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jmcquown[_2_]

On 11/27/2017 2:32 PM, wrote:
> Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>> On 11/26/2017 7:43 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>> On 2017-11-27, Hank Rogers > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> How about lasagna? My mother used cottage cheese rather
>>>>>> than ricotta. It works.
>>>>
>>>>> But it's a good idea, not much difference in the two cheeses.
>>>>
>>>> Agree.
>>>>
>>>> First heard about cottage cheese in lasagne from the wildly popular
>>>> diet book, Calories Don't Count, from the 60s. Lotta ppl made it, as
>>>> it was a very popular book. I was jesta kid, but I remember eating
>>>> lotsa 'cottage cheese' lasagne's and they were always good.
>>>>
>>>> I later went into a 'lasagne stage', using lotsa diferent ricottas, so
>>>> I know of what I speak.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>
>> Or make your own ricotta. It is simple enough.
>
> Would be nice if you'd explain....
>
I wouldn't bother making my own ricotta. I rarely need ricotta (or
cottage cheese) so I just buy a small amount as needed.

Jill