Mould On Cheese.

[Deleted User]

Hi, ive just found my cheese has mould on it.:eek: I forgot and had left it at the back of my fridge. Is is still safe to eat? Ive cut off the mould and was wondering if i grated and froze it would it still be ok to use, rather than eat it uncooked? Thankyou.

Valli

It will be fine - I've doneit lots and lots of times.

And I wouldn't bother with the freezing and cooking either.

Bear in mind people actually add (certain) moulds to certain cheeses to aid the flavour. And IF you saw cheese being aged...

You will be absolutely fine.

tescobabe69

Cut off the mould, done!
If your worried cook with it - cheese on toast is good.
You have heard of Stilton I presume ?

Fruball

tescobabe69 wrote: »

Cut off the mould, done!
If your worried cook with it - cheese on toast is good.
You have heard of Stilton I presume ?

Very different mould is used to make mouldy cheeses.

I just cut the mould off and eat it.

[Deleted User]

Thankyou all, ive got so much cheese and i bought another lot reduced the other day. So i think i will just use this for cooking. I did the smell and taste test (on a small piece). Like you say ive eaten stilton. Although i know that has mould in it, i thought that was a different type of mould. i always think differently about non mouldy cheeses that go mouldy.

SailorSam

I always use to just cut the mould off and eat it but, this question has been asked before and last time a few people came on to say the mould you get on your everyday cheddar is different from the 'mouldy cheeses', and even though you think you've cut the green bits away, there are still sort of strands going deep into the cheese.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN01024

[Deleted User]

SailorSam wrote: »

I always use to just cut the mould off and eat it but, this question has been asked before and last time a few people came on to say the mould you get on your everyday cheddar is different from the 'mouldy cheeses', and even though you think you've cut the green bits away, there are still sort of strands going deep into the cheese.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN01024

Thanks for this, it was a hard cheddar, and i cut off quite a bit as suggested. So all looks ok. Ile be using it for cooking though. Ive booked marked the site, its got very useful information, thanks again.

Mr_Falling_Star

Very current this as I have just thrown away half a small tub of philidelphia cheese which had a patch of grey mould on it (about the size of a penny). It smelt fine

Could it have been saved?

Valli

@MrFallingStar
Now I would NOT eat mouldy cream cheeses like this - only hard cheese I can scrape the mould off.