LIUZZI CHEESE Hand-Wrapped Smoked Mozzarella

THIS SMOKED CREAMERY, STRETCHED, CURD CHEESE IS MADE FROM COW`S MILK. IT IS SMOOTH AND SHINY, TRADITIONALLY MADE IN A MONEY-BAG SHAPE. THIS CHEESE RESEMBLES PROVOLONE. IT IS RUBBERY, WITH A STRINGY TEXTURE AND IS DRIER THAN MOZZARELLA. SOLD YOUNG, WITHIN TWO OR THREE DAYS OF MAKING, IT HAS A BLAND, MILKY TASTE.  THE NAME OF THIS CHEESE HAS SOMEWHAT MACABRE OVERTONES: SCAMOZZA IS AN EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN ITALY WHICH MEANS `BEHEADED`, IT IS MEANT HERE TO DESCRIBE THE CHEESE`S APPEARANCE (TIED IN A ROPE BAG).