Last updated on August 2nd, 2012
EVERY TIME I’VE OFFERED Ricki Carroll’s mozzarella/ricotta cheesemaking kit in a random drawing, the response has been overwhelming. Even Ricki Carroll (whom Barbara Kingsolver praised in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle) has taken notice, for she has volunteered the kit above for this month’s giveaway. The pleasures of homemade cheese, and how you can enter to win the kit:
If you only know tasteless, rubbery mozzarella, and bland, gummy ricotta from the supermarket, get ready for a colossal treat. I can tell you from my own experience that these two cheeses, when made from scratch, offer incredible flavor and texture. Try making them once, and I suspect you’ll never buy their commercial counterparts again.
Ricki’s kit contains enough rennet and citric acid to make 30 batches of cheese. It also contains a thermometer, and a large piece of butter-muslin. Butter muslin is used for draining the whey from ricotta.
To enter this random drawing, just do these two things:
First, subscribe — if you haven’t already — to my weekly email newsletter.
Next, leave a comment below. Say anything you’d like. Just be sure to include at least part of your email address at the end of your comment, so that I can easily verify that you’ve subscribed to my newsletter.
Click the Facebook “Like” button below.
Enter soon! This random drawing expires at 11:59PM on Friday, August 19, 2011. I’ll announce the winner at the end of the comments; the winner will also be contacted by email.
As always, I’ll let Random.org select the winner. Only one comment per person will be counted.
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Debbi McNeer says
I got started making cheese with Ricki's kit, and would love to win one to help someone else get started.
Annette D says
I would love to give this kit a try! I am an email subscriber [email protected]
Anonymous says
I'd love to compare homemade cheeses with those from the store … [email protected]
A subscriber …
Cary says
Hi Kevin, You inspired me to buy her kit and my daughter and I plan to make moazarella soon. Please tell me what you do with ricotta. All I can think of is lasagne. Thanks so much!
Sharon says
I would love to try making cheese. I'm sure the taste is amazing compared to what you would find in the stores.
wdwfla at gmail dot com
Prairiecactus says
I would really love to win these kits. I have been interested in trying for a long while now…this would make is so easy since Ricki Carroll's kits contain everything I would need to make wonderful tasting cheeses. I am a subscriber…[email protected]
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Cary – I use ricotta as a spread for toast, and as a dip for raw veggies. Another reader told me about Ricotta Pie — lots of recipes for this creamy sweet dish on the internet.
Anonymous says
Kevin, this kit looks terrific! I'd love to learn how to make my own, so please enter me in the drawing! I am an email subscriber, and I follow you on FB.
Thanks,
Louise
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Brigittte says
Making cheese would be a real adventure! A yummy one! I would love to try it. Am going to make the pickles too! Hmmm… fresh mozzarella in one hand, fresh pickles in the other! Sounds great, doesn't it? from: fuzzy_pup
sue14625 says
wow i love cheese -farmers cheese i am having a hard time finding in my area if i win this i can make my own yay
mkboldin says
I would enjoy learning to make cheese and this kit seems like a perfect way to get started. Skeeter5000
plantgirl says
I love cheese and I love your blog!
I am a subscriber. [email protected]
klawjlaw says
Kevin, love your newsletter, and I am a facebook fan…you have the most interesting articles and ideas, cheesemaking is one I would like to add to my repertoire.
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SolDucky says
That cheese looks fabulous!
soluckyducky at gmail dot com
I am subscribed.
Terry says
I would love to try this! I am a subscriber. [email protected]
SneePete says
Hi Kevin, I already subscribe (SneePete). After first reading about making mozz on your blog, we tried it on our own, but the results were not spectacular. I believe the kit would help us get a truly proper start, using the proper tools, so we sure hope to be the winner! Thanks again for your thoughtful, colorful posts. SneePete.
Erika says
Good morning! I am already a subscriber (erikacarey) and love reading your blog. Please enter me in your giveaway.
duckandjunebug says
I love homemade mozzarella. I'd love to have one of these kits.
