412095 Sat Jun 16 15:40:34 -0700 2007 5 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 2666755 Hi all - Didn't know where else to turn to ask this. I've googled but no luck. I purchased a small container of St. Andre Cheese. It has a white washed rind like Brie but there is a very fine white fuzz on it too... is that normal? it wipes right off... but I don't want to make guests sick of course. Words of wisdom? Thanks Sat Jun 16 15:40:34 -0700 2007 80182 chevychasemdguy 1 2666996 Hmm ... I tend to think of St Andre as powdery rather than fuzzy. As long as its is not brown or orange, should be ok. It tends to get more brown and amonia-tasting when it goes bad. Sat Jun 16 17:44:51 -0700 2007 2666755 10264 rworange 1 2667266 Normal, fine, don't worry. Sat Jun 16 19:57:10 -0700 2007 2666755 13150 babette feasts 1 2669464 This post reminds me of an assistant I had once. I left to pick up lunch, and a customer told him that the Pierre-Robert was "bad" because it had fuzzy white mold on the rind. He had scraped it off of 8 1.5 lb wheels before I returned. They werre all *perfect* when I left, bloomy and ripe. When I returned, an entire supply, completely ruined. I fired him instantly. chevychasemdguy- the fact that your St. Andre still has the "white fuzz" is a gift to you- usually it so suffocated under plastic it's slimy and brown. Eat it. (and it's not a "white washed rind", it's a bloomy rind (Penicillum camemberti), for future information, as a "washed rind" is something completely different (Brevibacterium linens)). Sun Jun 17 21:39:01 -0700 2007 2666755 50776 cheesemonger 2 2671036 Just a clarification/amplification to rworange and cheesemonger: An orange color on a rind is not an indication of bad quality; indeed that color is fine, excellent even. The mold b. linens, mentioned above, creates an orange-colored rind, as in Epoisses and Cowgirl Creamery's Red Hawk (its orange rind has some red streaks, hence the name of the cheese). Mon Jun 18 12:21:52 -0700 2007 2669464 18222 maria lorraine 3 2682620 I love Cowgirl Creamery's Red Hawk - Thanks all for the words of knowledge. It all makes perfect sense now. Thu Jun 21 17:04:03 -0700 2007 2671036 80182 chevychasemdguy