Taste Test: Cottage Cheese

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Taste Test: Cottage Cheese
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There’s a wide range out there.

, which I often find too grainy and bland when cooked. It also has the smallest curds of any cottage cheese we tasted, which may or may not matter to you.Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Joe SevierSome tasters on the panel wanted a higher liquid-to-curd ratio than what Friendship offered, and while Daisy was by farthe 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 tasting—and they are admittedly quite similar in texture and appearance. Upon further inspection, we liked that Daisy only has three ingredients: cultured milk, cream, and salt—as opposed to the stabilizers present in Trader Joe's and most of the selections that placed lower in the rankings—which gave it the edge to nab a place in the winner's circle.I took an informal poll to determine whether the Epicurious staff as a whole preferred large-curd or small-curd cottage cheese, and while the margins were slim, my colleagues ultimately leaned in favor of small curd. It's an important distinction since the difference can mean more than just curd-size comparison. Traditionally, , speeding up the curdling process and producing a less sour cheese. That said, many of today's commercial brands prepare both cheeses identically, so in some instances it really

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