Fun Facts About Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is rarely associated with boycotts, but in the summer of 2011, the one produced by the Elite company was boycotted in Israel because of its high cost, compared to its cost in the United States. Elite is an Israeli company, so it didn’t seem fair that the price of their cottage cheese was higher in Israel than in other countries. The boycott was successful and the price was eventually lowered.
On the Indian subcontinent, cottage cheese or ‘paneer’ is used in many savory dishes and goes well in a spicy dish with spinach. It is used to tame the hot spices that are used in traditional dishes, and these are very tasty.
Little Miss Muffet was clearly greedy and impatient. He sat on his “tuffet, eating his curd and whey,” which are the forerunners of cottage cheese. If he had waited a little longer, he may not have had that traumatic encounter with the spider.
Cottage cheese is made by curdling the pasteurized milk and draining most of the liquid or whey, so that only the curds remain in soft lumps. You can curdle the milk with lemon juice and make it with low-fat milk, so it has fewer calories.
This type of cheese has been made for millennia and was made by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. It gets its name in English because it can be easily prepared at home and can be pressed to a thicker consistency to make a creamy white cheese from which all of the whey is removed, until it becomes what is known as farmer’s cheese. , which is solid but crumbling. more like feta cheese.
It was a favorite of former United States President Richard Nixon, whose last meal as president was cottage cheese with a pineapple slice. Without a doubt, fresh pineapple is a better gourmet experience than cottage cheese and pineapple that you can buy in local supermarkets.
This type of cheese is ideal for dieters since its mild flavor can be mixed with tastier things like paprika or chili peppers, and can be consumed as a snack or in a main meal since it only has 98 calories per 100 grams, and it contains 11.1 grams. protein and very little fat. It also contains high levels of selenium which is great for healthy skin and an overall wellness factor. It also contains vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, and calcium, which is essential for healthy bones.
According to a USFDA report, Americans buy about 600 million pounds of cottage cheese a year, although I guess that doesn’t mean they eat all of that as it doesn’t have a very long shelf life. However, it is worth noting that it takes one hundred pounds (weight) of milk to produce only fifteen pounds of cottage cheese.
It seems to be a favorite food, although I can’t say I’m a huge fan, unless it’s mixed with sweet pancakes or a spicy meat dish as it tastes bland to me. However, this is what makes it so versatile.