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"From what I understand, you can make your own very easily with just a few ingredients. I haven't learned how cause that's just not something I need to know."

I tried this http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-mozzarella-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-174355 last weekend.

It turned out great! Anything where I can make a mess is extra fun for me



[Edited on May 20, 2013 at 1:21 PM. Reason : 2%]

5/20/2013 1:17:05 PM

thats just too much work. especially considering i'm making labor intensive things with it like pizza.

i guess if im bored one day i'll make everything from scratch including the cheese.

5/20/2013 10:09:21 PM

fresh mozz is too $$$ to consume melted in a large dish like lasagna, but its great by itself or as an app with tomatoes, basil, cured meat, etc. i suspect that the majority of sales are for recipes and that may help to explain the small market share.

5/20/2013 10:45:34 PM

i make a large pan of lasagna with fresh mozz for about 40 bux. That sounds expensive but its about 10 servings the size you would get in a restaurant which makes it 4 dollars per "order"

5/21/2013 12:06:22 AM

5/21/2013 12:14:10 AM

I'm gonna make me some mozzarella soon

MinkaGrl01, what kind of milk did you use?

5/21/2013 12:52:43 AM

Something tells me The E Man eats at The Olive Garden for their all you can have salads with fresh parmesan cheese and their mozzarella cheese.

Also, it isn't fresh unless the vegetables/fruit were grown at the restaurant and the meat slaughtered and butchered on the same day.

[Edited on May 21, 2013 at 2:39 AM. Reason : .]

5/21/2013 2:38:17 AM

^^If you don't use water buffalo, The E Man will disapprove.

5/21/2013 5:47:32 AM

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"i make a large pan of lasagna with fresh mozz for about 40 bux. That sounds expensive but its about 10 servings the size you would get in a restaurant which makes it 4 dollars per "order""

A large pan of lasagna (assuming largest size pan for an oven) would be 4-5 dinners tops for someone with an appetite (like me ).

Anyway i never buy it because its too costly given my gluttonous tendencies.

5/21/2013 10:46:18 AM

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"I'm gonna make me some mozzarella soon MinkaGrl01, what kind of milk did you use?"

I almost always use whole milk when I make mozzarella. I've both used less-pasteurized milk from the farmers market and also store brand and both are great.

5/21/2013 1:31:04 PM

I used 2%. I think next time I'll do whole.

5/21/2013 1:48:48 PM

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"Anyway i never buy it because its too costly given my gluttonous tendencies."

Even if you double up ( like i do as well). Its still 8 dollars per meal which isn't bad considering.

5/21/2013 8:56:03 PM

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"i guess if im bored one day i'll make everything from scratch including the cheese."

i think for that you would need to buy your own seeds, grow your own grass/rye/millet, buy your own calves, let them pasture on your own fields, then get their milk and make the cheese.

that's truly "everything from scratch"

5/22/2013 4:42:26 AM