Nelly Rodriguez says
I am subscribed and I'd love to win this to learn more about cheese!
sdn ([email protected]) says
I can get raw milk from a farm near where I live – would this kit work with raw milk? I'd like to try making cheese from the raw milk, and also yogurt.
tiffnzacsmom says
I was drooling over the kit last week….. Tiffnzacsmom
teresa says
I recently got started making the mozzarella with one of these kits and would love to win one for my daughter. teresa_19xxx at xxxxx dot com
Anonymous says
I'd love to win this kit and try to make mozzarella– just in time to have with summer heirloom tomatoes and basil! Nicole, babygoatdreams at gmail
Broken Barn Industries says
A second chance- yay! BrokenBarn
Anonymous says
Love making my own cheese!
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Anonymous says
Like on fb
Stephanie Girard
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Shelley says
Just subscribed to your newsletter and am interested in learning more! I love homemade ricotta and mozzarella!
Mlarkin says
Mlarkin
Would love to try the experience of making cheese, We have wanted to try it for a while, but have yet to do it.
Steve says
I just started making cheese a few months ago. I've been holding off with Mozzarella due to all of the handling needed to make it. I think this kit and the posts here will take a lot of the mystery out of it. Thanks!
Pam Staples says
Hope I win! Thanks for giving everyone a chance! Pam in AZ [email protected]
lynda says
subscribed to newsletter, would love to win this kit. thank you. email.. [email protected]
Carol says
I have not used the kit, but I have used some of Ricki's books for making cheese – they are easy to follow and the results are wonderful!
Robin says
I am new to cheese making…what a great way to use my about to be picked tomatoes and heaven scented basil!!
arejay59
Heidi ([email protected]) says
Would love to have a kit! I've made cheese with a friend, but don't have my own supplies.
Thanks!
Heidi
annieodell says
happy to have found you-love mozz
J Gola says
I'd love to try this! I've been reading Max McCalman's Mastering Cheese and it's really inspired me. email: jgola
Kathi says
I would love to win! I have been enjoying making cheese for a while now, and really enjoy the newsletters! [email protected]
Roxey says
I own goats, so started making cheese. Love it! although so far been unsuccessful in making mozzarella. Would love this kit! and your gardens look wonderful.
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Anonymous says
I just recently found your blog and am loving it. I have milk goats and have made cheese from the milk a few times. Your page is inspiring and encouraging me to do it more. Thanks. Janet [email protected]
Diane Var says
I would like to take the cheese making class that Ricki offers, I think it's once a year. Someday, I will. [email protected]
Pam says
I have been making Ricki's 30 minute Mozzarella for about 2 years now. My family and friends just love it!! I look forward to learning more on your blog, too!
sksweeps says
I'm an email subscriber and REALLY appreciate your timely posts and recipes and tips! Keep them coming. Thanks!
sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net
Anonymous says
Hi – I'm a subscriber and I love fresh cheese! Thanks, jobobb22-cheese******@yahoo.com
Jo says
(This time I'll follow your directions, sorry!) Hi – I'm a subscriber and I love fresh cheese! Thanks, jobobb22-cheese******@yahoo.com
Anonymous says
Just subscribed! I would love to experiment with cheese making, but the onion tart a few posts down is calling my name – yum!
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Anonymous says
i've been wanted to purchase this product to use with our goats milk. Yum! Hope we win! This will be a fun project to do with our two toddlers
Heather Johnson
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Igor says
I wonder if freshly made cheese would melt differently that cheese that has been refrigerated or stored?
igorz
Donna-Marie says
would love to win this kit for my 4-H group!
dmr301
[email protected] says
Please gardian Angel… make sure that I win the cheese making kit so that I no longer suffer from that store bought ricotta.
Anonymous says
We are huge fans of fresh mozzarella, and my kids and I would love to try our hands at making it. My son took a homeschool class to try and learn but it did not turn out well for any one in the class ( teacher realized later she had used the wrong milk ).
Aura-Lee
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Patty says
Tomato slices, basil leaves, and homemade mozzarella on toasted crusty bread is probably how I would use the cheese made from the kit.
-pep-at-neo-dot-rr-dot-com
Erin says
Hi Kevin. I'm a newish urban homesteader. Actually an old back to the lander from the 70s. Children, work and life happened, I found a home for the chickens and grassed over the garden. About a year ago I got the bug again and an now tearing everything apart and planting and harvesting my first lettuce. I am in LOVE with getting back to canning and making my own jam. I have been thinking about making cheese but have no clue how to do it. I would love to have this to get me started. I hope my number is picked.
