How much do you know about cheese? What do you look for when buying one? Do you think you are consuming adequately? What mistakes do we make with cheese?
The world of cheese is a very wide, extensive and, we could say, extreme world. There are those who can’t even smell it, and those who are in love with it, as we are.
And it seems impossible not to be, there are cheeses for all tastes, different curing tender, cured, aged. There are cow, goat and
goat
or sheep and also mixed.
And among so many varieties of product, there is also a variety of consumers, the classics and those who like to try new things. There are those who consider cheese the
perfect dessert
and others prefer it as an
appetizer
.
An endless number of consumption possibilities, which are not always carried out in the right way. What are the mistakes we make with cheese?
The first mistake is to consider cheese as sliced and grated cheese. If you look at the label, it is a product made from fermented dairy products, with a large amount of salt, additives and colorants. Our advice, buy the cheese you like the most, and grate it yourself.
This is probably one of the most common mistakes we make with cheese, we could say the most common, and that is to always cut the cheese into wedges. There are cheeses that require a different type of cut, in order to appreciate the different nuances of the cheese. Would anyone cut a Parmesan cheese into wedges?
What do you do if the cheese you’re going to eat has
mold
? If your answer is “throw it away” you are making a big mistake. Cheese is one of the few products that can be eaten even if it has mold. In order to consume it, you only have to moisten a cloth with a little bit of vinegar and that’s it, cheese ready to be consumed.
If the cheese you are going to eat and it has mold, it is a fresh cheese, then it is better not to eat it.
Want to know more mistakes we make with cheese? Thinking that when a cheese smells “strong” it means it is bad. It’s not true, and there are cheeses such as the
cabrales
that have a very special smell and are… delicious!
Watch out! There are cheeses, such as a white cheese, that when they give off a stronger odor than usual, they are bad. But we should know that the aroma and flavor of cheese do not go hand in hand.
More errors? Yes, we commit some more, for example:
Believing that cheese can only be eaten as an appetizer… is a big mistake. Because you miss out on such delicious things as a risotto, a sirloin with Roquefort cheese, or a delicious cheesecake. We like cheese to start the meal and to finish it, we can’t get enough of it. Y
cooking
with cheese is one of our passions. So many dishes can be made!
Another mistake, believing that the rind of the
rind of the cheese
is never eaten; this is not true. Make sure that the rind of the cheese you are going to eat is natural, otherwise…. be careful!
Artificial barks are best left on the plate, as they are made with synthetic materials and waxes, which are not advisable to take.
How many of these mistakes have you made? We tell you that we have more, but… we’ll tell you about it another day.
