Note to self: Do not use cheese that's been opened for 2 weeks...

[Deja Q]

:hurts:

Always read the label and discard it if not used after 1 week.

[GoneOffShore]

1. What kind of cheese?

I've got some cheese in the fridge that has been cut off a larger piece that is 3 months old and is totally edible. Parmesan, Gruyere, Comte.

[Deja Q]

3. Mozarella... of course, the pizza sauce had been open a long while too...

:blush:

[GoneOffShore]

6. Ahhh

Mozzarella - and pre shredded.

Science experiment time!

We've got a place here in Philly where you can buy fresh made Mozzerella. Claudio's in the Italian Market on Ninth Street. It is the best I've had outside of Italy. Milk from grass fed cows.

[Nikia]

2. Usually hard cheese is good for longer

Especially if it is cheese that you are heating. Of course, discard it if is visibly moldy (although you can cut it off on larger blocks of cheese and eat it) or if it smells yeasty or barny or has some other disagreeable stench.
They just put that on the lable to cover themselves.

[Deja Q]

4. There was no mold at all... but it was pre-shredded...

[u4ic]

5. Mine's usually good for 2-3 weeks at least

but it's goat mozzarella.

Don't know if that makes a difference...:shrug: