What is the best way to store stinky cheese in the fridge, so visitors don't think my drains are blocked?

Question

I put it in foil, then in a tupperware box, but sometimes the place still reeks of cheese (Camembert, Brie) - any suggestions welcome.

I am the only one in my family who likes these cheeses - they are like wine - without them there is no civilization!

Answer 1

You're present practice of storing cheese will do. All you need is to put an odor absorbent device inside the fridge. Activated carbon, like the one you see in bottles of medicine tablets but bigger, will do the trick. If you can't find one, get two or three small blocks of charcoal and wrap them in a piece of cloth and place it somewhere in the fridge where it won't bother. It's magic.

Answer 2

First wrap the cheese in a layer of cling film (the sort that it is OK to use with fatty foods).

Secondly place the cheese in a seal-able sandwich bag.

Finally put all your smelly cheeses together in a Tupperware container that contains bicarb of soda.

The layers will help prevent the escape of odours, the bicarb in the tup will be targeted not on general fridge smells but on that which the cheese emits.

If your fridge is generally smelly give it a good clean and use some bicarb separately in the general area.

It may seem like a real hassle, but if you don't want strong cheesy smells not only offending your visitor's noses, but also impregnating other things stored in your fridge, it really is the only way. And yes, I really like smelly cheese - can't say the same for the rest of my family though!

Answer 3

You have a sensitive nose! Put soft cheese in the vegetable drawer of your fridge. Your visitors will just have to get used to it. I remember buying a quarter of Camembert once and putting on the back shelf in the car. It was a hot day. After a while I began to smell something slightly like ammonia and asked my husband to find a place to stop as our daughter needed her nappy changing. When he finally pulled over, I discovered she wasn't even wet. That's when I moved the cheese to the boot!

Answer 4

I use a product that will get rid of any odor from fridge and keep working for a really long time. So much better than baking soda. It is called FRIDGE IT odor absorbers. It is a little purple cube with activated carbon filter inside that just works really, really well. I use it everywhere and have friends that now use it near litter box and even diaper pail. You can find them in kitchen gadget sections in stores like walmart and linens and things. Also read that it is availble in camping world and web.

Answer 5

Smelly Fridge

Answer 6

I have fairly had it with friggin cheese! I spend my life dodging it interior the kitchen and am in A&E with various of injuries on a popular foundation. The cats and canine devour the cheese and that i'm left with puddles of poop to freshen up. it is uncontrolled and there appears to be like no longer some thing i am going to do. i have tried locking the refrigerator yet oh no! the cheese is sensible, very sensible.

Answer 7

Put a box of baking soda in your fridge, it will absorb the odors, Arm and Hammer makes a special box with side flaps specially made for this purpose.

Answer 8

Pop half an onion in the fridge it will absorb the stinkiness

Answer 9

i store mine in a ziplock baggie, make sure to try and get most of the air out, then in a tupperware, and have never had any complaints from the smell.

Oh and dont burp in front of them, hehe just kidding

Answer 10

Have you tried a vacuum sealer Like the one when you buy prepacked cold meats and cheese?