Erin Middlebrooks
[email protected]
Blog Urban Homesteading in Sidney
HomemadeBaby says
I am an e-mail newsletter subscriber.
We have a kit but haven't used it in years. I would love to get one to share with my aunt and uncle! Great kit!
Marysa {at} marysa {dot} com
Pepi Noble says
Kevin – would love to try making ricotta. I will also send you a recipe for gazpacho using cukes, watermelon, mango and tomatoes very soon. [email protected]
erin says
mmmm,Cheese
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kathy conner says
I'd love to try making cheese, and using a kit seems like a great idea!
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Kathy Conner says
I like you on Facebook
Cindy M says
Email subscribed. Well, I consider myself a foodhistorian, however, my realm of experience has not included cheese making. I would be thrilled if I won.
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Melissa P. says
Wow, you are very generous with giveaways. I've been making mozzarella successfully for about a month now but can't get the whey ricotta right. I would love this kit!
mjnjpilch
Eva Vazzana says
I have only made one kind of cheese and that's homemade ricotta. But when I found your site and your FB page, I decided that I'd like to experiment further. I'm learning so much!
Katreader says
Let's hope random.org likes my comment! LOL I attended a wine and cheese seminar this weekend. I'd love to make my own cheese to taste with all my wine!
Mark says
I have never made cheese before and would like the opportunity to. Have ordered a kit for Cheddar
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Anonymous says
As a new comer to your “tribe” it is a joy to learn from not only you but your many followers. I'm a senior citizen who has been experimenting in the kitchen since the 1950's! Making cheese is one of my favorite things to do and would certainly enjoy, use and share the kit if it came my way! Thank you for all the good hints.Right now my garden has a mildew problem from my neighbors watering! ljcoady
Anonymous says
I love cheese. Wouldn't it be marvelous to know it was MY cheese? 🙂
Doctora
h2e says
Your posts about homemade cheese have made my mouth water… please let my number come up! 🙂
trillium says
It would be great to make our own cheese instead of purchasing it! Thanks for all the time you take with your informative and easy-to-follow newsletter. Love being a subscriber and following you on Facebook. [email protected]
John Billiris says
This post has really got my imagination going!
barouh says
Just found your blog and signed up for the e-mail! Would love to make my own cheese for all the tomatoes in my yard!
barouh4
Linda says
Hi Kevin
I posted before but I think I goofed..it didn't come up. I love seeing your letter in the mailbox. I can honestly say that I look forward to reading that even more so than seeing my favorite soap!
Love to win the kit Linda aka [email protected]
SweetBea says
I would love to try this kit. My cousin lives in a ranch and has been giving me raw milk every week that I would like to make into cheese.
Nancy Dobrinski, Wisc. says
Kevin, your newsletters make me feel as though you live in my neighborhood. The give-aways are just the icing on the cake.
Jacqueline says
I enjoy reading your newsletters and seeing your fantastic pictures of garden life. Subscriber [email protected]
Anonymous says
Making some yummo cheese sounds like a great project for the LONG North Country winter
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Cindy G says
The preserves are canned and ready for topping – let the cheesemaking begin!
Jenn S. says
Sounds like fun. Would love to make my own cheese.
Anonymous says
glad i found you from jackiesartworks
[email protected] says
My niece recently took a “personality profile” test to see what jobs she should seek out, and the top one was “cheesemaker”. This would make a great gift for her because of this and because she is a great cook.
lkvoyer says
I am a subscriber. I would love to have this kit so my girls and I could attempt cheesemaking. LKVOYER at aol dot com
Danny Lindsey says
I'm a cheesehead and I have subscribed via email.
[email protected]
Anonymous says
I have been wanting to make my own cheese for a
long time would love to have a cheese kit.
bradley.hill80 at yahoo
RILEKAT says
I am a subscriber and this looks like a fun way to introduce a new food.
rilekat
Pat says
I am a subscriber and eager to show my wife who the real cook in the family is with the special cheese that I can make from this kit!!
[email protected]
babytrees says
my darling daughter, the cheese fiend, would just love this kit!!
theresa _ heppner at yahoo dot com
Vicki says
Kevin, I have so much beautiful basil and my tomatoes are finally coming to ripeness, so having the kit to make my own mozzarella would be perfection. Hope I catch the brass ring this time around!
