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We are a licensed cheese-making creamery and dairy goat farm in southern Vermont operating to the United States Federal Grade-A standard. As such, I would like to offer some clarifications and suggestions to you folks. First, we are not permitted use any wood, fabric based cheese cloth or any other porous materials, as these can harbor lots of bacteria. We dry and age our cheeses only on NSF food grade stainless steel racks that are sanitized with a 100 to 200 ppm solution of food industry bleach for 60 seconds just prior to use. The wet racks should NOT be wiped dry or they will no longer be sanitized. We do however, shake off as much liquid as we easily can. Don't worry, the bleach will be neutralized as soon as it makes contact with your cheese. Wash your hands very well or wear surgical gloves before you handle any cheese. We either wash up with Betadine pre-surgical scrub, or use anti-bacterial soap followed by a rinse with a Chlorhexidine Gluconate solution. If you don't have these specialized anti-bacterial agents, just use soap and water, as it is pretty good at eliminating most of the bacteria. If any of our cheeses have developed mold prior to waxing, we wash them with a saturated brine solution using a soft sanitized brush and make sure they are good and dry prior to dipping. Drying might take up two or three days for a cheese that needed to be brine washed, or just one or two days for one that was fine. In any case, the cheese exterior must be dry or it will develop a mushy layer under the wax. Also, our cheese is at room temperature prior to dipping so it does not develop any condensation on the surface from being cold. We heat our wax to 210 deg F and hold the cheese for about six to seven seconds in the wax during each dip to kill any bacteria or mold spores (always wear surgical gloves to prevent a potentially bad burn). A wheel, for example, will be dipped four times: first flat face, the other flat face, half the disk like the letter "D", then the other half disk. The wax preserves the cheese by depriving mold of Oxygen and preventing moisture loss of the cheese interior. By the way, the waxed cheese must be turned at least once a week to prevent moisture pooling at bottom of the wheel or piece. Good luck and have fun with your dipping!

Yellow wax=mild cheese..red wax= sharp....black wax=extra sharp.

I've just been strolling around KZfaq and came across this channel. In under 10min and without even knowing. I've just came to the conclusion. That I've got, huge respect for the man running this channel. Just for that one little act of compassion hope trust and honesty. All rolled up in one kind act. For others to hope to win something. That little act of kindness. Shows me there is still good that outweighs the ugly, selfishness of people from within there hearts. Hats off to you kind sir. May God bless you. For the kind heart he has given to you.

One tip from a food service manager: always always use gloves when handling food. It keeps contamination down so your preps will last longer 😉 Awesome video!

Add a tiny wick to decoy them as candles. 😆

Thanks AP! I'm going to try this. 😊 Notes: Leave cheese out 24 hours on wood. Clean with distilled vinegar. Freeze for 15 minutes before wax. 1lb of wax will cover up to 10 lbs of cheese. 2 lbs of wax for 10 lbs and more.

You sir, have a special place in Heaven! You are very kind and big hearted...many kudos to you!

Just impression stamp a letter into the corner after wax hardens to identify the cheese. ;-)

Great video. I knew some cheese comes on wax but didn't know I could buy wax and do it myself with store-bought cheese! And thanks for taking the hit for us with the paraffin.

😯 I never knew that this was possible to do at home. So much cheese has been wasted in my home because we only knew about freezing and refrigeration. 😔 My mother is from the 50s where convenience and automation was becoming big. She never taught us about preserving foods. I am learning those skills now as an adult. I learn so much from this and other channels from people who live out in the boondocks and have these awesome life and survival skills. You're a blessing, A.P. and may you continue to be blessed for what you do.

Ive never done anything with cheese so I'm excited to learn how to preserve it. Thank you for sharing!

I never knew this was possible for long term storage of cheese, and I enjoy preserving all types of food. As a tidbit, I picked up what my Belgian landlord called a cheese safe/box when I was stationed in Belgium. It's about the size of a single handled ice chest with two wooden shelves, a door on the front, and screening material all around it for air flow. It makes perfect sense now that I've watched this video. I've already ordered two pounds of cheese wax and I dug out my cheese safe and put it in the basement in anticipation of making my first batch of shelf stable cheese. Thanks for the great video.

I've done cheese this way for many years always with great outcome. However, out of or personal hesitation I've never done the pepper-jack because of the peppers so I am Really excited to see how that turns out. You are so generous with your time and energy, Thank you. I know you like the black wax but traditionally each type of cheese had its' own color because the blocks of cheese were all the same size , to tell them apart.

Omg I'm all giddy about this video it is GOLD, its at the top of my bucket list. Thank you !!!!

