Does Edam Cheese need to be refrigerated?

[hatfieldms]

I have an MSU ball of Edam cheese someone brought over on Sunday that is still wrapped in the red wax but he been sitting on the counter the last few days. Is it still ok?

 

[mcdawg22]

Nope it's ruined go ahead and ship it to me and I'll dispose of it properly. In all seriousness it should be fine. According to the website as long as it's in air conditioning it should be fine for a while. Go ahead and refrigerate it now though.

 

[fieldcorporal]

According to the owner of a Wisconsin cheese plant I was talking to at the bar one night:

"Hard cheeses do do not require refrigeration. Soft cheeses do. In fact, until the late '60s the plants did not have refrigeration. Then one company started refrigerating and the rest followed as a competitive response.

I dont know. But that's what he said.

 

[WrapItDog]

I stuill wrapped in the red wax but he been sitting on the counter the last few days. Is it still ok?

Your countertop is probably cooler than the UPS truck they use to ship it.

 

[PhredPhantom]

There is a free iPhone app called "FoodKeeper" that is put out by the USDA that will tell you the amount of time you can keep almost any food. You can find it in the Apple app store. I suppose there is an android version, too, but I don't have android so I don't know for sure. I would check Google Play to see if they have it. It's pretty friendly and I've found it useful in cases like these.

 

[Utah_Chaney]

I always refrigerate mine. Does it have to be? I don't think so.

Only reason I refrigerate mine is because my dad told me to many moons ago. Creature of habit.

 

[BiscuitEater]

No it's bad now. But, it can be 'resurrected.'

Instructions - Soak in Dales .. store in Yeti for 24 hours .. smoke in BGE for 8 hours at 250. If that doesn't work, use as bait to kill mole crickets or as a pre-emergent on centipede.

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