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You ready?
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You guys ready?
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Make sure you say "Wow," okay?
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[People behind camera]
WOOOWWW
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THIS
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IS
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HOW
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MOZARELLA
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IS MADE
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My name is Orazio Carciotto
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I'm the owner of Casa Della Mozarella;
[with] my son,
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[Carlo] And we make fresh mozarella
for the city of New York.
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[Orazio]
This is the mozarella curd
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You get a piece of curd like that,
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to cut through the guitar
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and make these small pieces
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Because our to do list [is]
to warm it up
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with the hot water from the sink
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Pour some salt, give a little taste,
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because every day, it's gonna be different
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Okay, now, you guys ready?
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Now, come the big paddle
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[Carlo] From someone—like he's been doing
for twenty six years,
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so I could say the hardest part, is that
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knowing when it's enough water,
and when it's not
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Once you put too much hot water,
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it messes it up
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[Orazio]
It's by feeling;
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you see now it starts to
to melt already?
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Looks like the water poured was just right
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[Carlo]
It's actually unbelievable, sometimes,
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how water and a paddle could create
something like this,
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'cause it just became
a work of art
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[Orazio] Okay, now we ready for this shot?
'Cause I'm pulling up now
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Okay, now, Carlo will make the Bocconcini;
I'll make the mozarella
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[Carlo] But the main thing that some people
don't understand is, as you can see,
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we're not wearing gloves
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Everything is clean, but there's no way
that you can make mozarella with gloves,
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because the mozarella's so hot
it'll melt the plastic,
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and you can't get the feel of the touch
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In art, you sculpt, you design,
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and you start from scratch on the canvas,
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so for me, this is
an Italian culture of art,
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displayed in food
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[Orazio]
I have the best job in the world;
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from 1993 to now;
that's 24 years
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You feel good when people appreciate
what you're doing
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They treat me like I'm God,
but I'm not
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I'm just making mozarella, that's it
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[Carlo]
Y'know, everyone has an idol, right?
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Some people like [artist's name],
some people like [other artist's name],
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not many people can say like,
their father's their idol;
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To see from what he drove in 1993
until what he drives now,
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not that it matters, but to see
the sacrifice he put in,
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to see how in Christmas, he would sleep
in the store, in the basement,
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just to make the extra mozarella
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People from Italy come here to say,
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"I've never had mozarella like this
in my life."
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That makes this, for me, coming here
everyday, satisfying
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I'm happy that he's my father
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This, to me, is like a story
and a work of art,
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and a canvas, that's too beautiful
to not keep using as a canvas
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It's what makes me hungry and
determined to keep this,
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because at the end, I feel like,
as great as this is,
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there's another chapter,
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and I want to be that person to write
that chapter for when it's done