Cheese is mold, so should I scrape it off and enjoy it anyway?
2006-12-26 09:26:51 · 11 answers · asked by loser 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes, cut the mold away and enjoy!
2006-12-26 09:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by DON S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, keep it tightly wrapped until you are ready to use it. Keep it cold and plan to use it within a week of opening. If your cheese is molding before that, check the temperature of your refrigerator. It should be 40° F. Also consider switching to hard cheeses instead of a soft cheeses. Okay, now for the gross part. Soft cheeses (mozzarella, cheddars, american) are created by curdling the milk, separating the curd, pressing and packaging. The hard cheeses and aged cheeses (usually have a rind) are made similarly, but are aged for a time (months, sometimes years). During aging they intentionally grow mold on the cheeses to flavor them. A good example is Bleu Cheese. The blue spots in the cheese are from a specific type of mold that grows in the cheese. The holes in swiss cheese are also caused by mold. So not all mold is bad. If your hard cheese gets a little powdery mold on it, you can just cut it off and use the rest of it. The big furry gray stuff, yeah, just throw it away.
2016-05-23 08:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by Maria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, cheese is mold. when it's being aged that's what they do go in and scrape the mold. Some let it mold up and leave it that way. Depends on the type of cheese. Blue Cheese all the blue stuff is all mold.
2006-12-26 09:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by fnygrl74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but don't scrape it, cut the moldy section off with a rind of the non moldy part on it to be sure you don't eat the mold.
Scraping will just rub it around.
2006-12-26 09:29:26 · answer #4 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is natural-- just cut off mold before you eat-- a little wont hurt you if ingested
2006-12-26 09:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by james_a_willis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just cut it out, that's what we do.
actually just eat the mold, the resulting runs will make a great colon cleanser.
2006-12-26 09:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by Let there be JIMBO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah you can just cut the moldy part off , whats left is still ok
2006-12-26 09:30:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would
2006-12-26 10:42:47 · answer #8 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always do if it isnt too bad. who cares... im still alive.
2006-12-26 09:29:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure why not
2006-12-26 09:29:49 · answer #10 · answered by Boop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