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Feedback: Keeping your cheese safe

15 April 2014

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Keeping your cheese safe

DELIGHT was, we hope, Julian Bradfield’s reaction to the gift of a voucher for artisanal cheese from his parents-in-law. It was swiftly followed by amazement at the accompanying hints for the care and storage of cheese – which we also find at . The second hint reads: “Store cheese in the warmest place in the fridge – usually the salad compartment at the bottom.”

This counterintuitive advice could cause debate or even sow household discord, so the leaflet expands:…

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