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How do you call that in english language?

Is this available in supermarkets in English-speaking countries?
 
"quark" - and names similar - is widely recognized in Europe.
also 'available' in USA - but far from "widely" recognized or "available"

there is no "exact" USA thing as "quark" - altho there are a few sources that claim to make/sell something they call "quark" - but it is not really the same as Norwegian/German/Austrian/Swiss quark, as I know it....
 
Quark (from what I read online) is similar to farmer's cheese or cottage cheese. Too bad PabloLerntKochen hasn't been around lately, he lives in Germany. Windigo might know something about it since she is in the Netherlands, which is further but she is pretty knowledgeable about European cuisine.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Quark (from what I read online) is similar to farmer's cheese or cottage cheese. Too bad PabloLerntKochen hasn't been around lately, he lives in Germany. Windigo might know something about it since she is in the Netherlands, which is further but she is pretty knowledgeable about European cuisine.
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Kwark ( our name for it) is as Dutch as it is German, and it’s actually more similar to yoghurt or cream cheese than cottage cheese. It's almost an in between both cream cheese and yoghurt, somewhat similar to mascarpone or thick Greek Yoghurt.
 
This is made locally to me (in Cincinnati):

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Urban Stead

I have absolutely no experience with it, though.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Would they have something similar in Amish country since they are German descendants?
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I have no idea, as I’ve never looked for it. The one I posted is available from the maker and from the international market, along with another mass-produced brand.

Google says some Amish do make quark and call it farmer’s cheese, but I’ve bought a helluva lot of farmer’s cheese in and around Amish areas, and anything labeled “farmer’s cheese” that I bought was much more similar to butter cheese or havarti.

Looks like Whole Foods sells it (and that’s a dairy brand I’m familiar with):

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Trader Joe’s has that brand as well, it looks like.
 
TastyReuben said:
I have no idea, as I’ve never looked for it. The one I posted is available from the maker and from the international market, along with another mass-produced brand.

Google says some Amish do make quark and call it farmer’s cheese, but I’ve bought a helluva lot of farmer’s cheese in and around Amish areas, and anything labeled “farmer’s cheese” that I bought was much more similar to butter cheese or havarti.
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Right, that's what I assumed at first until I saw that it also is sometimes called "curd cheese" and found references to a similarity to cottage cheese, which apparently isn't correct either (thank you Windigo for giving clarity). I always believe everything I read on the internet :rolleyes:
TastyReuben said:
Looks like Whole Foods sells it (and that’s a dairy brand I’m familiar with):

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Trader Joe’s has that brand as well, it looks like.
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Oooh, they make really great butter!
 
TastyReuben said:
This is made locally to me (in Cincinnati):

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Urban Stead

I have absolutely no experience with it, though.
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It's interesting to me that it’s called cheese. It's basically a leftover product from cheese making . It is used as a bread topping called fresh cheese, but cottage cheese is really something else. Kwark is more of a breakfast product, most people eat it with cereal and fruit
 
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