A really wonderful surprise

[fpb]

Yesterday I was visiting the local Tesco's, and, as I suppose most people do, I moseyed over to the Discounted Fresh Food counter to look for bargains. I found a couple of nice items - and more than twenty Mozzarelle di Bufala

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[bufo_viridis]

Hey, first time I see you writing about food - maybe you'll finally join recipe swapping? :)
Enjoy the cheese, the real stuff! Lately Mozarella - or rather Mozarella-type cheese (although sold properly in whey) - is relatively popular here, mainly I suppose because its extreme blandness fits well Polish palates :)
Typicale exchange at the restaurant:
Is this dish hot?
Yes, it's a bit more salty.
And don't worry about the Dans - what;'s truly scary t's the thought the Chinese may learn to ciopy mozarella - they have plenty of water-buffalos...

[fpb]

Food is actually one of the great pleasures of my life, but I rarely have much to say about it, because, living alone, I am not often stimulated to try something adventurous that might be worth posting about.

As for the Chinese - you know best, but if they are anything like their Japanese neighbours, I doubt whether we have much to worry about yet. I know from a reliable source that the Japanese do not make cheese, and that most of them, having never tried it in their lives, actually get stomach upsets if they do.

[bufo_viridis]

Chinese do'n eat cheese themselves: there are many people with lactose intolerance; besiedes they regard kneading somebodys tits improper and disgusting, when it comes to food :)
I was jsut afraid they'll market it here :)
And fire away a recipeor two - we don't need anything very adventurous, sometimes a hint on a very common dish mayve very useful.

[rubix1229]

Yay! I adore Tesco.

Thanks for the brand new craving, FPB!

[super_pan]

I've had mozzarella from buffalo before; it was delicious! Hopefully your store simply ordered too much, and had to sell it quickly before it spoiled, and will simply order a little less next time. Very fresh food is really hard to order because it can be so difficult to gauge the demand at any time.
Anyway, your post has made me hungry for fresh mozzarella, but I like it with fresh tomatos, which are out of season now. (This may be some Americanization of Italian food, but it is really tasty!)

Re: Thanks for the brand new craving, FPB!

[fpb]

Nothing wrong with mozzarella and fresh toms. Throw in some leaf basil, a little olive oil and salt, and a sprinkling of origano, and you have a wonderful caprese salad.

That said, yeah... it's outta season.

[anonymous]

I love fresh cow's milk mozarrella (on a baguette with fresh basil and olive oil...), but I have yet to encounter mozzarella di bufala. Maybe eventually...

[purple_mirie]

I've just received your postcard. Rome looks lovely. Thank you. :) Perhaps one day I will see you, either in Rome or in London.

[fpb]

I very much hope so too.