I enjoyed reading the article, but really wish it had photos to help educate the...

nlawalker · 2025-10-28T19:58:17 1761681497

Totally agree - interesting info but nothing of practical use, especially because white spots can be mold.

bfkwlfkjf · 2025-10-29T08:31:16 1761726676

To my untrained eye: not sure about the first one,but the second one is obviously good. Correct?

the__alchemist · 2025-10-28T19:55:12 1761681312

This is a bit confusing: "The crystals are soft, white, and sometimes appear damp."

The rule of thumb I've heard is hard white: crystal. Soft white: mold.

If you can't tell, I would dump it.

IAmBroom · 2025-10-29T19:06:12 1761764772

Mold on cheese is rarely pathogenic. In fact, fermented foods in general are often quite safe, even in areas with unsafe water supplies.

Now, that doesn't mean rando-mold doesn't ruin the cheese's flavor...

deeg · 2025-10-28T20:58:06 1761685086

The article is from 2019 and I think it originally had photos.

bigiain · 2025-10-28T22:31:02 1761690662

There's a bunch of broken images there (at least I see them in Safari).

Sadly, the wayback machine has snapshots of the article going back to 2020, but doesn't seem to have archived those broken image links.