edam cheese

[chris8472]

got a ball of edam cheese on offer at tesco 55p a kilo as its still whole will it keep like if you wax it your self it still as the red stuff on the out side and how long will it keep if it will keep for a good time i will get some more

[Plymtom]

I beleive you can seal any hardish cheese for quite some time in food wax, so you could have a variety of them.

[chris8472]

is the red stuff on the out side of edam wax or would i need to take it off the cheese and then wax it

[Reservior]

It's wax.

Should be ok for a while if you can keep it away from temperature fluctuations.

[chris8472]

It's wax.

Should be ok for a while if you can keep it away from temperature fluctuations.

where is the best place to keep it long term at the moment its in the fridge

[unsure]

just got back from tesco`s , edam ,full ball 9.89p .that was £5.50 kg . a decent price i thought .
i did look in costco last weekend at a full block of chedder , now i can`t remember the full price but i`m thinking about getting a block and 5kg`s of wax and doing my own .

[ORAC1]

Found this nice blog post about cheese waxing:

http://selfrelianceadventures.blogspot. ... heese.html

And part 2

http://selfrelianceadventures.blogspot. ... pdate.html

I think it is worth giving it a try...