The recipe box: Cottage cheese, bacon and noodles

By Caitlyn Nelson
Scott High School

My great-grandmother was Polish. She would fix this dish for my mother when she was a little girl. Over the years, the “recipe” has been passed down through the family, even though there isn’t a specific formula for making it. When we tell people what it is and that it’s our favorite food, they think we’re crazy. But everyone who has tried it has praised it.

Ingredients:

1 pound bacon (save grease)

1 package egg noodles

1 large tub cottage cheese (large curd)

Directions:

1. Fry bacon and crumble into a bowl.

2. Boil and drain noodles. Place in bowl.

3. Add a small amount of bacon grease to bacon/noodle mixture.

4. Add cottage cheese.

5. Salt to taste (or let each person salt his or her own).

6. Eat while warm.

Makes 4-6 servings.