Does milk really turn into cottage cheese when it goes spoiled?

Question

I always thought that it was formed as a chamical reaction when lemon juice or vinegar was added to it. Which is right?

Answer 1

No. You are thinking of buttermilk. Cottage cheese is made by different processes of pressing and washing and so on. Recipes calling for buttermilk will tell you that if you don't have actual buttermilk, you can make your own by adding vinegar or lemon juice to regular milk.

Answer 2

Spoiled milk curdles, it does not turn into cottage cheese. If you leave it in ther long enough, it will look like cottage cheese.

Answer 3

No, it turns into sour, disgusting, smelly milk. You should dump sour milk and buy your cottage cheese from the grocery store.

Answer 4

Here is a link on how to make cottage cheese...
http://mi.essortment.com/makecottageche_rloh.htm

Pretty much you let it sit in a warm room until is salitifies.

Answer 5

No, it turns into a bacteria filled liquid. Cottage cheese is actually a cheese and is cultured.

Answer 6

>It's gone sour due to the fermentation of lactic acid bacteria. The acid produced kurdles the protein. The protein that is kurdled is called "kurds" (from which the word "kurdle" is derived). You are familiar with kurds as "cottage cheese."

Answer 7

no, it's a totally separate process. Spoiled milk should be thrown out.

Answer 8

No. It turns into sour milk, which you should pour down the drain.

Answer 9

Suggestion....Leave a glass of milk on your bedstand for 5 days... get a spoon and then... you tell me.

Answer 10

Absolutely NOT.... spoiled milk IS spoiled milk!