Cottage Cheese or Copper? Exploring the Metallic Flavor Cottage cheese may taste metallic due to reactions between lactic acid and metal ions from utensils or packaging, or from trace minerals in milk. Aging and improper storage can also enhance a metallic flavor. Individual taste perception and certain health conditions, like dysgeusia, may also contribute to … Read more
Can You Use Cottage Cheese Instead of Cream Cheese in Cheesecake? Cottage cheese is perfectly acceptable to use for cheesecake. Admittedly, cheesecake is typically made from cream cheese, but in truth, you can use a wide variety of soft cheeses to get the job done (more on this in a moment). That being said, there’s … Read more
Is Your Cottage Cheese Packet Open? To be honest, bubbly cottage cheese can be both a good sign and a bad sign. So, let’s start with the bad first. If you see bubbles in your cottage cheese after it has been opened, these are water bubbles. This is generally the first indication that your cottage … Read more