Cottage Cheese Catastrophe! 😱 My Yoghurt Maker Betrayal!

Cottage Cheese Catastrophe! 😱 My Yoghurt Maker Betrayal!
Well, folks, it seems even a Curmudgeon can't escape the occasional kitchen calamity! This week, I attempted to make cottage cheese in my trusty yoghurt maker. (Because why buy a separate gadget when you can jerry-rig the one you have, right?)
Spoiler alert: it did NOT go well. 😫
Instead of lovely, fluffy curds, I ended up with a watery, tasteless mess that resembled something you'd see a baby reject. 🤢 (Don't worry, I didn't taste it. Probably.)
So what went wrong? Did I use the wrong milk? Did I anger the cheese gods? Did my yoghurt maker finally decide to stage a revolt? 🤔 Join me as I dissect this culinary disaster, analyze my mistakes, and try to figure out how to salvage this soggy situation. (Maybe I can use it to water the plants?) 🌱
Don't miss this cheesy train wreck! Hit that play button and witness the Curmudgeon's culinary downfall. (And maybe learn from my mistakes, so you don't end up with a fridge full of watery cheese.) 😉
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[@madrabbitwoman]

I'm gunna try this recipe: I use a lightning fast method that hasn't let me down yet: "Boil kettle, mix 1 cup milk powder+2 cups boiling hot water. Immediately stir in 2 tbsp vinegar, stir very gently until curdled, drop in a few ice cubes directly to the mix to cool quickly, strain through fine mesh strainer and press a little whey out, transfer to bowl, season with salt+msg and stir 2 tbsp cream to be fancy. Faster to make than a decent cup of tea, tastes better than most of the store-bought stuff, plus can easily be made into blocks of Paneer instead."

[@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon]

You dont find the powdered milk gives it a funny taste? Haven't been able to stomach the powdered stuff since - or perhaps due to - my army days

[@madrabbitwoman]

@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon dunno - haven't tried it yet

[@Thecultivatingcurmudgeon]

@ let me know how it goes😀