I have been working really hard in my studio and spending lots of time out there. The other day I was poking around and realized I had a big assortment of cottage cheese items. I NEVER set out to collect cottage cheese stuff, but somehow I did.
I collect them because of the graphics and this one I use for storage in my studio.
I love the pink color on this one.
This one is GIANT and holds my vintage sparkly pinecones. It is a 5 lb size. That is a ton of cottage cheese.
I found these all at one sale...they hold nothing yet. I am always a fan of Elsie the cow.
I got a pair of pink cottage cheese containers at Farm Chicks years ago. This one lives in my house with this little handmade doll I also bought at Farm Chicks. They live under a glass dome on my dresser.
You may remember the blog post I did on exploring the crawl space at Aunt Tillie's hoarder sale a few years ago. You can read about it here and here and here. (one of my favorite estate sale times ever). One of the finds in the crawl space was a box of old lids. Many of them were from cottage cheese containers. I could not toss them. I can not imagine eating this much cottage cheese either.
Lid after lid after lid.
These are all metal lids. What an assortment.
For the record, we did eat cottage cheese when I was growing up. We mixed it with applesauce. I don't think my Mom ever served it like this.
Great lid still has the paper with recipe suggestions attached to it.
This one has a deal for seeds still attached. It is dated 1954. These cottage cheese lids sat in that crawlspace for a long time.
For the record, I like cottage cheese. I don't eat if often but I do like it. I don't mix it with applesauce like I did when I was a kid.
A MY-TE-FINE collection! If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of ____." Congrats, if you read this far you have now read a post on COTTAGE CHEESE CONTAINERS.
Reminds me of my mother in law. She buys the extra large 5lb tubs of cottage cheese. She loves that stuff.
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | September 01, 2015 at 05:48 AM
My grandpa ate cottage cheese every single day. He used to put peaches on it. Now whenever I eat it, I always have to have peaches on it too. It's a nice memory :-)
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | September 01, 2015 at 06:49 AM
I haven't had cottage cheese in awhile, but I happened to pack it in my lunch today! Ha! I tend to eat it with a little salt and pepper along with salad, or veggies. I don't care for it with sweet things. Anyway, that is a lot of lids!
Posted by: Alison (alibaba520 on IG) | September 01, 2015 at 10:04 AM
You've made me look at everything differently now. I take my time and look at cans, containers of all sorts and anything that have great graphics on them. I'm still learning from the best! :-)
Cute posts!
Posted by: Doreen | September 01, 2015 at 02:54 PM
You just made me start craving cottage cheese and canned pears :D
I love the Borden small curd pink container..so sweet!
Posted by: Deanna | September 01, 2015 at 04:39 PM
We eat cottage cheese all the time, It has to be small curd and 4% milkfat,lol. We eat it with salt and pepper, pineapple or mandarin oranges. We also use it in place of ricotta cheese when we make Lasagna. I have never really thought about the containers our food comes in unless they are really interesting. Our attic floor is covered with tin soup cans and other tins. I believe a previous owner used them to patch the floor. Have you ever seen that in the homes you have been in?
Posted by: BethAnne | September 01, 2015 at 06:27 PM
The pink one is my favorite. I DO eat cottage cheese but never, ever, ever with fruit. I do not like that one bit! I like it with tomatoes or chives added. Yum!
Posted by: Kathy | September 01, 2015 at 09:07 PM
Peaches, pineapple, or just salt and pepper...the best ways to eat cottage cheese. What a fun post!
Posted by: shirley hatfield | September 02, 2015 at 02:47 PM
I grew up eating it, my grandmother always served it with lots of pepper. I still eat it, great if you are on a low carb diet. But like BethAnne said, it has to be small curd and 4% milkfat, the other stuff is NASTY. That pink container is darling.
Posted by: Marci | September 04, 2015 at 04:57 PM
Back in the day, cottage cheese came in waxed containers and at Easter, they were decorated with bunnies, chicks, etc. you could poke holes in the sides, pop in a pipe cleaner handle and have a little Easter basket. Too bad I didn't keep any.
Posted by: suzanne | September 11, 2015 at 11:12 PM