"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
> On Aug 31, 3:06 pm, wrote:
>> A large hunk (about three pounds remaining) of an overjarige cheese
>> brought
>> back from Gouda, Holland, over ten years ago. Triple wrapped -- we just
>> shave
>> off the outer layer of mold, use what we need, and re-wrap in fresh
>> paper/saran/foil.
>>
>> It's the "energizer cheese' -- it just keeps going, and going, and going
>> ...
>>
>> -- Larry
>
> Didn't I read somewhere that if you wrap cheese in vinegar-soaked
> cheesecloth (wrung out, of course) before wrapping further, it will
> not mold as quickly?

Dunno, but that is how they did it before fridges.

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