It may seem difficult and confusing at first, but that's only with your first batch, after that it's a breeze. A gallon of skim milk will make about a pound of cottage cheese. If you are planning to use raw milk, let it set for a while and then skim off the cream to use later in your finished cottage cheese. You will need a starter to make cottage cheese. You can use a commercial culture, cultured buttermilk, or rennet tablets.
Salt helps to improve the life of the cheese, no to mention the flavor.
After the cottage cheese is done, it will have a very acid like taste to it, so you will want to season it with either sour cream or sweet cream. Herbs, fruit or sweeteners can also be added. Now you will need some equipment to make cottage cheese. First you will need a six to eight quart pot made of stainless steel, enamel or glass. You will need another container, which can be aluminum, a little bigger, to use like a double boiler.