Monday, April 14, 2003


here comes the cheese. . .

long-time readers know i'm a pizza fanatic. mr. right loves pizza, and he gets what he wants!

i make the crust; i make the sauce -- but i'm still buying the fresh mozzarella cheese. why? because for a long time i have been repeatedly told that making mozzarella in small batches useful for the home was just too difficult, even tho' i know italian peasants have been doing it for centuries. . .

i was told wrong. inspired by this article on making cheese at home, i have now purchased the mozzarella kit from new england cheesemaking.

i will make fresh, organic mozzarella. it will taste good. it will probably cost less than the US$7 a pound i now pay at the gourmet store, even if i use high-end organic milk. (snob note: actually, since i will use cow's milk, it won't be mozzarella, which requires buffalo milk, but rather fiori di latte.)

i will be laticini elkins! the fresh ricotta i so enjoy for breakfast should be gravy. . .

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