User blog comment:John Breasly/Request:Unban the Spaniards!/@comment-67.141.172.250-20111224193352

Support - Ol Sammy the Sandwich knows best about the process of the creation of cottage cheese. The term "cottage cheese" is believed to have originated because the simple cheese was usually made in cottages from any milk left over after making butter. The term was first used in 1848.[1] The curds and whey of nursery rhyme fame is another dish made from curds with whey, but it is uncertain what their consistency was, if they were drained at all or how they were curdled (which affects the flavor). Some writers claim they are equivalent or similar.[2]  - what macmorgan said