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Found a 1950s cookbook with a wild food fact about canned cheese
I grabbed this beat up old cookbook from a library sale for 50 cents, like from 1953, called "Quick Meals for Busy Families." Flipping through it, I found a whole section on how to make Velveeta cheese last for months without refrigeration. It said to just leave it wrapped in wax paper in a cool closet, and it would keep for up to 6 months. That blew my mind, like people just trusted that cheese wouldn't go bad in their pantry. Has anyone else come across old food storage advice that sounds crazy now?
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richard_west53mo ago
My grandma used to keep a block of cheddar wrapped in vinegar soaked cloth in her pantry for months. She swore that trick kept it from molding or going bad. I tried it once with some sharp cheddar and honestly it worked fine for like two months before I finally ate it. Just old school food preservation methods that people trusted way more than we do now with all our fancy refrigeration.
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umaadams3mo ago
Wait, did that vinegar cloth trick actually stop mold from growing or did it just make the cheese taste like salad dressing? @richard_west5, how long did you leave it in your pantry before you started worrying about it? I don't get how any cheese can sit out for months without going bad when the dairy section at my store says use within a week if opened. Old food storage rules sound like they were based on people just being willing to eat slightly funky cheese and calling it fine.
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