Have you ever made cheese at home, and if 'yes' what kind and how hard was it to make?

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answer:I made some mozzarella a couple years ago. There was a kit on clearance, and we had been talking about making cheese for a while, so we thought, what the heck. The kit had the rennet and citric acid, and the recipe, so I followed the recipe. I forgot to add enough salt, so it was a little bland, but the flavor and texture were there. I’m going make some more in the near future, and more often, so I can experiment with such things as saltiness, aging, possibly smoking, like gouda.

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