Fresh Mozzarella Curd ?

[gscoobs.livejournal.com]

 Does anyone know of a place in or around Somercamb where I can find some fresh mozzarella curd?

There is no shortage of fresh mozzarella around, but I like to make my own at home and have been on the hunt for some curd. 

Places I have tried with no luck:
- Dave's
- Capone
- Pemberton

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

You can make the curd from scratch at home. I haven't done it yet, so I don't know what the best method/recipe might be, but here's (http://www.instructables.com/id/Great-Mozzarella-Cheese) an example of one. Basically, you make the curd yourself by adding citric acid to milk.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

This was going to be my suggestion as well. And that site has relatively good instructions.

If I'm not mistaken, you can actually just use a hunk of fresh moz to make more, but I forget the exact process.

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

Well, there's that old trick of cutting the moz into triangles of just the right shape, and then reassembling them so that they form a larger hunk of moz, and then repeating...

[squirrelitude]

I don't think the Axiom of Choice has been accepted for mozzarella.

[emannths.livejournal.com]

Chowhound suggests (1) making your own and (2) checking Monica's Market in the north end. Have you tried contacting Fiore di Nonno?

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/636192
http://www.fioredinonno.com/

Try Ricki's Cheese Kit

[brice norton (from livejournal.com)]

I don't know anything about buying mozzarella curd. I've made awesome mozzarella using Ricki's kit. I believe you can pick one up at the Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140

Get the kit and some milk and you are good to go.

Re: Try Ricki's Cheese Kit

[yagagriswold.livejournal.com]

This. Just be sure the milk isn't ultra-pasteurized. So, steer clear of anything from the grocery store. You can get Shaw Farm from the Dairy Bar or Highlawn from Daves. Both are good.

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

As a lover of poutine, I can tell you that it's notoriously difficult to find any kind of cheese curds in Massachusetts, unless they're purchased wholesale by a restaurant and used in their dishes. Even then, they're not always "real" curds.

I know you can mail order several wonderful varieties from farms in Vermont and New Hampshire.

[jadelennox]

the dairy bar in Davis Square (connected to kickass cupcakes) sometimes sells it. (And during the summer you can get it from the Davis farmers market.)

[gscoobs.livejournal.com]

Thanks guys, great ideas!

[nurrynur.livejournal.com]

How about Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge? They have a lot of specialty cheese, or they might be able to point you somewhere else useful.