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Q4 OLD: Wax cheese if you want to age cheddar or gouda without daily rind care, especial… Q4 NEW: Wax cheese if you want to age cheddar or gouda without daily rind care, especial… Vendor text removed: Yes Aging cheese at home means holding a small chamber at 50-55°F and 85% relative humidity for weeks […]
I keep a 1-pound block of red cheese wax from Hoegger and a dedicated $14 stainless saucepan reserved exclusively for waxing — never for cooking — on the same shelf as my chamber. The pot heats to 220°F on the back burner of my induction range, and a 5-pound cheddar wheel takes me about 12 […]
I have aged a 2-pound waxed cheddar, two gouda wheels, and a manchego in my own chamber across the last 18 months, and the cheddar that came out of a 5-month aging at 53°F / 85% RH was demonstrably better than anything I had paid for at the deli counter. The five lowest-risk cheeses for […]