pot cheese

American  

noun

Chiefly Hudson Valley.

1. cottage cheese.

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pot cheese British  

noun

1. a type of coarse dry cottage cheese

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Regionalisms

See cottage cheese.

Etymology

Origin of pot cheese

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

And there were the small ethnic shops, the Thai grocery, the bodega, the Italian green market and the dairy that made its own pot cheese to satisfy its Eastern European customers.

From Washington Post

One pound fresh pot cheese, ½ pint sour cream, 1½ ounce sweet almonds, 1½ ounce bitter almonds, 1 cup seedless raisins, 2 tablespoonfuls flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoonful butter, 6 eggs, ¼ teaspoonful salt.

From Project Gutenberg

I have learned to churn—to make butter and pot cheese as well.

From Project Gutenberg

Place in bowl One cup of cottage or pot cheese, One red pepper, minced very fine, One tablespoon of grated onion, One-half cup of finely chopped olives, One teaspoon of salt, One-half teaspoon of paprika.

From Project Gutenberg

Dutch cheese American vernacular for cottage or pot cheese.

From Project Gutenberg