Cheap Mozzarella
Extreme Frugality: Mozzarella Madness
Mozzarella cheese lovers, here's a frugal idea: make your own. Just buy some milk, heat it up with salt, citric acid, and renet and ... well, never mind. As Gourmet.com reports, cheese makers are known as artisans for a reason.
"I attempted to conquer a thousand-or-so-year-old art form this past weekend and, for some inexplicable reason, wasn’t able to pull it off. An article on easy cheese recipes in Mother Earth News promised success in under a half hour, but 7,326 minutes later, I still couldn’t quite call myself an artisan.The idea was just too frugal to pass up: Why buy shredded mozzarella week after week for $4 a pound (on sale), as well as the occasional $8-a-pound (on sale) fresh stuff, when I could make my own from a $3.25 (on sale) gallon of whole milk?.."
