Cottage cheese

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I tried cottage cheese for the first time today and I have no words, other than "BLAAAAHHHH"!

I was expecting something similar to ricotta, but it was like yogurt with crumbly chunks of ?, I don't even know what.

Have I just chosen a bad one (Sainsbury's)? Is it better heated up? What am I supposed to do with the rest of the pot?

YABU - Cottage cheese is delicious
YANBU - It is baby sick

Another vote for Longley Farm but I like all own-brand cottage cheese too. I prefer plain to flavoured, and I like it with tasty crackers, or sprinkled with cinnamon and a handful of cashews or almonds. I don’t like it warmed so wouldn’t have it eg on jacket potatoes or toast.

YABU. It is yum! fruit salad on the side... maybe a couple of pecans. Or in a baked potato. it does depend on the brand - keep trying till you find one you love.

I'm obsessed with cottage cheese. I have it every day, and will happily eat it by the tub full!

As many others have said, Longley Farm is the best (full fat one). Lidl is also very good, and was my go to for many years (until the price has gone up and up so I now just buy Longley as they're closer in price now!).

Someone also mentioned the polish one sold in the world food fridge section in many of the larger supermarkets (Morrisons, Asda and Tesco near me all sell it). That's also very nice, but also has quite a different taste to the others.

The cheapest place round here to buy Longley Farm cottage cheese is Home Bargains - it's only £1.19, whereas in Morrisons (my closest supermarket) it's £1.50.

I've just come off a cruise and was delighted to find cottage cheese on there too (a lot of the cruise lines don't seem to have it any more). Had a huge bowl for breakfast every morning (along with other things!).

I love it, could eat it out the tub. The one with pineapple is delicious.

It's not everyone's thing though.

Oh love cottage cheese! You can get different flavours too. Hate ricotta as it happens...

The only cottage cheese I love and eat is the Langley farm one. All the supermarket own versions are 🤮

I looked at what Longley farm Asda sold as I was sure they only had the plain one, it looked like they had all the flavours and the yoghurt as well, I then logged in to my local store as I have had online shop in the past and only the plain came up and no yoghurts😕, it went from about 15 items to 2

Another vote for Longley Farm. With Chives is my favourite.

Haven't had cottage cheese for years, used to quite like it.

Can anyone remind me what it actually is though? And how fattening / calorific it is?

And what does it have to do with cottages?

And ideas of eating it, other than jacket potatoes?

Longley should do a garlic and herbs one IMO.

I'm about to finish off the tub I started at lunchtime. I love the pineapple one but I do also like the plain one. Someone mentioned Lidl cottage cheese up the thread and that's probably the only other one I can eat other than Longley Farm.

I've tried several others and don't really like them, even Waitrose was a big disappointment as they only seem to sell their own one in the local Waitrose to me. Of all the stores, I would have thought they would have Longley Farm.

Marzipan and Bounty are food of the gods.
cottage cheese less so, but it’s ok.

Longley farm full fat, in a baked potato with a pound of butter and a sack of salt. One of my favourite dinners.

I eat it most days as it's a really good source of calcium and very high in protein so good for bones.

However I do have to force it down. The fat free versions are particularly grim.

I love cottage cheese, especially the pineapple one.

Full fat longley farm all the way, it's the only one worth bothering with

I love cottage cheese. I eat the Sainsburys one which apparently is the worst according to this thread. I shall have to try and find the other ones.
I drain the liquid (whey) off the curds and have on toast or crackers with a sprinkle of Maldon sea salt flakes on top. Delicious.

I used to quite like it on a jacket potato, but then since watching a few Dr Pimple Popper episodes, I've kinda gone off it!

Yabu

I'm intrigued by all the LF reviews so going to keep my eyes peeled for the full fat version.

That picture is horrendous.

Tbh I’d just cut ur losses and whack it into the bin. Life’s too short to force yourself to eat things you find disgusting. I don’t like cottage cheese of any kind !

Longley Farm or not at all

That pimple popper picture looks more like thick porridge - it's too beige to be cottage cheese.

That's true! But there have been some definite cottage cheese ones too 😂

I eat it on jacket potatoes for lunch sometimes - either a flavoured one or I add tuna and avocado .

I see it as a specific thing 'cottage cheese', rather than it actually being a kind of cheese -'it's not very cheese-like. And I wouldn't cook with it .