Canning recipes, food preservation and food sales

[rbeau30]

King Soopers has the same cheese blocks for $6.99 without a coupon currently. I grab the Medium cheddar, chop it in half, and wax it. A year later it seems not all that much "sharper" in flavor. I have a double-boiler dedicated to cheese wax. When it is time to use a block of cheese, peel the wax off the block of cheese and put in fridge. Wash removed wax, air dry, and melt next time I wax more cheese blocks.

I store them in the basement pantry (66-70 degrees on average) on cookies sheets with parchment paper. Rotate them every few months to combat gravity.

Only problem I have ever had in the last year is a block came in contact with another block and the wax stuck to each other. When I tried separating them the wax cracked. And another block had an air bubble trapped and allowed a bit of mold to start under the wax. I un-waxed the cheese, and cut off the mold, and ate it. Yum.