Mozarella ... #27

One of my goals this year was to make mozzarella cheese (#27 on the List).  So a couple of weeks ago we found a recipe, got the rennet and citric acid (order from Amazon) and then did nothing.  Last night, I finally decided to try it. 

I dissolved the citric acid in the water.

Dissolved 1/4 of a rennet tablet in water.
 

Poured an entire gallon of milk into a pan (and then added the citric acid/water) and cooked until it was about 90 degrees.

We then removed it from the heat, added, the rennet, stirred, covered and let it sit for 5 minutes ..
and then 5 more minutes, and then 5 more minutes.

It didn't look like the picture but it had been 15 minutes so I cut it as instructed anyway. and then cooked until it reached about 105 degrees.

After that, I microwaved it as instructed and kneaded it and here is what it looked like.

It tasted fine, but not the way I was hoping.  So we'll use another recipe and try again. 

The recipe made it seem like it would be soooo easy.  but no.  perhaps another recipe will be better.