Dutch cheese
Dutch cheese is a US regional term for cottage cheese, reflecting the historical influence of Dutch and German immigrant communities in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
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Dutch cheese is a US regional term for cottage cheese, reflecting the historical influence of Dutch and German immigrant communities in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The connection makes sense: Dutch settlers brought fresh curd cheese-making traditions from the Netherlands to colonial America. Mostly archaic today, supplanted by 'cottage cheese,' but it survives in older cookbooks, regional recipes, and the speech of older generations in mid-Atlantic and Midwestern communities.
The recipe called for a cup of Dutch cheese mixed with fresh chives and a pinch of salt.
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(US) Cottage cheese.
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