Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 05-04-19 19:15 <=-

cottage cheese and pineapple salads were all the rage in the
50s and early 60s but didn't stand the test of time and are rare
these days.

Daddy liked cottage cheese, and liked to combine
it with various canned fruits... sometimes it was peach halves

I too had similar things for a while as a kid.

I didn't really give it up for quite a while after I left home, either...
but eventually, we sort of moved away from having it so often... :)
Both Richard and I like it enough to sometimes try to order it as a side
dish certain restaurants.... :)

I rather like a savoury version. I will sometimes dice onions,
celery and a mix of red and green, sweet and somewhat hot peppers,
along with whatever fresh herbs are available and then stir them all
into some cottage cheese.

That could work pretty well.. :)

I still see the equivalent in restaurants as a "fruit and cottage
cheese plate" or some such... :)

It was sometimes called a diet plate.

Yes, I remember that... :)

I haven't seen it on restaurant menus here for decades.

I don't go to the sort of restaurants that would likely have it on their
menus all that often anymore... I'll be going with a group Friday to a diner-type place... I'll try to remember to look to see if it's on the
menu... I do think I've seen it within the last few years....

ttyl neb

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