Cottage cheese is a lumpy fresh white cheese, low in fat. A tub of cottage cheese.
It is made in a day rather than aged, which is why it tastes of almost nothing. The name comes from its being made at home from whatever milk was left over.
1nouncottage cheeseA lumpy fresh white cheese, low in fat.
“The cottage cheese in the fridge outlasted three diets.”
cottage cheese is a cheese.
The name is first recorded in 1831 and refers to cheese made in cottages from leftover milk.
First known use is from 1831 in the periodical Godey's Lady's Book. Believed to have originated because the simple cheese was usually produced in cottages from any left-over milk after making butter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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