Show HOW TO PREVENT CHEESE MOLD 0 A cold temperature and an airtight wrapping help keep cheese in best condition according to H L wilson dairy specialist of the food distribution administration of the U S dept of agriculture cheese one of the important protein foods now rationed along with meat may suffer from melting molding or drying in the home kitchen unless housewives know the simple facts of keeping it A cool or cold tempera temperature tare such as the refrigerator is right for cheese because it keeps the butterfat in the cheese from melting and running out A tight wrapping in waxed paper cuts off air from the cheese and helps keep down mold the wax waxed ed paper wrapping also helps against drying but drying need not cause waste of cheese cheese that has dried out in the air and become too hard to use other otherwise may be grated and used in cooking I 1 or sprinkled over the top of other food |