It is OK to eat full fat cottage cheese although you should only eat full fat cottage cheese in moderation as it can be fattening and contribute to weight gain and other health issues.
There are some things that are unhealthy about cottage cheese which is mainly the high levels of fat and sodium which can be bad for heart health and put you at increased risk of weight gain and heart disease when consumed in excess.
However when consumed in moderation cottage cheese is healthy for you and contains calcium, vitamins and other nutrients.
The chunks in cottage cheese are curds which are the lumps or chunks in the cottage cheese and the liquid in cottage cheese is the whey.
Cottage cheese is also known as curds and whey and starts out from pasteurized nonfat milk.
The black specks in cottage cheese are bismuth residues which get into the milk and into the cottage cheese and cause the harmless black spots or black specks in the cottage cheese.
The black specks or bismuth residues also appear in some other cheeses and the cheese is still safe to eat.
Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product also known as curds and whey with a mild flavor and a creamy, heterogenous, soupy texture.
The cottage cheese is made from skimmed milk by draining curds but retaining some of the whey and keeping the curds loose.
Cottage cheese is an excellent source of calcium, a mineral that plays a major role in tooth and bone health, and in the prevention of osteoporosis.
It also helps you to regulate your blood pressure and might even play a role in preventing certain cancers, such as prostate cancer.
Cottage cheese is called Crowdie in Scotland which has been made by the Crofters of Scotland for centuries.
In Gaelic cottage cheese is called Gruth.
Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product with a mild flavor and a creamy, heterogenous, soupy texture.
It is made from skimmed milk by draining curds but retaining some of the whey and keeping the curds loose.
Cottage cheese does not have rennet as traditional cottage cheese and Paneer is made without the use of rennet and is instead coagulated with vinegar or lemon juice which is an acidic ingredient.
Vegetarians cannot eat rennet as rennet comes from the stomach of ruminant animals such as goats and cows and is an enzyme.
Because rennet is obtained from animals it is not vegetarian.
The way you get rennet is by deriving the rennet from the stomach fat of a goat, lamb or calf.
Most stomach-derived rennet is taken from the fourth stomach of young, unweaned calves.
These animals are not killed expressly for their rennet; rather they are killed for meat production (in this case, veal) and the rennet is a byproduct.
Animal rennet is derived from the stomach of a calf, lamb or goat while their diets are still limited to milk, this is typically 90% pure chymosin.
Vegetable rennet is made from a type of mold (Mucur Miehei).
However, even though it is derived from mold, there is no mold contained in the final product.