varieties.

AutumnLeavesTurning · 09/09/2026 14:25

WaneyEdge · 09/09/2026 14:18

Booths have it if you’re in the north.

Yes we do a 40 miles round trip to get it . It's worth it though .

BelleEpoque27 · 09/09/2026 14:25

It's gone from my local Morrisons, and I've never seen it at Waitrose. Will try M&S, I didn't know they do it! I really miss the pineapple one 😭

trainedopossum · 09/09/2026 14:50

Can’t get my hands on it anymore. Our Morrison’s have stopped stocking it, haven’t seen it in any Waitrose. They had it in Marks but it’s often sold out.

RoniaCheetah · 09/09/2026 15:00

I have some of the chive one in the fridge. I'm new to cottage cheese - what should I do with it?

GameOfJones · 09/09/2026 15:07

I had half a pot on a jacket potato for lunch today with spring onions. It is the best but I can only get it on Morrisons online round me. Our local M&S apparently stocks it although it's always sold out and they only ever have the pineapple ones left 😬.

SwanUpmanship · 09/09/2026 15:09

RoniaCheetah · 09/09/2026 15:00

I have some of the chive one in the fridge. I'm new to cottage cheese - what should I do with it?

It's tasty enough to eat on its own, but goes well on jacket potato, ryvitas, with a salad or cold meat - roll it up in strips of ham, beef, sliced turkey etc. I'm sure there are more adventurous ways of eating it but it needs no adornment!

MrsClattenburg · 09/09/2026 15:13

Asda sell it but it's always out of stock.

Luckily my local greengrocers sell it although if you don't go on a Wednesday (delivery day is a Tuesday) it's sold out.

Cottage cheese with pineapple for me!!!

ScottBakula · 09/09/2026 15:13

RoniaCheetah · 09/09/2026 15:00

I have some of the chive one in the fridge. I'm new to cottage cheese - what should I do with it?

Take a teaspoon over to the fridge ,
Open fridge door
Open cottage cheese
Dunk spoon in it
Open mouth
Insert spoon
Repeat until tub is empty
Hide evidence.

IdaGlossop · 09/09/2026 15:14

I discovered its delights in the 1970s, along with those of ryvita, thanks to my mum (who liked them and wasn't on a diet), and could never understand why Cottage cheese on crispbread was a penance for people trying to lose weight.

MrsClattenburg · 09/09/2026 15:14

Asda sell it but it's always out of stock.

Luckily my local greengrocers sell it although if you don't go on a Wednesday (delivery day is a Tuesday) it's sold out.

Cottage cheese with pineapple for me!!!

PrancingPanda · 09/09/2026 15:16

It's still in Morrisons here.
The best yoghurt too- especially Hazlenut ❤️