CHEESE is an expensive item in your shopping trolley, so you want to make sure you're storing it correctly. Brie, cheddar, blue or Manchego, not matter what cheese you like to nibble on, it can go mouldy quickly. 2 Keep your cheese mould-free for weeks Credit: GETTY 2 Different cheeses have to be stored in different ways Credit: GETTY Or it can stink out your entire fridge, meaning everything will end up tasting slightly cheesy.
“Cheese typically stays fresh for about one to two weeks in your fridge,” experts at NRC Business Waste told Fabulous exclusively. Switch the wrapper But there are several ways in which you can extend it's shelf life, just by changing the packaging. Typically, hard cheeses come in plastic, whereas most soft cheeses come in a parchment-plastic wrapper.
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"You can extend the cheese’s freshness by up to two weeks longer than standard packaging if you put cheese into parchment paper." Most read in Fabulous NO K.
