Cottage cheese is a simple cheese made from milk with an additive to curdle it - i.e., to make curds and whey. It contains milk, possibly buttermilk as well, and rennet. There are several sites on how to make your own cottage cheese out there.
Rennet, btw, is non-vegetarian in many cases - if you are vegetarian, you should check the label - kosher and vegan options are out there, but are *not* the standard.
Milk, rennet, starter culture + usually a little salt.
Cheese is soft and chewy.
Yes, because it is soft.
the posh word for soft cheese is fromage frais
hard cheese is hardend by FAT! and i like soft cheese better than hard cheese. =]
yes you can use soft cream cheese for baking.
Mozzarella cheese is a soft, fresh cheese from Italy.
*Some soft cheeses are: cottage cheese, farmer's cheese?, goat cheese and fresh mozzarella.* cream cheese, camembert, boursin cheese (not sure what kind of cheese it is though)
No it is a hard cheese from Switzerland.
blue cheese
soft cheeses are typically easier to digest than hard. Hard cheese requires an acid environment, much like meat in order to digest.
Hard cheese has a higher calorie content, since soft cheese has a greater percentage of water in it.
Tomme is the most common soft Swiss cheese. Brie-type soft cheeses are also made in Switzerland.