[Closed] Stilton - How do I know when it's gone off?

Cheese one month past the "best before" date, especially blue cheese, will be absolutely fine. When it starts to go furry you might want to trim those bits.

when it crawls away on it's own.

even then, if it's moving slowly enough for you to catch it, it's probably ok.

My grandad was particularly fond of a spectacularly fragrant Stilton and my gran made him keep it in the shed at the bottom of the garden!

Does it actually go off at all? Clearly if there is mould or something not looking right on the surface, then you can just cut that off and enjoy whats underneath can't you? Cheese is, after all, a method of preserving milk in the days before fridges.

I regularly have milk in my fridge that's way beyond the best before date or whatever date is stamped on it, and if it smells and tastes OK, it is OK! Similarly with butter and yogurts, and I have eggs in the fridge for weeks and weeks - I never observe the date stamped on eggs and i've never had a rotten one yet.

If it smells like a baby's nappy it's getting off.

But with Stilton, as long as you still like the taste, keep eating it.

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Even in date, it's pretty grim stuff. Probably best to just bin it, regardless.

when it crawls away on it's own.

even then, if it's moving slowly enough for you to catch it, it's probably ok.

tee hee. nice to see someone with my own healty attitude towards food.

+1

I'm currently working through a jar of stilton that you can eat with a spoon 😈

I used to keep a big Blue in the Freezer and lop bits off as required, It was in there a good few years. I am not dead.

when it goes dodgy colours, it's supposed to look an inedible creamy white with mouldy green/blue, I'd only worry if there's orange or yellow or similar in there.

I'm currently working through a jar of stilton that you can eat with a spoon

had a camembert in the fridge over christmas, stunk the kitchen out everytime the door was opened, mrs was made up when I actually used it. Wasn't too impressed that I baked it and eat it with a whole bulb of garlic roasted in honey, ,she then complained I stunk for several days while I sweated all that lovely garlicness out of my pores.
Nice!

All fine as long as you sterilise it during consumption with copious amounts of good LBV port 😀

I'm alive!

Went very nicely on some digestives, that blend of salty cheese on a sweet biscuit mmmmmm.

More regular cheeses enjoyed with some of next door's home made picalilli. NB they gave me a jar, honest, I didn't break in and steal it, although I might have to do a dawn raid as this jar is now empty.

Over the border free-trader Captain or part of enforcement?

that's good to know as I don't like the stuff but just bought some 'bargain' stuff to [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/when-a-pie-not-a-pie ]make pie[/url] (with added beef) thats got today date on it for use...

(I will accept that soft/mouldy cheese does compliment meat)

If it gets to that nasty yellow, slightly spongey stage I bin it but it doesn't normally last that long!

Orangey yellow fuzzy bits = no go, for me - that's too far gone.

White furry stuff = trim it off, and eat the blue goodness underneath.

(or if its roquefort, the green goodness)

I do like a bit of blue cheese, gromit.

Mary Hinge - Member

I'm alive!

I enjoyed a nice ripe blue at Xmas a few years ago, then spent most of the night barely winning the battle to keep my stomach contents on the inside of my body. The sis-in-law's BF had been enjoying it with me, but wasn't so lucky. Neither was the bog he [i]nearly[/i] made it to...

So, Mary Hinge, don't count any success until it's made it all the way through your system - going one way only.