[econjack]

Okay...since a lot of cheese experts are going to read this, perhaps one of you can tell me: How do you know when Roquefort cheese goes bad?

[DogByte6RER]

Ummmm ... when it gets moldy?

[muawiyah]

No idea, but i don't eat it anyway. Now this is prime lactose free cheese ~ after that many years all the sugars are dealt with handily making it sharp and edible.

There's an Australian cheddar they sell around here that claims 7 years, but it's not consistent from wheel to wheel, so we don't get it that often. Since everyone here has a lactose problem we love the aged cheddars ~ minimum 9 months!

Goat's milk and mare's milk cheddars are also locally available and I pick up half pound blocks several times a year.

[dangus]

A former housemate had blue cheese go bad. (Answer: That’s when it gets hairy.) On throwing it away, another housemate declared: “Strike Three; you go bad three times, you’re out.)

(If you don’t get it, Milk goes bad and becomes cheese. Cheese goes bad and becomes blue cheese...)

[RainMan]

It starts smelling good?

[trebb]

Okay...since a lot of cheese experts are going to read this, perhaps one of you can tell me: How do you know when Roquefort cheese goes bad?

When there's no cheese left to hold the mold together. Until then, at least some of it is salvagable - but it does get really tangy when it has had time to get that far along...