You left the groceries in the car.
Or you had a party and left the cheese board out overnight.
Is all of your cheese lost?
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If you see mold on soft cheese, however, throw it out immediately.
Are You Serving Your Cheese Too Cold?
If anything, there’s a good chance you’reover-refrigerating your cheese.
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Fresh cheeses include burrata or fresh mozzarella, and they should be chilled until ready to serve.
Soft cheeses, on the other hand, hold more moisture and so are friendlier to bacterial growth.
(Sound gross, sure.
But remember that soft, ripened cheeses are made with the help of bacteria.)
So go ahead and eat that leftover Brie for breakfast.
We won’t judge you.
