Buffalo Mozzarella 12-Step Program

CB: "Hi, My name is Carla Borelli and I can't stop eating buffalo mozzarella."

Group: "Hi, CAR-la".

For me, buffalo mozzarella is the epitomy of comfort food. I just can't get enough of its soft custard-like inside texture, firm outside membrane and subtle but distintively rich flavor. If you love me, you bring me buffalo mozzarella not flowers.

I have been eating the same brand for a while; it's very good and not as expensive as some others. Gustosella. It's from Rainbow Market and it's $5.29 for a single oval. It's imported; I can't bear the domestic versions. So yes, contrary to the title of this blog, I occassionally eat imported foods. There I've said it.

If anyone has a domestic buffala that you think is worthy a better value, please let me know. Until then, I'll be savoring my Gustosella.

(Oh, and for you lactose-intolerant ones...Mozzarella di bufala is produced though the natural fermentation process which apparently reduces, some even say eliminates, the lactose.)