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create a cheese-cave from a dorm refrigerator as described
earlier in this chapter.
Larger cheeses will form a natural rind that will protect them
from invasion; smaller cheeses (like the size that we have
made in this example) will need to be protected by either wax
or plastic.
If using plastic, first wash the cheese using vinegar on a clean
paper towel to reduce bacterial counts, then seal it in plastic
using a vacuum sealer.
If you are using cheese wax, melt it by putting a small
stainless steel bowl in a pot of boiling water and adding wax
to the bowl. (This bowl will be almost impossible to clean
after, so you might want to get a cheap bowl at a department
store for this purpose.) After you have washed the cheese
with vinegar, use a natural bristle brush to dip in the melted
wax and then paint it onto the cheese. Once the wax has
hardened on one side of the cheese, turn the cheese over and
coat the other side. Check the cheese over thoroughly to make
sure you haven't missed any spots and that the cheese is
coated uniformly, and then set the cheese aside to age.
