farmer cheese

or farmer's cheese

noun

a cheese made by pressing together the soft white curds of whole milk or partly skimmed milk, similar in texture to dry cottage cheese.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of farmer cheese¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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Should you find a brick or two of old-fashioned farmer cheese, you can substitute it for the cottage cheese.

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The buffet table included pickled salads, pâté, cold fish wraps and twarog — something like a white farmer cheese — most of which we also piled on our plates.

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Usually she preferred farmer cheese, which is dry and crumbly like feta.

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Syrniki, farmer cheese pancakes, topped with fresh sour cream, its acid the perfect counterbalance to the sweetened batter.

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For dessert, there are slightly damp farmer cheese pelmeni with cocoa-infused skins, nicely muddled with sour cherries and chocolate flakes that promptly wilt into sauce.

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farmer farmerette

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