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Hank Rogers

wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:02:26 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 07:11:16 -0800, Taxed and Spent
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/28/2017 5:53 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but she said ricotta wasn't available.
>>>
>>> I likely wouldn't make my own cottage cheese either, especially with
>>> my living in dairy country, but still I'd be interested in how someome
>>> who says it's easy makes it... and because it's not all about me... a
>>> discussion about make cheese, unlike most of the dreck posted here,
>>> is very appropriate for a food group.
>>>
>>> I actually can't remember the last time I bought cottage cheese,
>>> however a few times a year I buy Farmer's Cheese and Pot Cheese.
>>> Farmer's cheese is like a very dry version of cottage cheese, very
>>> good in sandwhiches in lieu of cream cheese as it won't run out like
>>> cottage cheese. Pot cheese is a very large curd version of cottage
>>> cheese that I like for its tangy flavor and prefer it for lasasgna...
>>> I find ricotta too sweet... I think ricotta is best suited for
>>> pastries like cannoli. All these various types of cheese are readily
>>> available at stores near where I live.
>>
>> My mom said her mom made cottage cheese when she was growing up. She just
>> put sour milk on the back of the stove in a hot pan over a very low heat for
>> a very long time. She said it wasn't good and wasn't like what we get in the
>> stores today.
>
> Your mom enjoyed head cheese.
>
And I bet she stirred her sour milk with your great big
saw-seege.