Why is cottage cheese trending again?

On President Nixon’s final day in the White House, just before he went on television to announce his resignation, his lunch arrived on a silver tray: a glass of milk, slices of pineapple arranged in a circle and on top them, a scoop of cottage cheese.

This was not at the time, 1974, considered an abomination — it was quite unremarkable in comparison to the scandal that was forcing the president from office. At the time, the average American ate more than two kilos of cottage cheese a year, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Yet pretty soon, cottage cheese, like Nixon, would fall out of favour and slide from view, leaving a slimy trail. Now it is back.

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