Hard cheese

[Tengu]

Which is a lame title.

But my cheese has dried out.

it resembles geological samples rather than food.

But im pretty sure its still edible.

What do I do?

 

[TLM]

Taste it? It's not like you are the first to taste Roquefort or Brie or some of the smellier spoiled cheese versions.

 

[Robson Valley]

Grate it. Pretend it is ancient parmesan.

 

[Toddy]

Robson Valley's right.
Grate it up and use it for cooking. It's only lost water, it hasn't lost taste.

M

 

[Tengu]

Ill see what I can do but Im not sure if it will even grate.

its like rock.

 

[bigboned]

Heat it up

 

[Toddy]

Ill see what I can do but Im not sure if it will even grate.

its like rock.

If it's hard and waxy it'll still grate. It does best on a fine grater for that though.
I genuinely like hard cheese so I leave some cheddar to dry out and I slice off the hard outer bit by bit to munch with fruit.
Sometimes I end up with too much though, so I just grate it up and use it for cooking.

M

 

[Allison McKenzie]

You could try cutting a bit off and melting it into a roux, i have had a lot of sucess doing that with parmesan rinds. They are awesome in mac and cheese