"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>
> I received a nice fruit basket today, it included a good looking
> Gouda cheese (must have been on the truck all day, the stuff was
> freezing cold). Not being much of a cheese eater, is Gouda served
> room temp, would it get soft? Or keep it in the refrigerator until
> ready to eat it?
>
> nancy

It doesn't get soft, if you mean soft like brie might get. I usually keep
mine in the fridge until I eat it. But I'll eat it cold, because I'm a
heathen. If it's a full round still coated in wax, it might be OK at room
temp (though I would probably still put it in the fridge). I'm no cheese
expert, though.

Gouda is very good in grilled cheese sandwiches. When I was in Morocco,
that's the cheese we used the most for our illegally made grilled cheese
(not really illegal, but cooking was supposed to have been forbidden).

rona

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