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Show - . vS 'fci' " ii JntT , JfJ " A buffet style salad tray co-starring cottage cheese and fruit is eye-appealing as well as taste-appealing. In the center are pear strips nestled in cottage cheese. From the top. reading clockwise1, combined with cottage cheese red grapes and a peach half; melon balls with strawberry garnish; peach sliees with pecan halves; and pineapple slice and strawberries; whole apricots and chopped pecans. Versatile Dairy Food Cottage Cheese Comes Long Way Since Little Miss Muffet's Day "Little Miss Muffet. sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey . . ." What were the curds and whey? Simply what is now called cottage cheese, with many refinements since Little Miss Muffet enjoyed it. Today's cottage cheese is a versatile food especially popu lar with the modern Miss Muffet Muf-fet who is watching her waistline. waist-line. Its calorie content is low while its protein value is high. Salads are her favorite way for eating cottage cheese. Pictured here is a serve-your-self tray brimming with fruit and cottage cheese salads for Miss Muffets. (Mister Mufieta. too I Cottage cheese blends happily with almost any fruiL With fresh fruit it tastes especially "'reshing and delicious. I Combined with cottage cheese in the photographed salads are pear strips, melon hulls, peaches, pineapple and strawberries, apricots, apri-cots, grapes, and a peach half. Chopped pecans add texture to the apricot cottage cheei-e duo. This tray ol salad suit a ladies' la-dies' luncheon to erleetiofi. Add small sandwiches mil-bread mil-bread or chicken salad. and a ciNtl retraining beverage Your menu is complete. Use fresh cotlHge cheese when you make these salads Cottage cheese should always be used within a day or two alter purchase pur-chase to enjoy its delicate dairy fresh flavor Cottage cheese should be tightly tight-ly covered and in the refrigerator refrigera-tor until vou re ready to serve it. as it tastes best when it is cold. Foi more interesting salHds, combine cottage cheese with any ol these contrasting flavors bleu cheese, crushed pineapple, chopped dried beet, tomato cubes, minced chives. chopied green pepitei. thinly sliced radishes, rad-ishes, or pimiento There s a variety ol other ways cottage cheese can be used. Try it in salad dressings, main dishes, apftetizers. dips, salads, and desserts. |