Swiss Cheese Help
Posted: 11 May 2011 08:02 PM   [ Ignore ]
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I have been aging some danish blue in my cave for 6 weeks or so and I recently made a Swiss. I had it in the same cave for 1 week. Now I have it out at room temp for 1 week with 2 more to go to form the holes and I am getting what looks like blue/green mold but only on 1 side . I have been flipping it every day so no side should be considered the bottom but yet only 1 side has any of the mold. Is this normal or did my blue jump over to my swiss and will I be raising a blue swiss ? here are some pics…...

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Posted: 12 May 2011 02:58 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Yes, your mold jumped from the blue.  Mold spores travel easily in very minor air currents.  Just opening the door would be enough to send them scurrying.

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Posted: 12 May 2011 08:46 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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I what do I do now ? Age the swiss as per instructions. I figure that since there are no air spaces within and without the swiss the mold will stay on the outside. Then again if the swiss forms the holes it is supposed to…Hmmmm This could get interesting….

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Posted: 12 May 2011 10:11 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Wipe with vinegar and keep an eye on it. Mold can dig into everything, some can even eat metal lol.

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Posted: 12 May 2011 10:15 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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yea I found that out. I was making some cheese last month and I left one of my good filet knifes out on the countet, I had used it to cut the curds. The next day when I was washing it I noticed a bunch of spots on it. I tried to wash it but the metal was gone in those spots. Hard lesson learned.

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Posted: 12 May 2011 11:19 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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Its a good chance it will take on some of the blue taste. Always good to keep Bloomed cheeses separate from the rest.

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Posted: 12 May 2011 03:06 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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Lessons learned the hard way.

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