AP Thank you..hints. Buy used crock pots at Goodwill or salvation army under$10. I use 1 for cheese wax and another for soap making..Very good presentation.. Blessings

I am 83 and have canned, dehydrated, pickled, frozen all kinds of food . ~I have for the last 3 years have watched utube I am totally in love and have learned so many things . I have canned so many different things I've been having a blast. This video is awesome I'm going to order some wax to do this . I've been prepping and have way more than I could ever use but my family will be able to use .

Hello Alaskan Prepper!👋🏻♥️I am sorry I missed your live show but I am here now for this important video. Thank you for showing us amateurs how to preserve cheese, your going to need a cheese cave soon Alaskan Prepper! God bless you 🙏♥️☕️🌻 Just an idea if you do use the red, white or yellow wax you can write with a marker directly on the dried wax the type of cheese and date in which I do and place in my cheese cave😉

I am so glad for this information! This should work for your homemade cheeses too. You bless so many with your giveaways. I would love the pressure cooker but I can't always get to your chats but thank you for blessing someone with this wonderful prize. You know God will bless you too!

So looking forward to preserving blocks of cheese. My husband enjoys cheese and crackers and there is nothing that would give me more joy than to be able to provide him his favorite snack should the time arise that such a treat not be available. Also, being able to have it to share would be a real blessing.

Hi guys, greetings from Africa, City - Windhoek, Namibia. I'm learning a lot from ya all. I highly appreciating in what you doing. Keep on keeping on doing what you do. I would like to be a member of your team. It is just a pity I was not already a member of your team and unfortunately very far from you. I can just be thankful for the freely use of the media - internet. It is a blessing to see how active and care giving you are. So guys I need to say bye for now. Take care. God bless. Fransisca

Never thought about cheese other than powered for prepping I like this

You can actually reuse cheese wax ,wash it really good and remelt it

Made clarified butter yesterday...turned out amazing!!!

You rock AP! I can’t wait to try this. Never knew. Old people can learn new skills. Thank you sir! My grandmother was from Wisconsin. She always had cheese on her kitchen table. Some moldy. She would just cut off the mold and feed it to us. Must have been a thing in the early 1900’s.

I had no idea about doing this or that it was even possible. Thanks Alaska for sharing this information, its greatly appreciated.

I use small white price tag stickers, write the cheese and date on it, after the last wax dip I put the sticker on as it hardens. I've done mild and sharp chedder, asiago, pepper Jack and Colby. I think I've gotten as far as 5 years out, opened and might be a little dried out on the edges but good. Good video.

Never thought about preserving cheese, will be doing it! Great addition to my preps

I just wanted to thank you again for taking the time to show us your experience on prepping. You are an awsesome teacher and a true gentlmen! I really look forward to your next video you have inspired me and taught me a lot. And loving this community's comments to learn from also I'm new to this and wished I could show you guys what I've acomplished :) thank you and the commenters so very much!!!

Hate to have missed the live airing, but just watched and I'm definitely going to try this! Thank you so very much for showing us how to store cheese and congrats to all the winners from today's show. God bless AP and community!

I LOVE THIS!!! As our kids & I (Emy) LOVE cheese!!! Thank you AP Community Member & AP for doing this!

Thank you for this detailed video and thank you for not editing out mistakes. That is one of the ways we learn, not only what to do, but what Not to do. Appreciate you taking the time to show us.

You are a amazing person and such a good hearted person to help others and to spread the love THANK YOU

Wow buddy you are very generous god bless you i remember when you had a couple hundred subs glad to see your growing .

Also remind everyone that meat and dairy costs will probably go up with the flooding. You rock man!!

Your generosity is so incredible. Thank you for sharing your heart and hopefully that will rub off on others :-) also I really appreciate this cheese video and the link to the supplies!

Watching from 2022. Cheese rat here! So thrilled to have learned this preservation technique. Very impressed to watch your first attempt, I think I can do this! Easy peasy cheesey! Maybe take just one out of freezer at a time to dunk? Thanks Rudy! PS. I think you should print AP labels and adhere them! 😍

I missed the live show but thank you, for teaching such awesome skills.

thank you so much for this video .. Me being a Cheese Nut .. I can never live without my cheese .. going to do this and be doing this with pounds and pounds of cheese .. I've learned so much from you its unreal .. your a blessing .. once again thank you kindly and I always share your videos with friends and family as well on all my social medias as well

I will be trying this soon! We love cheese and this is a great way to store real cheese! Thank you for sharing!

Have a God Filled Blessed Sunday, thanks for all the information to everyone... I really don't have the money, but i'm going to start slow. I've been talking about doing it over a year now. I've been watching and watching all your videos you make things look so easy.God bless you and your family

It's funny i was just talking to my wife about waxing cheese the other day. Thanks for your time to educate all of us ! By the way i have one of those pressure cookers, And they are great. SO DON'T PICK ME ! Stay warm up there. A Fl. Prepper

Great job on the cheese would love to try this. Can’t wait to see your results.

I love watching all your videos and you have taught me so much! So, thank you.

