All about String Cheese

There are several different types of cheese that can be defined as string cheese. You can define string cheese as a cheese that when peeled apart from the larger chunk of cheese comes off in strings or strips. Most of the string cheese that you will find is made with an aged white cheese from a goat or sheep depending on the methods used to produce it. String cheese is made when you pull on it during processing; the more you pull it the stringier it will be. 

You can freeze string cheese, if you like to buy in bulk. Freezing the cheese will not have any effect on the stringiness. Cheese that is frozen will keep for long periods of time;   however, when you defrost the cheese it can’t be refrozen again. So make sure that you only defrost what you are going to eat at that time.

There are several different string cheeses that are a popular snack. There is a Mexican Oaxaca cheese that makes a really good string cheese. In America string cheese is mostly made out of mozzarella. When you purchase string cheese it will mostly come in packs that are individually wrapped. They are cylinder in shape and are no longer then six inches and no wider than one inch. Sometimes you can find string cheese that is mixed with cheddar, but mostly you will only find string cheese that is mozzarella. String cheese gets its name because you can pull strips of cheese from the main cylinder shape and when you pull it apart you will get strips of cheese that you can eat. String cheese has become a healthy cheese snack for many children. String cheese became a popular item in the early 90’s and is still a popular snack today.

If you are a fan of string cheese it can be possible for you to make your own. The process is not at all simple, but if you are willing to try, then there is a recipe that you can use to make string cheese. First you need to choose a cheese that you want to use. I would recommend using mozzarella since it’s popular and doesn’t cost that much. Then you melt the cheese in a saucepan.  When the cheese is melted you then strain it to get off any water that has formed.  When the cheese has cooled enough that you can pick it up, you then stretch it out and make a loop, fold the cheese over, and repeat the process. Repeat this stretching process about six times. Wrap your freshly made string cheese in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator. Now that you know how to make your string cheese, you can make fresh string cheese whenever you want. This is a nice snack for people of all ages. It’s something that is healthy for you and yet is still fun to eat.