Quark Cheese

[Mehdi]

best is to get food from differences sources, this is for everything: protein, carbs, fats, etc. you need balanced vitamin/mineral/amino acid/etc intake.
80g from quark is ok, but get protein out of other foods too.

[KIB]

Finally tracked down some quark over the weekend. For 500g the price is between 6 and 7 dollars (Canadian). That is WAY too much for me, but I guess there isn't the demand for it to make it more affordable to produce. I see it's much, much cheaper in Euroland. I'll be looking for alternatives or possibly other sources.

[mrOyf]

Quark is very popular here in Finland, especially among athletes. Probably the cheapest source of protein, 0,70 euros per 250g (2 months ago it was 0,55). I like to eat 500g of it a few hours after my raw egg breakfast. I used to add some flax seed oil to it because it contains almost no fat by itself, but the taste is pretty disgusting. Is it low fat in other places too?
Somehow I have the idea that it's somekind of byproduct of some other dairy product, so it really shouldn't cost 12 dollars per kilo. Not really worth the money with that price. Cottage cheese tastes better in my opinion but it contains quite a bit of salt.
When I was serious about adding weight last fall I had "berry quark" every night. "Berry quark" is a popular finnish dessert: whipped cream, quark and berries. Mix them up and let it be in the fridge for some time. Sugar or honey can be added if the berries are not sweet enough for you.

[oi_joe]

7 dollars, that sounds expensive, 50 pence in england for 250 gram tub, should move

[Charlie]

I've seen it once in Australia, and it was something like $10AUD per 200g. I think I'll stick with cottage cheese and berries.

[Kyle]

FOUND IT IN AMERICA!
at Adams Farms, they had it in a tub, about 10 servings, looked good, $5, bought it, tastes arite, comparable to ricotta cheese or cottage cheese in USofA

[jdurando]

Thanks Kyle - nothing to go searching for, stick to cottage cheese is the way I feel about it.

[KIB]

jdurando I think it was you who suggested the dry curd cottage cheese. I was comparing nutritional info yesterday and the dry stuff has much less salt and fat and much more protein than the wet. Thanks for the tip.

[jdurando]

Makes good "imitation" snowballs to throw at the wife and kids too !!!

[phillipsjosh2415]

Do they have dry curd cottage cheese in the US?  Would it be at a regular grocery store or only a health food store?  I don't think I've ever seen or heard of it but I'd like to try it.

[jdurando]

Dry Curd = Large Curd which is less acidic.  Rather than what is the norm "small curd" like breakstones that you would pickup at any supermarket. Both are good in my opinion

[phillipsjosh2415]

OK.  I had in mind from the name of it that it was actually "dry" - no liquid stuff in it like I'm used to. I have seen Large Curd cottage cheese before.  If I remember right though, it was harder for me to find large curd that was low fat. Thanks for the explanation.

[KIB]

OK.  I had in mind from the name of it that it was actually "dry" - no liquid stuff in it like I'm used to. I have seen Large Curd cottage cheese before.  If I remember right though, it was harder for me to find large curd that was low fat. Thanks for the explanation.

The stuff I get really IS dry... It has no liquid and actually rattles around when you carry it home. The curds are about the same size as regular stuff. I'd never heard of it before, but it was there, lurking in with the other cottage cheese. Read the lables carefully. Maybe you can find it.

[phillipsjosh2415]

You're in Canada though, right KIB?

[Kyle]

Today I tried this
whole grain bagel, buttered, then smother with quark cheese on top, drizzle with 1/3 tablespoon honey
AWESOME!