1Cor1031 says
Awesome 🙂 Love to win – tata (underscore) buug
Deborah says
I've been making ricotta using vinegar, but I've never tried making mozzarella. Thanks for the chance to win this kit. asthenight at gmail dot com
Anonymous says
I would love to try out this cheese kit!
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tatertot374 says
sub
thank you
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dddiva says
I am a subscriber and I'd love to try this out.
discriminating_diva at yahoo dot com
dddiva says
I like Sherry Conrad
discriminating_diva at yahoo dot com
courtney says
Just found your blog today and I'm really enjoying going through the archives. I would LOVE to win this kit!
walchcourtney
Jean Lynd says
I would sooo be able to make my own cheese. I already grind my own wheat & flax & make my own bread, muffins, etc.
jeanlynd at att dot net
Randominities says
I subscribe to your newsletter.
I have never heard of a cheesemaking kit. My daughter loves to cook and try new things. This looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to do.
Thanks for the giveaway! I love finding new places to shop.
asketcher2 at hotmail.com
James P says
I love fresh mozzarella!
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Robert says
Kevin, I agree… fresh cheese is the best!
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Diane52 says
I'm already a subscriber
Diane Baum
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Hotsnotty2 says
Email Subscriber, thanks!
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daveshir2005 says
I subscribe and can't wait to try this.
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Alicia says
I've heard of wine-making kits, but never cheese-making kits! This sounds superb!
I'm a new email subscriber, alicia.ebaugh at gmail dot com
Sille says
I'm subscribed! What a great giveaway!
paula michele says
I'm a email subscriber. I make my own yogurt and would love to try making cheese.
hafner611{AT}gmail{DOT}com
Tina R. says
I am subscribed by e-mail!
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Mary_Jane says
mmmmmmmmmmm…. i like cheese
monte says
I would love to try to make cheese !
love to give this kit a try!
ferriz says
newsletter subscriber: ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com
i <3 cheese. :: drools ::
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ferriz says
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kakihara says
email subscriber
I would love to learn how to make cheese!
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kakihara says
like on facebook as Darcy Bishop
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Donald says
ohhh i would love this!! it sounds really fun!!!
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angela morales says
I love all cheese!
incorporealidol [at] aol [dot] com
Christine R. says
Not sure if I did it right the first time.I am a subscriber and LOVE cheese! christinerobinson64
Anonymous says
Cheese…makes the world go round! Love it at our house! Linda Bertling
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Mrs. Mama says
Cheese is good for the soul! crpagan
cloud10277 says
I'd love to try this. It sounds really yummy and a lot of fun!
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cloud10277 says
I “Liked” on Facebook
Tracy P
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April says
I'd love to win
4robert2win(at)gmail(dot)com
Angela says
I love love love cheese! This cheese making kit is perfect for me!
angelacarrillo04
Heather says
I would love to win this kit. Cheese making is on my list of things I want to learn. Thanks for offering it up to everyone!
Christy says
This kit sounds wonderful and alot of fun! [email protected]
Penny Kathleen says
I loves me some cheese and this sounds wicked fun!
Signed up for email and liked post on FB!
pkbw28 at gmail dot com
littlehobbyfarmer says
I really really would love to win this kit! We purchased a small farm last year, and have been slowly working our way into a self sustaining lifestyle. This kit would definately come in handy with the goat's milk we will have in the next few weeks! Thanks for the chance to win it!
[email protected]
Viva says
Current email subscriber: viva… This kit would be great. I have so many tomatoes making my own mozzarella would be awesome, thanks!
Anonymous says
I almost took a cheese making class at college..gthis would be much easier. laurie
Miranda Ward says
This looks yummy and I subscribe!
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Anonymous says
subscibed to your newsletter…Have been wanting to try this!!
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Anonymous says
I subscribe and would love to try this wilcarvic
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brich2222 says
subscribe to you via email with ardy22 at earthlink dot net
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brich2222 says
I like the thought of making my own cheese! What a wonderful kit. Didn't know they wwere available
brich22 at earthlink dot net
brich2222 says
liked the post
richard hicks
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Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Thanks for playing, everyone! Random.org selected comment #12: Congratulations, klawjlaw.
Stay tuned for another giveaway in September!
The Japanese Redneck says
I missed out on the deadline…
boohoo