Straight Line of the Day: Wrong Ways To Store Cheese: …

I Was Storing Cheese All Wrong. This Simple Fix Keeps It Fresh for Days
CNet | August 05, 2025 | Pamela Vachon

Informative article, actually.

“If you see it molds up a little bit, generally you can scrape off that mold and it’s no problem,” says Montez. Because of the lack of water content in cheese, food mold can’t penetrate it very deeply like it would with many other food products. “Look out if it’s black mold or something like that,” he says, “but the thing is, it’s rare that a piece of cheese becomes unsafe to eat. It’s going to become unpalatable to you long before it’s unsafe.”

19 Comments

  1. Experience teaches that the decision about eating moldy food is more an economic one than it is anything healthcare-related. Squeamish people can pull the shades and turn off the lights.
    (Actually, that advice works in multiple contexts)

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