http://www.recfoodcooking.com

Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

Something snappy with a propeller please.

--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com
"ChattyCathy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
>
> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?
>

On Wed, 07 May 2008 18:54:21 +0200, Giusi wrote:

> Something snappy with a propeller please.

Be my guest ;-)
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

ChattyCathy wrote on Wed, 07 May 2008 18:50:23 +0200:

> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)


It looks like there may be a lot of MCINLs. My reason for that
is that I seldom look at expiry dates on stuff in the fridge. I
usually freeze things like meats and breads and other things
will be used if they look OK. The expiry date has usuallly been
lost anyway tho' ancient cheese does not look appetizing.

Quite a lot of things have "sell by" dates that are worth
examining before buying. Oriental grocery stores, for some
reason particularly Thai, sometimes have sell-by dates as much
as 2 years in the past :-)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
>
> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

I've never had an issue with expiration dates on milk since I started
using the Lactaid milk which is ultra pasteurized and has long shelf
life. I always use it up before it reaches the expiration date.

Cheese is always fine unless it's moldy, or dried up.

Meat I'm far more picky with and won't use past the expiration date.

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods. Foods
have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.

This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my condolences.

ChattyCathy wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)

I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.

This choice came closest:

"Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been opened"

....but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
rest.

And I'm still around to make this report.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
NEW --> Now evaluating a GG-free news feed: http://usenet4all.se

On Wed, 07 May 2008 17:06:12 +0000, James Silverton wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote on Wed, 07 May 2008 18:50:23 +0200:
>
>> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
>
> It looks like there may be a lot of MCINLs. My reason for that is that I
> seldom look at expiry dates on stuff in the fridge. I usually freeze
> things like meats and breads and other things will be used if they look
> OK. The expiry date has usuallly been lost anyway tho' ancient cheese
> does not look appetizing.

You have a point for the meat question, I'll concede... I'll keep
meat in the fridge for a day or two, but if I don't use it within two days
I freeze it, then it's usually OK for a few months - as long as it doesn't
get 'freezer burn'. I suppose other folks freeze a lot of their meat
too.

However, I personally never freeze milk, because I buy 'full cream milk'
which tends to 'separate' if I freeze it <yuk>. But as we go through a
fair amount of milk in this house, I use the taste/sniff test if it
happens to go a day or two over the expiration date that is printed on the
carton/packaging before it gets used... If it smells bad I chuck it. The
cats are not interested in 'iffy' milk <lol>

I never freeze cheese either - so I do the 'check for mold' thing. If it
looks OK, I'll use it.


> Quite a lot of things have "sell by" dates that are worth examining
> before buying. Oriental grocery stores, for some reason particularly
> Thai, sometimes have sell-by dates as much as 2 years in the past :-)

This is true. <g>

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:26:22 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
> I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.
>
> This choice came closest:
>
> "Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been opened"
>
> ...but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
> pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
> rest.
>
> And I'm still around to make this report.

LOL! My Dad will do that too - and he's over 80 y/o. However, I am not
that brave <veg>

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods. Foods
> have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.
>
> This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my condolences.

I love you too, Sheldon...

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>

On the last question, MCINL -- I throw out old meat, but not because
I always adhere to food dates. I'm just really cautious about meat.

Serene

ChattyCathy wrote:

>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>
>>> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
..

I don't use a lot of milk, but I like to have it on hand. I buy 1
percent by the quart. If it expires I toss it. On the other hand, I use
half and half in my coffee and I buy it in quarts. I think the packaging
says to use within 5 days of opening. It usually take me two weeks to
use it up and it almost never goes bad. The "use by" date is usually
more than 2 weeks to a month from the date I purchase it. Weird.

Cheese - I cut away the mold unless it is really bad.

As for meat - my husband is always asking me to "come smell this".
Insert joke here....;-)


-Tracy

Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> >
> > Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
> I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.
>
> This choice came closest:
>
> "Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been opened"
>
> ...but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
> pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
> rest.

When you trim off the mold, often there are mold "roots" you can't see
that have penetrated deeper into the cheese. Of course most molds aren't
dangerous so even that is rarely an issue.

Pete C. wrote:

>
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>> >
>> > Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>>
>> I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.
>>
>> This choice came closest:
>>
>> "Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been opened"
>>
>> ...but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
>> pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
>> rest.
>
> When you trim off the mold, often there are mold "roots" you can't see
> that have penetrated deeper into the cheese. Of course most molds aren't
> dangerous so even that is rarely an issue.

