[Cheese] mold (the bad kind)

[Jack Schmidling]

kathy wrote:
> Patrick,
> 
> Try a little potassium sorbate solution.

That's interesting and I wonder what the mechanism involved is.

On the other hand, one of the problems I see is the paranoia about 
burning down the house by heating wax to a temperature that can go a 
long way in preventing mold.

Melting in a double boiler and/or brushing on with a brush is simply 
coating it with wax.

If the wax is heated to 200F or more and the cheese submerged in this 
for about ten seconds, the surface is effectively sterilized or at least 
"sanitized" as they say in brewing.

This must be done carefully of course but it is they way it is done 
commercially and works.

js


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