[Sca-cooks] storing cheese in oil

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> Balthazar of Blackmoor replied to me with:
> > --- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> > > Huh? Why can you keep cheese in olive oil
> > > indefinitely, but not garlic?
> >
> > First of all... you can't keep cheese in olive oil
> > indefinitely.  You can keep it for awhile, under
> > refrigeration.  The only food product which will
> not
> > spoil is honey.
>
> Hmmm. I can buy feta cheese in olive oil, several
> varieties, in my
> local grocery store. And they store it
> unrefrigerated.

Not for the durations we are discussing here, I am
sure.

> I guess I will
> have to look the next time I'm there and see if the
> jar says something
> like "store refrigerated after opening". I thought
> I'd seen cheese in
> jars of oil on store counters, too.

You may have seen them there, but I doubt they keep
them there for weeks at a time.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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