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Cottage Cheese

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Cottage Cheese

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mrs. A. M. Gibbs.

  2. Pour boiling water on the thick milk in the pan in which it has turned, stirring while you pour ; as soon as

  3. VALUABLE KECTPES. 167

  4. the milk separates from the whey and begins to appear cooked, let it settle ; in a minute or two most of the water and whey can be poured off; if not sufficiently cooked, more hot water may be used ; set the pan on edge, and with your spoon or. hand draw the curd to the upper side, pressing out as much water as possible ; if desired, it can stand a few moments in cold water ; when squeezed dry, work the curd fine, rolling it between the hands ; add salt and cream to taste ; in ver)' warm weather when the milk has turned quickly, it is very palatable without the addi- tion of cream.

By Home for the Friendless (Chicago, Ill.). Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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