CLeaning out the refrigerator: how can you tell if blue cheese is moldy?

[hedgehog]

[kentauros]

1. If the mold is green or red

;)

[kentauros]

2. "That's what cheese is: gone-off milk with bugs and mold!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOCak7wh1U

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Blue cheese is supposed to be moldy.

[rurallib]

4. give the dog a bite. If he dies, it was bad.

[havocmom]

5. if your blue cheese has a pink tinge, pitch it out

I can't get my favorite blue anymore because of Dept of Homeland Security rules. Go figure.

[kentauros]

7. What?! Why, do they consider it an explosive?

That's bizarre! :crazy:

[havocmom]

15. We can't get an answer on why they won't allow the import of that one blue cheese

Havocdad has been eating it for DECADES and introduced me to it years ago. It is wonderful stuff. Maybe Wisconsin has a lot of pull with DHS?

[kentauros]

I could easily see the latter

and it was probably a rule invented during the Bush administration. Alternately, it could be a particular type of mold that can be used in bio-warfare, like the seed to growing the nasty stuff. That alone could explain why they won't say why it can't be imported. Of course, if that's the case, just forbidding its importation is an admission that it could be used for nefarious purposes ;)

[havocmom]

22. yep, it was a bush era error

;)

[kentauros]

16. jumpy-finger-nerves dupe

:P

[Liberal Veteran]

6. If it has no apparent mold, it is probably bad

:D

[Chellee]

8. Fuzziness is a bad sign

in related dairy news.... sour cream turns red when it goes bad.

[Odin2005]

9. If the the mold on it isn't the blue Penicillum mold that is supposed to be on it.

[Yavin4]

10. If The Cheese Asks You To Close The Refig. Door

Then it's no good.

[elleng]

11. Rotten milk, that's what it is!

[kentauros]

14. Milk & Chesse

Dairy Products Gone Bad!

[hedgehog]

21. Did you ever wonder what went through the mind of the first person

brave enough (or desperate enough) to eat cheese?

[elleng]

24. Never did, but did hear/read of an Asian person who called it rotten milk!

and said something like, 'they eat rotten milk!'

[sarge43]

12. When you try to pick it up, it fights back. n/t

[velvet]

13. I had that problem with blue cheese tonight

The outside had a blue and fuzzy coating. Highly suspicious, so I cut it all off. Underneath the cheese was fine. I ate it two hours ago and I feel fine.

Your mileage may vary. Good luck.

[guitar man]

18. damn, you threw out the best part

If you eat the fuzzy coating, you'll trip your ass off!!

:rofl: :hi:

[velvet]

19. I've led a sheltered life

But thanks for the headsup.

:hi:

[Mutley]

17. My own personal rule of thumb...

If I have to ask that question, then it goes in the trash.

:rofl:

[johnnie]

20. Eat it

If it clears up that "infection" then it is too moldy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

23. If it tries to kill you, it's bad. But even then, all is not lost: