Cottage cheese vs Hoop 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.
Hoop cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- United States
Hoop cheese is a plain cow's milk cheese from the United States. Makers press fresh curds in a round hoop, which gives the cheese its name and its wheel shape. The flavor stays mild, milky, and a little tangy, with none of the sharpness of a long-aged block. Shoppers still find it in some country stores and dairies, often under a coat of wax. It is a simple cheese, closer to a farm cheese than to a branded loaf.