MOLDY CHEESE: What do you do with it?

On block cheese you can cut off the mold as long as it is not out of control. Cottage cheese, cream cheese, etc you should throw it away because it has probably gone bad.

Hi. I have heard that mold won't hurt you but I just cannot seem to eat something that has had mold on it. Im not sure about creme cheese but I would think if you did cut the mold off of the hard cheese it may be ok, but like I said, I just don't think I could eat something that had already started to fully mold.

I worked in the specialty cheese section of a supermarket. They would have you cut off the mold, weight it and wrap it for sale.

I also cut the moldy section off of hard cheese and use the rest of the cheese. For soft cheeses such as cottage and cream cheese, I throw away the container at the first sign of mold. I found a great resource online that addresses this questions. According to the site, what one should do depends upon the color of the mold. It also states that one can prolong the life of the cheese by freezing it! Here is the link: http://sheknows.com/about/look/5184.htm

Sorry Ally but the cheese does not last long enough in this house for it to go mouldy! My wife only buys enough for the week and keeps it well wrapped in the fridge, However if it did go mouldy and was a piece of Cheddar or such like I think she would just cut it off. But there was a scientist that perfected penicillin from mouldy toast wasn't there? So mould , cannot be that bad.

If i find a small bit of mold on hard block cheese - such as cheddar - then i cut a slice off with the mold on it and use the rest. If the cheese has a lot of mold on it then i would probably bin it - i have never let it get that bad though. If it was cottage cheese or a soft cheese then i would chuck it away. One thing i cannot stand is blue cheese - danish blue, blue stilton etc - it stinks, it tastes awfull and its moldy!!! yuk.

i just toss it ,i heard it dont hurt just to cut it off ,but not me i toss it.

if i have cheese with mold in it... i would definitely cut the mold... i dont care if its hard or not... off with the mold

I do cut it off and eat it. I learned in biology that mold does not hurt you, but I can't quite eat the different colors of mold. I am sure I have eaten it without knowing it and thank goodness it does not hurt you. But I still eat the remainder of the cheese when it molds.

i throw it out. just call me weird but i think it is gross.

I have always just cut the mold off cheese and eaten it...the cheese, not the mold. If you leave the original wrapper on the cheese, removing it just an inch at a time, and storing it in a closed plastic bag that was fresh when first used on the cheese, does reduce the chance of it going moldy. Cottage cheese, cream cheese, etc. I think you should throw it away because it has probably gone completely. My motto: When in doubt, toss it out.

I am highly allergic to mold, so I throw away anything that has even a speck of mold on it. I also can't eat moly cheeses like blue cheese. The roots of mold penetrate far beyond the visible parts. It's nearly impossible to remove mold from a piece of food completely, according to my allergist.

theres no way i cud eat cheese if it had mold on it...not even if i cut the mold off...it wud go straight in the bin if it was me...even if there was nothin wrong with it and it wudnt hurt 2 do it, i wud heave if i ate it!! lol

Just cut it and eat the rest....as long as the mold has not spread to far....it's fine to do that.

I am afraid that I am wasteful and very fussy when it comes to food, I only have to see a small spot of mould on my cheese, bread or anything and out it goes! Even when I see mould on jam, which you sometimes get, the whole pot of jam gets thrown away. Sounds terrible I know but once I see the mould that's it, I won't touch it.

On hard cheeses I cut the mouldy bit off and throw it out, and keep the rest. On soft cheeses I throw the whole thing out. Of course the mould problem doesn't arise if you make sure you eat stuff in good time. The problem is that we all buy too much food and then it starts going mouldly in the fridge.

yeh i would cut the mold off and eat the rest... dont waste food.