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Freezing smoked cheese

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bettysnephew
bettysnephew Posts: 1,188
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I recently smoked some cheese, which turned out great by the way.  I had mentioned to the wife that we were going to keep it for a while and she froze it without telling me.  When she later got a piece of the pepper jack from the freezer and defrosted it, the texture was grainy and it crumbled fairly easily.  Has anyone else experienced a texture change in cheese after freezing?  It was sealed in a Foodsaver bag BTW.
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  • SmokinOutBack
    SmokinOutBack Posts: 311
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    I never froze it but I'm not surprised it is crumbly. I have kept smoked cheese for months in  vac-packed bags with never a problem. You're just going to have to smoke some more!
    Cherry Hill, NJ
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
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    We only freeze cheese that we intend to use in cooked dishes since it always gets crumbly when frozen.  I wish there was a better way to preserve it.
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    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    I wondered about this too after folks said they froze smoked cheese. Whenever I have frozen cheese in the past, the texture changed to that crumbly sort of texture, so I stopped freezing it. That wasn't vacuum packed though.

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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    Agree with others... freezing cheese does not work well.
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