cheddar biscuits anyway.
slicing cheese
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The Quick Toss-or-Save Call
Solid block with a small green spot, no bad smell: cut the inch, keep the rest, move on. Shredded, sliced, soft, heavily spotted, or smelling off: bin it, no negotiation. When in doubt on a hard block, picture that full inch of buffer around and below the fuzz. If you can cut it and still have cheese left that looks and smells right, you are good.