Terra-cottage cheese is a homemade dip-substitute for when you run out of salsa. It requires:Squirt a bit of ketchup into the cottage cheese and mix. Add cayenne pepper to taste. It's like there's a party in your mouth, but no one's invited.

The name terra-cottage cheese is derived from the brownish-orange shingly appearance of the end-product which is strikingly similar to that of a terra-cotta roof.