My daughter is into ways of preserving food. She has learned to can and is learning to pickle and has asked me about waxing hard cheese for storage outside of the refrigerator.
I have absolutely no knowledge of this method of storing cheese.
A very quick Google suggested it was a very bad idea! But she claims she has done some reading, and has not come across anything to discourage her.
So I thought I would reach out.
This is what I found.
“Waxing cheese is a method to minimize mold growth on the surface of cheese. It cannot prevent growth or survival of many illness-causing bacteria. In fact, it may promote anaerobic (absence of oxygen) bacteria growth, such as botulism. The practice of waxing cheese for storage is considered extremely unsafe.
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