That's why I don't worry about 'em. I suppose the odd Killer Mold might
get me one day, silently lurking in a benign-looking hunk of asiago.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
NEW --> Now evaluating a GG-free news feed: http://usenet4all.se

ChattyCathy said...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)


Thanks Sky!

A good survey!

I let steaks age to just before completely green slimed. The best! Cooked to
bloody rare.

Don't try that with chicken or pork.

Andy
Free-range Bullshitter

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:26:22 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>
>>> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>>
>> I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.
>>
>> This choice came closest:
>>
>> "Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been
>> opened"
>>
>> ...but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
>> pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
>> rest.
>>
>> And I'm still around to make this report.
>
> LOL! My Dad will do that too - and he's over 80 y/o. However, I am not
> that brave <veg>


Same with me. I need real proof there is something wrong with milk or cheese
before I'll toss it. Mold on cheese is not a reason for disposal, just for a
little trimming.

Meat has caught me in the past. I got pretty sick from a 50% off steak at
the supermarket that had a sell-by date of the day I bought it. Made me a
lot more cautious about dates on meat.

Jon

> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)

On the meat expiration, I frequently meat shop in groups then repackage it
firmly and freeze it. If the size is right to freeze as is, I add another
layer over the package (ziplocks etc in large sizes) to protect from freezer
burn.

This means the date of expiration, doesnt mean much other than 'how long
it's been frozen' (usually 2-4 weeks max here).

"ChattyCathy" wrote

> I never freeze cheese either - so I do the 'check for mold' thing. If it
> looks OK, I'll use it.

I sometimes freeze cheese (or find my husband has) and some types work ok
for that, depending on how you use it later. On fresh, I'll scrape mold off
if it's not too bad and repackage <g>.

"James Silverton" > wrote

> It looks like there may be a lot of MCINLs. My reason for that is that I
> seldom look at expiry dates on stuff in the fridge.

Ditto. However, milk and I don't really get along, I'm sorry to
say. Once milk has been opened, I won't touch it after a couple
of days. But, if it's still unopened, I can let it go longer, maybe even
up to expiration and after. I have opened cream to find out it's bad,
yet the date is still good.

In other words, it all depends.

I'm notorious for buying meat that looks good and not even
noticing the expiration date. Frankly, I think the expiration date
is haphazard and I rely on my senses rather than some date stamp.
I'm sure someone here said that they aren't even legally required to
date the meat. Maybe I'm wrong.

> The expiry date has usuallly been lost anyway tho' ancient cheese does
> not look appetizing.

Once I open cheese, I rewrap it, so I have no idea what the date
is. I just look at it, if it looks okay, I'll eat it.

nancy

On May 7, 1:31�pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
> > ChattyCathy wrote:
> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> > I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods. �Foods
> > have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.
>
> > This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my condolences.
>
> I love you too, Sheldon...

C'mon... what's the matter with all yoose... this is an invalid
survey, there is no such thing as an expiration date on foods.
Whoever is responsible for this fercocktah wins the dunce cap.

On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:24:11 -0400, cshenk wrote:

> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>
>> I never freeze cheese either - so I do the 'check for mold' thing. If it
>> looks OK, I'll use it.
>
> I sometimes freeze cheese (or find my husband has) and some types work ok
> for that, depending on how you use it later.

My Mom used to freeze (cheddar) cheese. I never liked it once it was
defrosted <shrug>, so I've never bothered freezing it myself. I don't
recall her freezing any other types of cheese, but then, it was a very
long time ago.

> On fresh, I'll scrape mold off if it's not too bad and repackage <g>.

You can have my share <lol>

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

Zeppo wrote:

>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:26:22 -0700, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>>
>>>> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>>>
>>> I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.
>>>
>>> This choice came closest:
>>>
>>> "Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been
>>> opened"
>>>
>>> ...but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
>>> pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
>>> rest.
>>>
>>> And I'm still around to make this report.
>>
>> LOL! My Dad will do that too - and he's over 80 y/o. However, I am not
>> that brave <veg>
>
>
> Same with me. I need real proof there is something wrong with milk or cheese
> before I'll toss it. Mold on cheese is not a reason for disposal, just for a
> little trimming.
>
> Meat has caught me in the past. I got pretty sick from a 50% off steak at
> the supermarket that had a sell-by date of the day I bought it. Made me a
> lot more cautious about dates on meat.

