My Cheese Melted while in the Fridge?

My Cheese Melted while in the Fridge? - Brown and White Round Pizza on White Ceramic Plate

I have a sandwich that says "sell by 11/4". The sandwich is white bread, provolone cheese, turkey breast, and some lettuce wrapped in a plastic bag.

I went to go eat the sandwich today and found that what appears to be the cheese has melted into a liquid goop. Within the sandwich the cheese was sitting on top of the turkey.

The provolone cheese says: pasteurized milk cheese culture, salt, enzymes.

I didn't know cheese could melt in the fridge?

No power was lost to the chilly bin since the turkey butty was put it in there.

Update:

So I pulled out my backup sandwich which is a little more recent in the aging period and it looks like the cheddar cheese is melting in this one too but not yet like the previous one's attempt to become school's next favorite Elmer's glue, although a little sour.

This ham butty has been in a different chilly bin so no connection to a power outage.

Is it the meat that's melting it, such as the salt in the meat, or something else?



Best Answer

My guess is that you don't have real cheese in your sandwich.

I've seen this before with things called cheese that were really types of American cheese. It happened when then product was exposed to moisture that it seemed to absorb, which then caused it to turn soggy and glue-like. If you'd have said that you had tomato in your sandwich, I'd have been sure this was what was going on.




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Can melted cheese be solid again?

As it cools, melted cheese begins to get firm again and is more likely to clump. Don't use stringy cheese. Mozzarella will melt but won't make a smooth and creamy sauce like a well-aged Cheddar or a high-moisture cream cheese. Save the mozzarella for pizza.

Can you put melted cheese in the fridge?

Store-bought nacho cheese sauce will last up to four weeks in the refrigerator, while homemade cheese sauce will last only about four days. Store it in an airtight container to keep out moisture and contaminants.

Can you eat cheese if it gets wet?

These cheeses can be wet or wet-sticky, but once they get that dry-sticky feeling or become super slimy, it's best to let them go. If it's a hard cheese, oily and greasy is usually OK, especially if the cheese has been kept ambient (out of refrigeration). In general, slimy is an undesirable texture for hard cheeses.

How do you keep cheese from getting wet in the fridge?

First things first: \u201cAlways double-wrap your cheese \u2013 in waxed paper or baking parchment, ideally \u2013 and put it in a plastic container lined with dampened kitchen towel or J-cloth.\u201d Then clap on the lid and put it in the top of the fridge \u2013 that's where the temperature is usually the most constant, unless you have a ...



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