On Apr 24, 7:03*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> I tried a recipe today for 'twice-baked' or 'stuffed' baked potatoes. One of
> the ingredients is 1/2 cup of cottage cheese for 3 potatoes. *I'm really not
> familiar with cottage cheese; only had it served to me sort of plopped atop
> a pear or peach half. It's surprising how sour the recipe turned out. *The
> cottage cheese is by Kraft and the 'use by' date is May although, of course,
> I don't know if it was kindly treated before purchase. *Does cottage cheese
> have a sour taste? and what could I substitute if so? *Polly

Polly, you can put cottage cheese in the food processor or blender and
smooth it out and use it as a substitute for sour cream.
People who are on low fat diets do this. It's actually very good
that way.