To just cut the mould off the posh cheese?

[Choux]

I got some cheese with truffle as a gift. I still have 50% of the wax covered round left. The open side has got white fluffy mould on it.

Can I just cut a mouldy slice off and eat the unmouldy rest? I will like make omelettes or truffle pasta with it so it will be cooked.

FYI

www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/food-and-nutrition/faq-20058492

Is it hard or soft? If hard I’d definitely just cut mould off.

I always have cut the mouldy bits off blocks of cheese and carried on eating it.

If it’s soft the mould can spoil whole block so I’d bin it if soft.

I say do it, but I’m pretty laissez faire about food expiration dates and things like that.

I'm not a cheese person but DP will eat cheese whatever date is on it and just cut off the bad bits. He's always been fine doing that!

I mean, cheese is basically "milk gone off big time stylee" (© Stephen Fry) so it's probably fine, depending on the type of cheese.

www.bonappetit.com/story/is-moldy-cheese-okay

The cheese makers in this article seem to suggest it's probably fine!

Was it sharing a box with some Brie or similar? I find that the mould covering soft cheeses like that will also colonise the surface of other cheeses in the vicinity

Its fine to eat. Enjoy it.

Absolutely, it wouldn't occur to me know to.
Enjoy.

Have always done this for 40+ years, never been sick because of it.

It's cheddar with truffle so a hard cheese. It's been in a Tupperware on it's own and prob hasn't been used for a month.

Am going to cut it off and see what it looks like underneath at lunchtime. Even one more truffly omelette will be a bonus!