Mozzarella/String Cheese Difference

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StirBlue

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What is the difference between mozzarella and string cheese? I buy string cheese which is not packaged individually; just open the bag and pull apart. Somebody mistook it for mozzarella and made deep fried mozzarella cheese sticks. I didn't notice the difference until I could not find the string cheese and too much mozzarella in the fridge.
 
As far as I know, it's one and the same for the packaged 'shredded' mozarella. However, FRESH mozarella (still in the brine) I assume is quite different (I've never actually tried it) and it seems chef's use it when they don't plan on cooking with it.
 
String cheese is cheese that has been cooked to make it stringy. It can be mozzarella or muenster, or swiss or etc or a combination.
 
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