[Sonic Youth 37]

I'm no !@#$%! but you should be able to make a decent cheese from cottage cheese if you wring out the excess moisture in a cheese cloth or tea towel and compress in the cheese. Example: put in a plastic bowl with straight sides wrapped in towl and place plastic wrap and some kind of weight (can of soup or something) on top of it and leave it in the fridge for a little while (a few hours or so), just to rid it of some excess moisture and firm it up a bit