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Making mozzarella

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Sometimes our cooking is the simple act of making holiday cookies, which is what we did when she visited last Christmas. Last summer, we made breakfast together nearly every day consisting of scrambled eggs and toast because it was the first time she was really old enough to use the stove safely. This year I have plans for the two of us to make cheese.

When I was growing up, we bought our cheese, usually as individually wrapped yellow squares, from the grocery store every week. When my own children were young, I would often buy big, soft yellow blocks of processed cheese to make their favorite sandwiches, but more often, because it melted so well over vegetables and was one way to get them to eat things like broccoli and cauliflower. Our only experience with real cheese was the store at the mall that smelled overwhelmingly like snack-time. The store didn’t last long, but is still represented in the mall concourse every fall and throughout the holiday season.

Over time, cheese became more popular in its purist forms and now grocery stores devote entire sections to hundreds of different cheeses from all over the world and in many unusual combinations.

I recently discovered that I could make my own cheese, right in my own kitchen, with a few simple ingredients. Simple cheese, such as mozzarella, can be made in less than an hour, and what better cheese can my granddaughter and I make together than the second favorite cheese of every child, the one that coats our pizza.

But before I attempted to take my newly found craft on the road, I decided to try it out at home instead. So this weekend, I made my first attempt at homemade mozzarella cheese. The directions were simple and the ingredients were inexpensive and easy to acquire.

In less than half an hour, I had a rope of rubbery mozzarella cheese that looked and tasted just like any I have purchased commercially. I was pleased that it was so easy and turned so well and I suppose each subsequent attempt will be even better.

For your own cheese making experience, I have included a couple links to Web sites that not only sell the ingredients needed, but offer video and photo visuals of mozzarella cheese making in progress.

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