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Article: Tips for storing cheese at home
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 5, 2008
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You could drive yourself nuts worrying about the best way to
store cheese. Many experts say the only acceptable method is using
specialty cheese paper, the heavy-duty, breathable paper used at
cheese shops.
That's fine if you buy and store enough cheese to merit hunting
down this hard-to-find item. For the rest of us, waxed paper,
plastic wrap, foil and plastic bags will have to do.
And that's just fine, say Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst in
their "The Cheese Lover's Companion." This invaluable guide to the
cheese world distills the essentials of home cheese storage. Here
are some highlights:
* Each time a cheese is opened, it should be rewrapped in new
wrapping.
* Soft-ripened and ...