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Re: What's your all time favorite backcountry meal?
Reply #50 - Apr 30th, 2011 at 1:12pm
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Preacher wrote on Apr 29th, 2011 at 2:23pm:
I've heard that wrapping firm-hard cheese in a J-cloth damp with vinegar preserves it longer.


How long do you need to keep it?  I routinely bring cheese on 10-day trips and make no special effort to keep it refrigerated or otherwise preserved.  Never seen a speck of mold yet.

I've brought many different jacks, colbys, swiss, and flavored versions of same.  They all keep very well.  I just keep them wrapped in foil and put 'em in a ziploc.
  
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Reply #51 - Apr 30th, 2011 at 3:19pm
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Ditto what Preacher said.  Took a block of parmesan last year.  Even mozzarella keeps find for two weeks.  Just don't leave in sun.
  
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Reply #52 - May 3rd, 2011 at 2:30pm
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db wrote on Apr 30th, 2011 at 5:43am:
Preacher wrote on Apr 29th, 2011 at 2:23pm:
I've heard that wrapping firm-hard cheese in a J-cloth damp with vinegar preserves it longer.

We just use the prepackaged, grated stuff so it's to be expected if it's not kept cool I guess. It only happened that one year though. We picked out the worst and added some cheddar.

This is what I do.  Usually the cheapest cheese is the longest lasting.  If the weather gets hot the oils will separate a little, making a squishy slimy brick.  It's camping.  No biggie.
  
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Reply #53 - May 4th, 2011 at 3:09am
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9 days on cream cheese in the UT desert in late March. 16 days on various hard cheeses on an August mountain trip. It's cheese, it just gets sharper. If it doesn't pass the sniff test or taste test I don't eat it, haven't been any sicker than normal yet.
  
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Reply #54 - May 4th, 2011 at 2:04pm
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Even if mouldy, you can just cut the mould off.  Perfectly fine.  Some really good cheeses come all fuzzy & mouldy.
  
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Reply #55 - May 10th, 2011 at 12:51am
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Zatarans Red Beans and Rice with sausage! Never had a complaint.
  
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Reply #56 - May 10th, 2011 at 3:25pm
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Zatarans Red Beans and Rice with sausage! Never had a complaint.


I'm a big fan of all their stuff. I like like the Jambalaya with cheese the best. Instead of sausage, I like to add chunks of a NP for a " seafood" flavor. Never had a complaint either, but then I'm the only one I have too please Grin
  
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