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    Storing Hard Cheese w/o Refrigeration

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    Hard cheeses (such as cheddar, mozzarella, jack) can be stored without refrigeration. (Remember that cheesemaking began as a way to preserve dairy products long before there was refrigeration.) It only works with hard cheeses, soft and processed cheeses must be refrigerated.

    Dip the cheese into a salt water solution (salty enough that an egg floats), and place it on a rack to dry. On the next day, thoroughly rub the cheese with salt. Do this again on the 3rd day. By this time, a rind should be developing on the cheese. Melt wax in a double boiler (a pan inside another pan with water in the outer pan) and dip the cheese in it, and set it aside to cool on a rack. When the first layer is dry, add a second layer. Wrap it in cheesecloth and continue to apply layers of wax until it is smooth and shiny and entirely encased in several layers of wax. If you don't have cheese cloth, add a couple extra layers of wax. If mold develops, just cut off the mold and eat the rest.
    Nice tip for hikers and campers.

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