You misread the instructions; you were supposed to *cut* 50% off -- the
rotten half.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
NEW --> Now evaluating a GG-free news feed: http://usenet4all.se

On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:32:22 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

> On May 7, 1:31pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>> > ChattyCathy wrote:
>> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> > I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods. Foods
>> > have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.
>>
>> > This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my condolences.
>>
>> I love you too, Sheldon...
>
> C'mon... what's the matter with all yoose... this is an invalid survey,
> there is no such thing as an expiration date on foods. Whoever is
> responsible for this fercocktah wins the dunce cap.

Awww c'mon Sheldon, lighten up a bit, whydoncha? Best Used By/Expiration
Date... same thing to me. Most other folks here knew what Sky was on
about, judging by their posts. IMHO, 'Best Used By Date' is just the the
politically correct version of 'Expiration Date', because I remember
seeing an 'Expiration Date' on plenty of foodstuffs about 20 years ago...

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>
>> I never freeze cheese either - so I do the 'check for mold' thing. If it
>> looks OK, I'll use it.
>
> I sometimes freeze cheese (or find my husband has) and some types work ok
> for that, depending on how you use it later. On fresh, I'll scrape mold
> off if it's not too bad and repackage <g>.
>
>

I worked in a cheese packing plant. The big blocks and wheels of cheese
came in and we portioned them for cryovac. We always scraped mold off the
block before portioning. I do the same at home. I freeze cheese too. I
have a couple of pieces in my freezer that had developed mold and I scraped
it and froze it until i could use it....Sharon

ChattyCathy wrote:
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:32:22 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
> > On May 7, 1:31pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
> >> > ChattyCathy wrote:
> >> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> >> > I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods. Foods
> >> > have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.
>
> >> > This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my condolences.
>
> >> I love you too, Sheldon...
>
> > C'mon... what's the matter with all yoose... this is an invalid survey,
> > there is no such thing as an expiration date on foods. Whoever is
> > responsible for this fercocktah wins the dunce cap.
>
> Awww c'mon Sheldon, lighten up a bit, whydoncha? Best Used By/Expiration
> Date... same thing to me. Most other folks here knew what Sky was on
> about, judging by their posts. IMHO, 'Best Used By Date' is just the the
> politically correct version of 'Expiration Date', because I remember
> seeing an 'Expiration Date' on plenty of foodstuffs about 20 years ago...


What's good for all the rest of us is finally good for the goose...
you win a hat!





/\
/ \
/ D \
/ U \
/ N \
/ C \
/ E \
/________\

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .



---

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
I always believed that those dates were for the stores to pull the
merchandise, not for the consumer.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
I always let brisket wet age in the original cryovac for at least 2 weeks.

BOB

On May 7, 6:04�pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
> >http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> > Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
> I always believed that those dates were for the stores to pull the
> merchandise, not for the consumer.

Sell-by is obviously for the merchandiser to pull the item from the
shelf, and best used by is for everyone... but there is no expiration
date on food.

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

Food doesn't have expiration dates. It has sell by, best by, use by dates.
Food does not instantly go bad on the sell by, best by or use by date.

Ms P

On Wed, 07 May 2008 18:50:23 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
>Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)


Looks like most people are of the "If it doesn't kill you.... etc"
frame of mind. I'm not dead yet. LOL

--
See return address to reply by email
remove the smile first

On Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:02 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:32:22 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>> > On May 7, 1:31pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>> >> > ChattyCathy wrote:
>> >> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> >> > I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods.
>> >> > Foods have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.
>>
>> >> > This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my
>> >> > condolences.
>>
>> >> I love you too, Sheldon...
>>
>> > C'mon... what's the matter with all yoose... this is an invalid
>> > survey, there is no such thing as an expiration date on foods.
>> > Whoever is responsible for this fercocktah wins the dunce cap.
>>
>> Awww c'mon Sheldon, lighten up a bit, whydoncha? Best Used
>> By/Expiration Date... same thing to me. Most other folks here knew what
>> Sky was on about, judging by their posts. IMHO, 'Best Used By Date' is
>> just the the politically correct version of 'Expiration Date', because
>> I remember seeing an 'Expiration Date' on plenty of foodstuffs about 20
>> years ago...
>
>
> What's good for all the rest of us is finally good for the goose... you
> win a hat!
>
>
>
>
>
> /\
> / \
> / D \
> / U \
> / N \
> / C \
> / E \
> /________\
>
> Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

