Ask the Experts: Farmer Cheese

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Q. What is farmer cheese, and why does it have little or no calcium?

Also known as dry curd cottage cheese or baker cheese, this soft cheese is made from milk that is cultured (to curdle it) and then pressed to separate out the liquid whey, leaving behind the solid curds. It has little or...

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