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Just Doing My Best: Storing cheese correctly

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

 

Storing cheese correctly



Are you shortening the life of the cheese in your fridge? Plastic bags and plastic wrap seem to be the most popular way in America to store cheese. In fact, we bring the cheese home from the store wrapped in plastic, then we replace the original plastic wrapper with a new plastic wrapper. Cheese is a living organism and needs to breathe, so the plastic should not directly touch it.


The best way to store hard to semi-hard cheese is in foil, parchment paper or wax paper. Foil is the only way I store block cheese and it always lasts for a very long time with no signs of mold or drying out. We have used it for semi-hard to hard cheese, from cheddar and Gouda to Parmesan, and it works beautifully.

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# posted by Heather@justdoingmybest @ Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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We wrap our cheese in two paper towels before we put it in a ziploc. It has extended the life of our cheese but I am going to try foil. Thank you for the tip.

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# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : March 17, 2009 at 9:51 PM
 
I have a large block of cheese right now and I'm going to give the foil a try. thanks!
# posted by Blogger jac. : March 17, 2009 at 10:06 PM
 
Very interesting- thanks for the tip!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : March 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM
 
Very good tip. Thanks.
# posted by Blogger Donna @ Way More Homemade : March 18, 2009 at 12:00 AM
 
Great tip. I will have to try this, although cheese doesn't tend to last long in our house. We love our cheese.
# posted by Blogger Buffie : March 18, 2009 at 9:52 AM
 
I agree with Buffie, cheese doesn't last very long in our home...but I'm going to try this also. :)
# posted by Blogger Ann'Re : March 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM
 
Thank you so much for this. We live in an extremely rural part of Alaska and we shop rarely but in bulk (ie, we shop about once every 2-3 months). I've tried several things but always end up losing some cheese to mold by the end, so THANK YOU I will definitely be doing this from now on!
# posted by Blogger Jenni : March 18, 2009 at 12:54 PM
 
Thanks for the great tip. I'll have to do this in the future.
# posted by Blogger Jerri at Simply Sweet Home : March 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM
 
Wow, I had no idea -- been using ziplock bags forever. Thanks so much -- love your blog!
# posted by Blogger Ruth : March 20, 2009 at 10:38 PM
 
Thanks for the cheese tip! I have changed to foil.
# posted by Blogger Doriana Gray : March 22, 2009 at 4:03 PM
 

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