{"id":1265,"date":"2013-11-30T14:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T19:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2016-04-25T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T16:31:06","slug":"edible-rinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/edible-rinds\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Cheese Rinds Edible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1183\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px.png\" alt=\"Q\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px.png 40w, https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Qgreen_40px-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-left: 50px;\">The rinds on cheese vary so much. Are they all edible?<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1184\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen.png\" alt=\"A\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen.png 40w, https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Agreen-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 12px; margin-left: 50px;\">This is the second most frequently asked question at my shop, <a href=\"http:\/\/cheeseplus.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Cheese Plus<\/a>. (\u201cWhat\u2019s your favorite cheese?\u201d is first.) And the simple answer is yes&mdash;and no. It really depends on the cheese and your preference. Once while traveling in France I noticed many of the older folks at the table did not eat the rinds, stating that they really wanted to taste the pureness of the cheese. But I feel that much of the magic of cheese is what lies between the rind and the cheese, and in some situations the rind has so much flavor and character I\u2019d hate to miss out.<\/p>\n<p>But not all rinds are edible. Waxy rinds on cheeses like <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/manchego\" rel=\"lightframe\">Manchego<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/gouda-vintage-5-year\" rel=\"lightframe\">gouda<\/a> are there to keep the moisture in and the bad stuff out and therefore deliver no flavor or texture benefits. On the other hand, the rind of <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/parmigiano-reggiano\" rel=\"lightframe\">Parmigiano-Reggiano,<\/a> while hard and dry, delivers big-time flavor and is a wonderful addition to soups and stocks. Don\u2019t be afraid of the gray fuzzy mold on certain cheeses or the sticky orange stinky stuff either&mdash;it won\u2019t hurt you. The mold is there to protect the interior of the cheese and to add overall character to the cheese. So let your taste buds guide you\u2014try a piece with and without the rind, and decide for yourself.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all cheese rinds are edible, but cheesemonger Ray Bair tells you how to know what is good to eat and what isn&#8217;t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-the-monger"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are Cheese Rinds Edible? - 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