Despite the impending loss of street cred, we’re fully prepared to announce that we have a favorite cottage cheese. And, no, we’re not octogenarians
Our Favorite Cottage Cheese: Friendship
To understand what we liked best about Friendship cottage cheese, you should know what we didn’t like about many of the other brands we tasted. A large contingent were too sour or had a bitter aftertaste. On the whole we liked a milder cottage cheese, but not too mildâsome specimens were so bland they undoubtedly earned their outdated reputationvast array of cottage cheeses
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The Best Organic Cottage Cheese: Good Culture
Drier even than our winner was this organic brand. It has a slightly cheesier flavorâso, not as mild as Friendship, but still very pleasant to eat on its own. It can go sweet or savoryricotta
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The Best Wet(ter) Cottage Cheese: Daisy
Some tasters on the panel wanted a higher liquid-to-curd ratio than what Friendship offered, and while Daisy was by far not the wettest cottage cheese we tasted, it was significantly wetter than our two leads. The flavor is very mild, but it tasted fresh with a sweet milkiness. It was tied with Trader Joe’s for third place after our blind tastingâand they are admittedly quite similar in texture and appearance. Upon further inspection, we liked that Daisy only has three ingredients: cultured milk, cream, and saltâas opposed to the stabilizers present in Trader Joe’s and most of the selections that placed lower in the rankingsâwhich gave it the edge to nab a place in the winner’s circle.
