How to store cheese

Penelope_Penguin

There's an older thread on how to store cheese - I'll merge this one into it.

There's also a thread here - Can I freeze cheese? The answer's Yes, btw

HTH, Penny. x

retrocircles

How can I eat cheese cheaply, but not waste it either?!

We're buying Tesco Value grated cheese, it comes in a HUGE bag, which normally goes past the 'eat within 3 days' rule. We do eat it up to about 5 days, but then I start to worry & throw it away as I do have quite a sensitive stomach.

I don't want to eat MORE cheese, as it's like chocolate & very fattening! (I'm on a strict diet)

How can I make it 'keep' longer?

fizzel81

freeze it, cheese freeze's very well

ALIBOBSY

Well cheese especially when grated freezes pretty well, but is best if used to be melted cheese ie in sauces or on toast/pizzas as can be a bit dry to eat.

Perhaps buy a small block of value cheddar and grate youself would probably be cheaper?
I keep block and peices of cheese loads longer than 5 days, especially as most of our cheese comes from the farmshop-no expiry dates on so you have to use common sense and your nose lol. Our free range eggs are also undated, as the chicks are right there wandering around and really cheap.:)
ali x

Mamae

Going to go with the grate it yourself as well. If you buy ready grated cheese you have paid to have that done. Buy value cheese, grate it, freeze some and keep the rest in the fridge. Use the stuff in the freezer for cheese sauces etc. I buy blocks of cheese and they normally have a sell by date of over a month on them.

xxvickixx

I buy the cheap grated stuff as it does work out cheaper, I know that there are preservatives and it's probably not as good quality but I find it OK and saves me a bit of money. Each to their own, I know it can be a bit contraversial!
In my opinion the pre grated freezes well, as does home grated and is handy as you can open the bag and take out what you need easily.

liney

People really throw away cheese after 3 days of opening? I just wrap mine up well and use until it's finished. Always have done.

thriftlady_2

liney wrote: »

People really throw away cheese after 3 days of opening? I just wrap mine up well and use until it's finished. Always have done.

Me too, do all cheese packets say use within 3 after opening? It's pretty obvious when cheese is past its best. I've never heard of anyone getting ill from old cheese

We're just finishing the chunk of Davidstow I bougt 3 weeks ago and there's nothing wrong with it.

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

Me too, do all cheese packets say use within 3 after opening? It's pretty obvious when cheese is past its best. I've never heard of anyone getting ill from old cheese

Thing is, though, ready grated cheese will spoil more quickly than block, due to a much higher surface area for the buggies to go at

I've read several times on here that ready grated cheese is cheaper than block (for the same stuff). Never checked myself, anyone want to compare prices and let us know

Penny. x

xxvickixx

Grated cheese is around £3.50 per kilo, value blocks are around £5 ish. Even the good deals they have on Cathederal City when they are half price only take them down to about £5 per kilo, however I do get that then as you only need to use a tiny bit as the taste is stronger so probably value around the same.