Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1918 — Ways to Ute Cottage Cheese [ARTICLE]

Ways to Ute Cottage Cheese

Cottage cheese is richer in protein than most meats and is very much cheaper. Every pound contains more than three ounces of protein, the chief material for body building. It is also a valuable source of energy, though not so high as foods with more fat. It follows that its value in this respect be greatly increased by serving it with cream, as is so commonly done. .... Cottage cheese alone is an appetising and nutritious dish. It may also be served with sweet or sour cream, and some people add a little sugar, or chives, chopped onion, or caraway seed. Cottage Cheese with Preserves and Jellies! Pour over cottage cheese anj fruit preserves, such as strawberries, figs or cherries. Serve with bread or crackers. If. preferred, cottage-cheese balls may be served separately and eaten with the preserves.. A very dainty dish may be made by dropping a bit of jelly into a nest of the cottage cheese. Cottage-cheese Salad. Mix thoroughly one pound of cheese one and onehalf tablespoonfuls of cream, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley and salt to taste. First, fill a rectangular mold with cold water £b chill and wet the surface; line the bottom with waxed paper, then pack in three layers, putting two or three parallel strips of pimento layers. Cover with waxed paper and set in a cool place until ready to serve; then run a knife around the sides and invert the mold. Cut in slices and and chopped nuts also may be added, dressing and wafers. Minced olives may be used instead of the parsley, kinds, cowpeas, lentils, or peas), with Cottage-cheese Rolls: (To be used like meat rolls.) A large variety of rolls, suitable for serving as the main dish at dinner, may be made by combining legumes (beans of various kinds, cowpeas, lentils, or peas), with cottage cheese,, and adding bread crumbs to make the mixture thick enough to form into a roll. Beans are usually mashed/- but peas or small lima beans may be combined whole with bread crumbs and cottage cheese and enough of the liquor in which the vegetables have been cooked may be added to get the right consistency; ox, instead of beans or peas, chopped spinach, beet tops, or head lettuce may be added. Boston Roast: One pound can ot kidney beans or equivalent quantity of cooked beans. One-half pound of cob tage cheese. Bread crumbs. Salt. Maeh the beans or put them through a meat grinder. Add the cheese and bread crumbs enough to make the mixture sufficiently stiff to be formed into a roll. Bake in a moderate oven, basting occasionally with butter or other fat, and water. Serve with tomato sauce. This dish may be flavored with chopped onions, cooked in butter or other fat and a very little water until tender. Pimento and Cottage Cheese Roast: 2 cupfuls of cooked lima beans. Ir 4 pound of cottage cheese. 5 canned pimentos chopped. Bread crumbs. Salt. Put the first three ingredients through a meat chopper. Mix thoroughly and add bread crumbs until it is stiff enough to form into a roll. Brown in the oven, basting occasionally with butter or other fat, and watee. Cottage Cheese and Nut Roast: 1 cupful of cottage cheese. 1 cupful of chopped English walnuts. 1 cupful of bread crumbs. 2 tablespoonfuls of chopped onion. 1 tablespoonful of butter. Juice of half a lemon. Salt and pepper. Cook the onion in the butter or other fat and a little water until tender. Mix the other ingredients ana moisten with the water in which the onion has been cooked. Pour into a shallow baking dish and brown in the oven. Cheese Sauce: (For use with eggs, milk toast, or other dishes.) One cupful of milk, 1 tablespoonful of Cottage cheese, 2 tablespoonfuls of flour, salt and pepper to taste. Thicken the milk with the flour and just before serving add the cheete, stirring until it is melted. This sauce may be used in preparing creamed eggs or for ordinary milk toast. The quantity of cheese in the recipe may be increased, making a sauce suitable for using with macaroni or rice.