Mon, Jan-14-02, 11:05
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 178/150/150
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Progress: 100%
Location: California
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Re: Blue Cheese
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Originally posted by Glenda
What hubby would like to know: How do you tell when blue cheese goes bad?
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Blue cheese is just white that already has gone bad! That green stuff actually is mold! The whole thing started when a French shepherd near Roquefort, France once realized he had forgotten his cheese in a cave when he had found shelter. This being his only source of food, he went back to retrieve it, only to find it all moldy from the cave. Since this was his only food, he decided to give it a bite and found out it tasted… very good! Roquefort has since been one of the oldest cheeses in France. Once, Charlemagne was visiting the area and the local bishop offered him some of that cheese: upon seeing that Charlemagne was removing the green spots with the tip of his knife, he told him: "You're removing the best part!" Unlike other later blue cheeses, Roquefort is made out of ewe's milk though but the principle is always the same: don't worry about it going bad for it already has!
PS: What hubby doesn't know: looks and smells matter not at all when it comes to cheese. Only taste does…
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