Cottage cheese vs Farmer cheese
Cottage cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
Cottage cheese is fresh cow's-milk curd kept in soft lumps, usually in a creamy dressing. The name points to farm kitchens, where people made a simple cheese from milk they had on hand.
Farmer cheese
Facts
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
Farmer cheese is a fresh cheese in the United States, made by pressing curds until most of the whey is gone. The result is white, mild, and crumbly, firmer than cottage cheese and drier than a spoonable fresh cheese. It has no rind and no surface bloom from aging. The taste is lightly tangy and milky, with a clean dairy smell. American kitchens use it as a pressed form of cottage cheese, both for eating plain and for cooking in savory or lightly sweet dishes.