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phaeton > wrote:

> I just noticed that I have a brick of natural Cheddar in the fridge,
> where the "sell by date" is today. It has been refrigerated the whole
> time (and in the original, unopened cellophane/plasticwhatever
> package.
>
> Surely it'll be fine like this for a couple-few more weeks until I
> figure out what to do with it, yes?
>
>
> Alternatively, if I open it, shred it, and freeze it in a few parts, I
> should get a few months out of it, yes?
>
>
> Sorry for the n00b questions. I'm just not in a cheese mood right
> now. Tomorrow I'm making moroccan-spiced chicken and rice- not really
> a cheese-friendly sort of dish.

It'll be fine. Even if it has mould on it, cut the mould off (with a
decent margin of "normal" cheese) and it'll still be fine.

Miche

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