Hello,
This is a cottage cheese questions. I am using raw Holstein milk!
First off the curd forms beautifully and looks perfect and then when I heat to cook the curds it breaks down to nothing and I am left with soup... Please Help!! :( :(
I don't know what method you are using to make your cottage cheese, but there's a really good blog here: http://tcuppminiatures.blogspot.com/2008/09/making-cottage-cheese.html (http://tcuppminiatures.blogspot.com/2008/09/making-cottage-cheese.html) that has good instructions on how to make cottage cheese. I hope it helps!
Very Interesting blog.
I used the following method for making my cottage cheese, and it gave a pretty good yield:
http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G9550 (http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G9550)
Edit: The link above gives recipes for two types of Cottage Cheese. One with rennet (Short Set) and one without rennet (Long Set). I used the Long Set procedure that does not require Rennet and am very happy with the results.