This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Cottage Cheese
Sep
15
2021
I realized our boys never experienced one of the little joys I had growing up – cottage cheese.
Now this is not just any cottage cheese, but enhanced cottage cheese.
I don’t know when it started, but I don’t remember ever eating cottage cheese at home without putting jello on top.
Now this is not just normal jello, but raw jello. Just the powder, straight out of the box.
If you think about it, it’s a perfect match. Jello powder adds everything that cottage cheese is missing – color, flavor, and sugar.
There was usually an open box of jello in the cabinet drawer, if not, then just pick your favorite flavor and open it up. Dump a bit of powder on your cottaqe cheese and you’re good to go.
I thought I would introduce our boys to the delight that is jello powder on cottage cheese. The older boys weren’t at dinner that day, so it was just the younger two.
I prepared them their bowls:
I like to not stir the jello in all the way, because then you get some more intense bursts of flavor. But just for fun, I stirred one all the way through.
I’m sharing this here because when I mentioned the practice of putting jello powder on cottage cheese, my wife was surprised. That was not something she was familiar with. And if she didn’t know it, probably a lot of other people don’t know it either. Thus it falls to me to spread the news, or recipe rather.
In case you’re curious, the boys were not fans of this dish. But their reasoning was the texture of the cottage cheese, not anything with the jello.
Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,
Job 10:10
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:23 am and has been carefully placed in the Food category.
September 20th, 2021 at 6:50 pm
Our children are regularly amazed at foods from my childhood. Cottage cheese and jello. Bananas, sugar, and milk. Peanut butter, mayonnaise, and honey on bananas. Fried bologna.