Why thank you! - you're such a sweetie sometimes, Sheldon

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

On May 8, 4:56�am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:02 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
> > ChattyCathy wrote:
> >> On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:32:22 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
> >> > On May 7, 1:31pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
> >> >> > ChattyCathy wrote:
> >> >> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> >> >> > I've only seen drugs with an Expiration Date, never any foods.
> >> >> > Foods have a "Sell By" or "Best Used By" date.
>
> >> >> > This survey has now expired... all I can do is offer my
> >> >> > condolences.
>
> >> >> I love you too, Sheldon...
>
> >> > C'mon... what's the matter with all yoose... this is an invalid
> >> > survey, there is no such thing as an expiration date on foods.
> >> > Whoever is responsible for this fercocktah survey wins the
> >> > dunce cap.
>
> >> Awww c'mon Sheldon, lighten up a bit, whydoncha? Best Used
> >> By/Expiration Date... same thing to me. Most other folks here knew what
> >> Sky was on about, judging by their posts. IMHO, 'Best Used By Date' is
> >> just the the politically correct version of 'Expiration Date', because
> >> I remember seeing an 'Expiration Date' on plenty of foodstuffs about 20
> >> years ago...
>
> > What's good for all the rest of us is finally good for the goose... you
> > win a hat!
>
> > � � � � � �/\
> > � � � � � / �\
> > � � � � �/ D \
> > � � � � / �U �\
> > � � � �/ � N � \
> > � � � / � �C � �\
> > � � �/ � � E � � \
> > � � /________\
>
> > Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>
> Why thank you! - you're such a sweetie sometimes, Sheldon

You're welcome. And it's adjustable, there's an Expiration Tab, it
adjusts for when your head swells. <G>

On Thu, 08 May 2008 05:21:27 -0700, Sheldon wrote:


>
> You're welcome. And it's adjustable, there's an Expiration Tab, it
> adjusts for when your head swells. <G>

ROFL

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

On Thu, 08 May 2008 14:57:59 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 May 2008 05:21:27 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>
>
>>
>> You're welcome. And it's adjustable, there's an Expiration Tab, it
>> adjusts for when your head swells. <G>
>
>ROFL

or if you decide to get one of those Texas sized "big hair" hairdos.


--
See return address to reply by email
remove the smile first

On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:33:19 -0700, sf <.> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 May 2008 18:50:23 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:
>
>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>>Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>
>
>Looks like most people are of the "If it doesn't kill you.... etc"
>frame of mind. I'm not dead yet. LOL

but the people it did kill aren't in a position to post.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:55:35 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
>Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>> >
>> > Thanks go to Sky for sending in (most of) this survey ;-)
>>
>> I checked my first "MICNL - I'll elaborate on r.f.c" for this one.
>>
>> This choice came closest:
>>
>> "Use it if there's no obvious mold visible even if package has been opened"
>>
>> ...but I'll also cut off visible mold - unless the whole thing is just a
>> pile of it that might or might not have some cheese inside - and eat the
>> rest.
>
>When you trim off the mold, often there are mold "roots" you can't see
>that have penetrated deeper into the cheese. Of course most molds aren't
>dangerous so even that is rarely an issue.

hope for ergot and some nice hallucinations.

your pal,
albert

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 08 May 2008 14:57:59 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 05:21:27 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You're welcome. And it's adjustable, there's an Expiration Tab, it
>>> adjusts for when your head swells. <G>
>> ROFL
>
> or if you decide to get one of those Texas sized "big hair" hairdos.

We used to say, the higher the hair, the closer to God.

Becca

"ChattyCathy" wrote

>> I sometimes freeze cheese (or find my husband has) and some types work ok
>> for that, depending on how you use it later.
>
> My Mom used to freeze (cheddar) cheese. I never liked it once it was
> defrosted <shrug>, so I've never bothered freezing it myself. I don't
> recall her freezing any other types of cheese, but then, it was a very
> long time ago.

It does change it a bit and i tend to not like it as a fresh slicing cheese
after that, but it works well enough for baking.