Re: Whatever happened to Chive Cottage Cheese?

Quoted message said:

I can't find chive cottage cheese; chive cream cheese (except whipped)
or frozen chives, which used to come in little tubs in the freezer
section - they were wonderful to just sprinkle on cottage cheese and/or
tomatoes/potatoes or whatever.

Now I have to buy fresh chives at $3 something a container, and they
get slimey SO fast. Yeah, I know, grow my own - don't have a window
arrangement to get the job done, unfortunately, even in a bedroom or
bathroom.

Just a little side note... I'm pretty satisfied with Penzey's
dried chives. No, they're not the same as fresh, which I grow outside
in the summer and use frequently...but they're not bad! I sometimes
mix some in with my egg salad, or sprinkle some in soups. They might
work for mixing in with cottage cheese too, it's worth a try.

Ariane

P.S. My attempts to grow chives indoors didn't work out well,
either. They were all spindly, and didn't attain the same growth that
they do outside in the ground. This past summer's clumps of chives
were 8-9" high and did very well up until the heavy snowfall we got
over Christmas. I haven't tried drying them myself yet!

Quoted message said:

Now I have to buy fresh chives at $3
something a container, and they get
slimey SO fast. Yeah, I know, grow my
own - don't have a window arrangement
to get the job done, unfortunately, even
in a bedroom or bathroom. N

I'm lucky enough to have a nice herb garden, but chives are very easy to
dry or freeze. When you purchase them at the grocery store, chop up
whatever you won't be using immediately and freeze them in a baggie.
When you need a few "fresh" chives, just reach into your freezer. They
really do keep pretty well this way and they won't go to waste. I do
the same thing with scallions.

Denise in NH

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Quoted message said:

I can't find chive cottage cheese; chive cream cheese (except whipped)
or frozen chives, which used to come in little tubs in the freezer
section - they were wonderful to just sprinkle on cottage cheese and/or
tomatoes/potatoes or whatever.

Now I have to buy fresh chives at $3 something a container, and they
get slimey SO fast. Yeah, I know, grow my own - don't have a window

Have you tried the dried from the spice area? I think they are good. Not
as good as fresh but better than nothing.

ObPetPeeve: Restaurants that ask if you want chives on your baked potato,
and then give you green onion.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS
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