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[aoi tsuki]

Okay, so i got this two-pound block of Vermont farms sharp white cheddar cheese. Good stuff. i've managed to eat about two-thirds of it since. Last night, i opened the container it's in, and noticed the formation of small white spots of it... early visible mold. i sliced off a piece of the side i had been cutting from and ate it. It was good, but a little sharper than before.

i figure that cheese is already fermented, and a little mold won't hurt. i'll probably cut the mold off later today and freeze some of the cheese seeing as how i'm not eating as much. Can anyone shed some light on this.

 

[Felidae_Khrall]

It's ok, as long as you cut off enough of the affected area. I forget what the exact amount is supposed to be, but I'd say about half an inch or so.

 

[Wendo]

Just cut the mold off, and you'll be fine.

 

[cybamerc]

If it's a hard cheese like parmesan you can just cut off the affected area but if it's something soft you should throw it out as the spores could be everywhere. Of course why you want to eat cheese in the first place is beyond me. Yuck!

 

[scorcho]

i guess i'm the only one who was reminded by the Simpsons episode where Homer kept eating the moldy neverending hero till it made him sick in the middle of the night.

 

[Tuvoc]

a little penicillin never hurt anybody...

 

[BigGreenMat]

Don't worry moldy cheese doesn't really hurt you. If it is just starting to mold you will be fine. After a few weeks of molding I would be a little more wary as you probably have more than moldy fungus now.