Hello,
I've bought a blue cheese (Bleu d'Elizabeth) a week ago. The aspect was classic, kinda white with blue stains. I wanted to take a bite today after a week away, and this is what it looked like. The white part was a bit more orange and there are those moldy spots on the sides.
Should I eat it ? I tried a bite and it wasn't a funky taste, but still a bit.. biting ?
Thanks 🙂
by MichtoPitchou
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I don’t know that specific cheese, but it looks scary to me. Hoping someone familiar with it can better advise.
You can eat anything if you are brave enough.
You certainly can… now whether you get sick or not is a different matter.
https://preview.redd.it/ra3m7ern3k8f1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b1ac6adf2707581ff9334c1a1fde8f9a6e4acd2
It oxidizes very easily as you can see on this reference picture used on Fromage d’ici’s website. I wouldn’t worry about it. I sell about a wheel a week and there was a time when it would turn orangey within a day. They discovered it’s linked to a change in their pasture’s composition.
Can you? Yes. “Should you” is the question you’re after…
I would. Right before bed. But I really love the effed up dreams blue cheese will give you.
Well, after a week it has turned into an old man who’s nose didn’t stop growing. Eat him if you want. He doesn’t seem too bothered about it!
Probably. But why.
I love blue cheese but this looks gross and slimy
Yes, you can. But not necessarily safely.
I always live by the litmus test of if it either looks bad, smells bad, or tastes bad (after taking a very small bite) then it gets thrown away. And by “bad” I mean makes me feel nauseous.
Try a bit and find out!
No. Nope. Nah. Forget about it.
My personal rule for blue cheese is “if it’s not wet or slimy, go for it”
From the pic it’s starting to look slimy?
Is gorgonzola supposed to be wet?