30900 Wed Aug 18 00:57:57 -0700 2004 5 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 134065 I purchased a piece of imported fresh Italian buffalo mozzarella today from a cheese shop in San Francisco. I took it home and do what I always do to enjoy food - I smelled it. It smelled slightly sour and I thought "uh oh." Then I tasted it, and it did have a tang to it, and it was also very salty. Now, I haven't had fresh buffalo mozz. in a long time, but I NEVER remember it being tangy. Quite the opposite - I remember it being sweet and fresh-tasting. I brought it back to the cheese shop, and the owner insisted that the cheese had not gone bad. He tasted it and said: "That's what buffalo tastes like." Luckily, he gave me a refund without making a stink. But I still feel like I was right - the cheese had gone bad. Am I crazy? Wed Aug 18 00:57:57 -0700 2004 0 Redtomato 1 134074 Buffalo Mozzarella is spoiled half the time,it only keeps a day or two,and is usually flown in from Italy. The store owner probably has only had it that way....I think there are water buffalos and cheese makers in LA now,so maybe it will get fresher! Wed Aug 18 02:17:55 -0700 2004 134065 0 Coral V 1 134079 you're not crazy. ditto what the other guy said. Wed Aug 18 11:10:31 -0700 2004 134065 0 jschyun 1 134088 The only place I have found fresh buffalo mozarella that has NOT gone sour is cowgirl creamery at the ferry plaza. I believe they sell the cheese of the only buffalo producer in the US from southern california...and they charge $7.50 per ball. But it is such a treat. Wed Aug 18 12:27:51 -0700 2004 134065 0 selke 2 134090 I have had one that was off from CC, but they graciously exchanged it for me -- Wed Aug 18 12:36:04 -0700 2004 134088 0 jen maiser 2 134093 Cowgirl's got no monopoly. I've bought sweet fresh buffalo mozzarella at lots of different places over the years, including 24th Street, Cheese Board, Pasta Shop, and Farmstead. But it doesn't keep long, so even the most careful shop sells a bad one now and then. Wed Aug 18 13:33:53 -0700 2004 134088 0 Robert Lauriston