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‘Mature’ cheddar still edible after seven years in fridge

via @Cheezwhse, the Dorset Echo reports on a cheese that spent a very long time in the back of a fridge:

A DORSET cheese is as tasty as ever despite spending seven years in the bottom of a fridge. The West Country cheddar, made in Litton Cheney, near Dorchester, was found last week by a pensioner in London who decided to try it despite the fact it was 2,055 days past its use-by date.

John Sears, of Ealing, said: “It was a Christmas present years ago but I missed the use-by date and left it in the fridge.

“I kept thinking I must look at it one day but never got round to it, I thought it was a few years old but it turns out it was a bit older than that.

The 68-year-old said: “When I opened it I thought it would be all shrivelled up but it was perfect, a very good mature cheese.

So how did it taste?

Echo Reporter Rachael Burnett tried the ripe cheddar: “When I was told to go and sample a seven-year-old cheese I must admit I was a little bit worried.

“The cheese in question looked and smelt fine and I was assured that it had been approved as edible by the experts at Ford Farm…it was more than edible, it was delicious. Easily the strongest, tangiest farmhouse cheddar I’ve ever eaten, this cheese had quite a kick. The wax had preserved it well, keeping its crumbly goodness and rich flavour – it was almost as strong as a blue cheese.

“If it were possible to buy seven-year-old cheddar I would be putting in a sizable order.”

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