Freezing Cheese

[dancinmama]

I just took a block out the freezer the other day. It's great for making home-made mac & cheese!!

[Kaldirris]

An ex-bf of mine worked at a dairy warehouse, and so we got all our dairy items FREE! One of the perks of his job - we dedicated half a shelf in our stand-up freezer to cheese alone. Another poster is right about the cream cheese - it doesn't really freeze well, but I found it okay for cheesecake ... I beat it VERY well with a mixer, and added a bit of icing sugar to help it hold together. Works pretty well.
Cheddar definitely gets grainy in blocks, but for mac & cheese, or various other recipes where the cheddar will be cooked, you can't taste the graininess. Shredded cheddar is totally fine when it's frozen. And I always freeze mozzarella, simply because I only use it for cooking - and it's so much easier to shred when it's frozen!

As far as helping cheddar last longer in your fridge, I have a trick for that.
Once it's been opened, remove it from the original packaging, and put it into a ziploc-type bag along with maybe a tsp of white vinegar. Make sure you get the cheese coated with the vinegar, and remove as much air from the bag before sealing as you can. The vinegar helps reduce the chance of nasty mold, and doesn't affect the flavour of the cheddar at all. (I've only ever bought medium & sharp/aged cheddar, so I don't know if the vinegar would change the flavour of mild cheddar. I doubt it, though.)

I know I'm way late posting in this thread, but I only joined yesterday! ;-)

[3timesoccermom]

I've tried it but don't like the texture afterward. I've often wished I could though.

[derketchup]

I only freeze if I'm going to bake with it. I don't like the texture melted or thawed after it's been frozen.

[cundiff2001]

cream cheese is also fine for cooking in casseroles and dips or anything in the crockpot

[CW&M Mom]

I freeze cheddar cheese shredded all the time. Also American cheese is just fine frozen.

I have tried mozzarella multiple times and did not like how it tasted afterwords...and it seemed to spoil very quickly afterwords...so we no longer freeze shredded mozzarella.