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Cooking with kids is a great activity when there’s a snow day and cabin fever threatens. Ricki Carroll, better known as the Cheese Queen, ran a post on teaching preschoolers how cheese is made. They made a batch of Mozzarella together, then peeled it apart to make string cheese — lots of opportunity for hands-on fun!

The post includes many photos detailing the cheesemaking set up and process. Just make sure the milk you use is raw or pasteurized, not ultra-pasteurized. To read Ricki’s post on [2] making cheese with kids >

For more information and cheesemaking kits, please visit New England Cheesemaking Supply Co. at www.cheesemaking.com. We also have cheesemaking kits available as part of our fundraising table at the Winter Farmers’ Markets in Exeter and Rollinsford.