As I have embraced homesteading practices starting back in 2010 and now being that we have this horrendous economy, it is a fine time to learn how to store cheese. Current costly purchases can be savored longer if stored properly with some easy adjustments and with the looming shortages headed our way, you can be happy to know you do not have to give up the comfort that cheese can bring. Below is a compilation for the greatest of prepping Turophiles. ~ Jennifer Rae Vliet
How To Properly Store Cheese For Longer
Cheryl Magyar of RuralSprout.com
If cheese is an essential food in your life, listen up, for there is more than one brilliant way to store cheese, so it lasts longer. There may even be a couple that you haven’t tried or thought of yet.
Continue Reading Rural Sprout>>>>
How To Wax Cheese Four Ways
By Heather Harris of The Homesteading Hippy
Buying food in large quantities, or bulk is a great way to save money. Cheese is not something we often think about buying in bulk, but preserving cheese for long-term storage stretches the grocery budget even further.
In my area, cheese goes for $1.89 for an 8-ounce bar or $2.39/lb if you buy it in large horns. As you can see, it’s easily a money saver to buy a large wheel. But, how to store over 30 pounds of cheese at once without a special cheese cave or lots of fridge space?
You can shred it and freeze it, slice it up, and store it in the fridge. For those of us without a lot of fridge and freezer space, waxing cheese for long-term storage is a great way to save money on cheese bought in bulk.
Continue Reading The Homesteading Hippy>>>>
How to Dehydrate Cheese for Long Term Storage
You can dehydrate cheese and save it, without refrigeration, for future use. Dehydrated cheese is a nice addition to homemade trail mix, cereal snack mix, and fruit and nut mixes.
Homestead abundance is overwhelming sometimes. The daily milk harvest can quickly engulf a family. Even when you add cheese making, sour cream making, yogurt making, kefir making, whipped cream, and butter making into the weekly chores, you can still end up with more dairy products than a family can consume before it goes bad.
Continue Reading The JOYBILE Farm>>>>