As a young learning-to-cook-wife, my Mother-In-Law was at the ready to teach me the old ways and tell me the food stories of her native Germany.
Oma often spoke of a farmer's cheese she pronounced 'quark'.
She said "you just can't get that here in America"
"As kids we loved it when our mother mixed a little sugar into it with some strawberries."
Opa readily agreed.
Opa readily agreed.
I asked, "is it like cream cheese?"
"Ney, you just can't get it here."
"Is it like ricotta?"
"Ney, Ney, You just can't get it here."
I found a package labeled Farmers Cheese in the dairy section of a grocery store once.
But that wasn't quite right either.
So I gave it a try.
Although it's not quite the cheese of Oma and Opa's memory, I am happy to have learned a new skill.
But if any of you know how to make really good Farmer's Cheese, German style...
Please...past on the secret!
{Sharing with Homestead Blog Hop}
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Linking with
Farm Fresh Friday
12 comments:
looks good to me, we used to make something similar when camping and the milk went sour, sort of a cross between cream and cottage cheese, good with black pepper and fresh white bread. We can get a product called quark here not tried it though
That looks good. I'd love to create something like that!
I don't have a clue how to make Farmer's Cheese. My knowledge of making cheese is zero. However, I have vivid memories as a little girl, of riding in the car with my dad and stopping at the cheese factories in Wisconsin. Now that is many years ago . . ., does that count? Smile . . .
yummy....and milk in a bottle, i have not seen that in years!!
How interesting...thanks for passing this on
Looks yummy. Great pictures to follow!
I have seen quark for sale in our grocery store but didn't really know what it was.
Hope you find a good recipe.
As the daughter of a German cheese maker, this totally interests me!! Can I come over for a lesson? It looks delicious! Thank you so much for sharing with Farm Fresh Friday!!
HI there! I found your blog via The Prairie Homestead. I know there is a recipe for quark in Ashley English's book "Home Dairy". Hopefully, it is close to what you are looking for!
Hi, do you have a recipe for this? My best friend talks about quark too! She was born in Slovenia and had it there. I'd love to make her some!
Try this link
http://www.peanutbutterboy.com/how-to-make-quark-cheese/
or
http://rheology.tripod.com/QuarkMakingOfHenning.htm
buttermilk makes great quark (use the dehydrator until thick) or simply strain joghurt (real one without all that starch added to it).
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