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Peeling
Cheese
Mary asks:
I like to buy the interesting cheeses I see at the supermarket and really enjoy eating them as a late-night snack. But there's one problem I have. A lot of cheeses have a wax coating. Some other kinds have other coatings or mold--I'm not sure what that stuff is, actually. I know you're not supposed to eat it. But when I try to cut it off, I feel like I'm curtting off a lot of edible cheese, too. And at some of the prices you pay for thes. Well, you know. Is there a trick. Tom sez: I don't know whether this is common knowledge, but it's something that hit me as obvious a couple of years ago, after having this same problem for decades. You just use a vegetable peeler. The peeler removes just enough of the exterior to get the wax (or whatever) off, without digging away too much cheese. And since most cheeses are round and can't be trimmed efficiently with a knife, this method is very effective. Revised 3/10/08 Copyright © 2008 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. |
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