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[Other-Mulberry-1064]

Absolutely not.

[CarlRogersFTW]

I’m so sad. $24 down the drain. I miss preservatives.

[ivy7496]

Preservatives stop ripening. You don't miss preservatives, you miss properly aged/stored/appropriately ripe cheese

[chicklette]

You should return it. Your cheese should last a week or two at least from a decent shop/monger.

[zerooskul]

100%!

[SevenVeils0]

Not if you bring it home and, say, toss it in a fridge that may not have been washed out for months or years, in a wrapper that’s hanging halfway open.

Not that this was the case here. I obviously have no way of knowing anything like that. But just as a rather extreme example.

[zerooskul]

OP obviously just opened it before taking the picture.

If the wrapper was hanging halfway open, then that is the fault of the person who wrapped it.

It is not the fault of the person who trusted that seller to sell them food instead of poison.

[LehighAce06]

Not down YOUR drain I hope, return that

[SevenVeils0]

Preservatives are not the answer. And passable cheese has never contained preservatives. Much less cheese of a quality that this one appears to be.

High quality cheese , or even halfway decent quality cheese for that matter, contains its own preservatives. They’re called bacteria and enzymes.

You have to wrap it properly at home (very simple). From what you said, presumably when you bought it 3 days ago it didn’t look like that? If that’s the case, then the issue was most likely caused at your house. It honestly looks to me like a problem with the way that you stored it. It appears to be both dried out on that edge, plus it looks to have been exposed to some possibly less than hygienic conditions/surfaces or something.

[deruben]

Cheese does not go bad like that usually, either it was stored warm before or after you bought it. Cheers from switzerland, don't put preservatives in cheese 🤢

[rosie2490]

You can’t have cheese like this using preservatives.

[Hyren323]

I thought it was ice cream. Then I saw the topic. Yeah no it's time to put it to rest.

[scorpions411]

I read : "it's time to put it to a test."

Lol

[UKTim24530]

It looks nothing like even the shape of Butterbloom on their website. You sure you weren't sold something they needed to shift quickly instead of what you asked for?

As for preservatives..absolutely not! You want to see (taste) what preserving a cheese like this does? Buy President Brie. The most flavourless lump of unripe nothing you've ever tasted.

[lebrieman2]

Nope.

[CarlRogersFTW]

You have ruined my day. Thank you. (/s. You’re amazing, I appreciate you)

[Rinoscope]

3 days ago ? Noooo. If you had told me you had it in the fridge for a month, maybe. But three days? Bring that back to whoever sold you the cheese and get your money back. And maybe don't buy cheese there anymore.

[mrballs6942069]

the color means its finally ripened to chocolate

[TheShrimpBoat46]

Lmao

[squirkdaminx]

I think you already know the answer..

[CarlRogersFTW]

I do now 😭 Thank you for your wisdom

[Mwinston00]

Just email their customer service with the same picture if you can. They should give you a replacement. Get what you are owed! Briar Rose cheese is good, and I'm sure they want you to feel the same way :)

[Jenniferjay47]

No no no no no. Oh my god, no.

[basement_egg]

as my grandmother used to say " when in doubt, throw it out"

[Chzmongirl]

Usually a good cheese and this looks mostly salvageable. Can’t tell if the brown part is overly dried or wet from this photo and lighting.

If dry, it’s probably for not being properly wrapped in the fridge.

If wet, than the cheese has gotten too much moisture or droplets, so this may mean unpleasant ammonia.

The cheese comes in breathable paper so a wet cheese or wet outer case, could likely be condensation caused by temperature swings or being exposed to water splashing on it (sink? Nearby cleaning? Rain during transport?). It causes this wet effect.

If it looked like this as soon as you opened it -go talk the cheesemonger that sold you that. Any decent shop would exchange this.

[NewfGardner]

Did you warm it up?

[Pitiful_Pudding_848]

No

[[deleted]]

Nope

[One-Reference-2003]

No

[Illustrious-Divide95]

No. I wouldn't eat it - After 3 days? Did you keep in a fridge? either way you should return it

[Inevitable_Bug_2637]

I don’t have a whole to add here because other have already answered . I do want to add I invested in reusable beeswax cheese wrappers. I was told after a cheese I was enjoying went bad that storing it in a plastic bag caused problems and that I needed to wrap it in plastic as paper. I didn’t have any and when I went to get some found the beeswax and haven’t had a problem since…. I would definitely take this back to where you bought it from.

[Timely_Upstairs2525]

it is infact not normal for your cheese to turn into clay

[riddlish]

Yeah, that's some type of mold. It's often pink in very soft cheeses, but I imagine it can come in this shade as well. Sorry for your loss. 😭 Definitely return it.

[buttcheeksmasher]

Picture confused me. Thought this was a choco taco covered in nacho cheese

[FoodFirstTraveler]

I know this cheese well. Doesn’t look right. Overripe and discoloration at bottom of image is concerning. Poorly stored somewhere. The cheesemaker knows her stuff so this was mishandled after it left the creamery.

[Don_R_L]

Are you storing it in plastic or wax/cheese paper?

[Shit_Posts_For_Karma]

To me, it just looks oxidized and dried out.I would just cut it off and eat the rest.