Next up - Cheese

[Mad Trapper]

Isn't the blue shit -- penicillin ?

What if it's not?

[Ricekila]

What if it's not?

I dont know -- I eat moldy cheese all the time --- and I'm ----------------------- ?

At least I don't have malaria ------ anymore ---

[Jester-ND]

we buy block cheese from costco, shred it ourselves, and freeze-dry it..

[MountainGirl]

we buy block cheese from costco, shred it ourselves, and freeze-dry it..

Hi Jester

After you freeze dry it - what do you do with it then? Powder it? Vac-seal the shreds or ?
Have you then used any of it? In what manner?
I haven't sussed out yet using dried cheese - unless as a powder into a sauce, etc.
And, not sure what rehydrating shreds would leave us with.
I'm very interested in your process & use... I'm still deciding which way to go here. Thanks!

[Jester-ND]

Hi Jester

After you freeze dry it - what do you do with it then? Powder it? Vac-seal the shreds or ?
Have you then used any of it? In what manner?
I haven't sussed out yet using dried cheese - unless as a powder into a sauce, etc.
And, not sure what rehydrating shreds would leave us with.
I'm very interested in your process & use... I'm still deciding which way to go here. Thanks!

we just bag the shreds.... haven't rehydrated anything we have bagged yet.... kinda defeats the purpose of bagging it.. maybe once my hoarding is complete. There are many sites my wife uses to learn about what freezes/rehydrates best and tips/tricks. She learned to shred your own because the pre-shredded has additives to prevent clumping.

[MountainGirl]

we just bag the shreds.... haven't rehydrated anything we have bagged yet.... kinda defeats the purpose of bagging it.. maybe once my hoarding is complete. There are many sites my wife uses to learn about what freezes/rehydrates best and tips/tricks. She learned to shred your own because the pre-shredded has additives to prevent clumping.

Right - thanks. Yeah, it would be so easy to just buy shredded cheddar and toss it on the trays... but I don't want the additives (cellulose?) either. Whatever I end up doing, I'll take a small sample of the dried and rehydrate it, to see what happens, how usable it is, etc, before I go to the effort of doing large quantities. Just incase it sucks then I can choose another method, LOL. I do like the idea of waxing.. it's just the storage temperature issue there. Maybe PO will build me an underground wine/cheese/food cellar. I'll dig the hole.

[Prepared One]

Right - thanks. Yeah, it would be so easy to just buy shredded cheddar and toss it on the trays... but I don't want the additives (cellulose?) either. Whatever I end up doing, I'll take a small sample of the dried and rehydrate it, to see what happens, how usable it is, etc, before I go to the effort of doing large quantities. Just incase it sucks then I can choose another method, LOL. I do like the idea of waxing.. it's just the storage temperature issue there. Maybe PO will build me an underground wine/cheese/food cellar. I'll dig the hole.

Wine? Not so much. Cheese, food, and alcohol? Yep.

[Ricekila]

Love me some gov-mint cheese --