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cheddar - white spots

loyatemu · 2004-12-01 13:26:26

anyone know what the little white spots you sometimes get in mature cheddar are? the missus refuses to eat any cheese with them in it as she claims its some form of mould but I don't think it is - I think they're possibly salt concentrations or something similar.

01-12-2004 1:26pm

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anyone know what the little white spots you sometimes get in mature cheddar are?

the missus refuses to eat any cheese with them in it as she claims its some form of mould but I don't think it is - I think they're possibly salt concentrations or something similar.

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#2 01-12-2004 2:25pm

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Harmless, dunno what they are exactly but they are not mould and even if they were have you ever eaten blue cheese?

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#3 01-12-2004 9:24pm

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calcium?

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#4 02-12-2004 4:22pm

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i think it is a type of mould. cheese forms a skin as it matures which, as far as i know, is just mould. but it's all part of the fun of cheese. brie is all covered in mould outside, and blue cheese too, as Blub2k4 said.
cheese is our friend, we should embrace it (though maybe not literally...) in all shapes, forms and colours

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#5 02-12-2004 4:30pm

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Try a ripe camembert when it starts to run and smell like cauliflower...............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm there is nothing better in the cheese world.

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