Thank you for posting this. I knew my elders did this but it was one of the very few things re: food prep for the lean times that l didn't learn growing up. Much sprue and I paying asking your videos to all three of my adult kids (who also prep ) thanks again !!!

This just came up today for me 8/14/2020 I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VIDEO!! THANKYOU!I HAVE JUST STARTED WATCHING, I have done so much prepping because of you! This was also a concern for me as well. Freezing cheese makes it crumbly. Thankyou ♡☆☆☆☆

Great Video. Never even thought of saving cheese and as you pointed out, the freeze dried is expensive. It'll be great to see the results when you test it. Thanks a bunch.

I am not a prepper, but youtube suggested this video, and I did not know you could store it that way. I would do this, just because being older I get tired of wasting milk and cheese. I use powdered milk for my food so I don t keep dumping milk down the drain, and doing wax like this for cheese is something I may try. God bless.

This is the most useful "prepper" video I've seen in some years.Well done! I will start doing this! Thank you Alaska Prepper dude!

This looks like so much fun. Ordering three colors of wax so I will be able to tell which cheese I want am cutting into. Think I will do this project with my granddaughter. Thank you for this video!

Thanks so much AP I cant wait to try this :)

I had a sealed package of mozzarella cheese in the back of the fridge forgotten for several months. When I found it I noticed it had developed a number of holes in it. The pack was still sealed so I figured it was still good and opened it and tried it. It tasted like a cross between mozzarella and Swiss and made a great sandwich with ham. I told my daughter it was Swissarella and she agreed. I may try to create some more and wax it. Love your vids. Educational and well suited for todays life style. Keep prepping and stay safe.

So generous of you. I’m watching you from the mountains of VA. I enjoy your channel very much.

These are great. You can use it as a slow cooker also. So once you cook you food you can keep it warm. I am on a budget but I buy things that cook faster and could save me money when cooking.

I can't wait for this one just watched the one you did early morning on your gifts you received ...I love me some cheese so will be ready pen in hand to learn this dandy little trick set the reminder too!!@ I'm up late because of Marfoogle so Hope I catch it live if not see you late in the day 4 am now hugs and blessings ❤😇

So excited to have found this community. I am a fairly new prepped. Love your videos

Just want to thank you for your knowledge and demonstration of home food storage!

A few years back one of the TV channels ran a series called doomsday preppers. One of the women on there preserved cheese this way. Just goes to show you can get pearls of wisdom from the most unlikely places.

I will be at my moms today taking photos of my cousins today... I 💗 you all my AP community..

Wow - thank you for doing this video. I also saw the post below from the commercial cheese maker. I was having trouble deciding exactly how I wanted to preserve our cheese and you answered all of my questions. Thank you so much! Love your videos.

You've totally inspired me, thank you.

This is so weird because I was just wondering yesterday about how to preserve cheese for preps.

I can’t wait to watch this I love cheese and if this works it will be wonderful

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and training. You have made your ancestors proud.

loved this teaching demo.... I like soft cheese usually --- but I do like parmesan cheese and use that that regularly.

Oo yay, this comes at a perfect time! Cheese has been on sale, oh yeah. As always AP...great ideas and useful info!💙 tysm.

I can't believe i was busy and missed this live. Was working on Bday preps earlier. Thank you for showing us how to do this. I would love to do this with my best friend. We tag team on fun important things and share and share alike. OOOh would love to own a cooker like that one.

I was so disappointed to have missed you yesterday. Watched the video last night after work, 12 hr. shift so was quite tired may have to watch again LOL I had no idea one could save cheese in this way for long term storage, thought either making fresh or freeze drying were the only options for preserving cheese for long term. For storage purposes you kept saying a cool dark place, I'll have to research that as the only cool dark place in my house is the refrigerator LOL our house temperature is usually around 68*F - 75*F depending on the time of year. Will have to search cheese cave as some people have commented on having one. Thanks for the great information

I love Canning. I taught myself. I hope I don't win. I have plenty of books. But I Love that you are helping others.!!

Awsome, looking forward to the outcome of this. I appreciate all the work you preppers do to help us. Yes Marfoogle is awesome. Thank you 💜

Thank you AP for the cheese video! I am going to do this! When I lived overseas many years ago there were fairly high concrete/rock posts stuck in the cellar floor; my neighbor told me that's how the Swiss preserved 200 kilo rounds of gruyere and ementaller,etc. and the rats would fall off of the posts trying to reach it! We've come a long way! Great information! Blessings to you and your family!🙏😁💖

Just subscribed from Alberta Canada

I appreciate u for the very helpful free way to keep our cabinits filled and bellys full i have learned alot from you

Great video. Sharing . Thank u for sharing with us .

Grew up with cheese preserved like this. Only thing that was not taught was how to keep rodents away. Maybe with a bit of research I’ll let y’all know. Awesome job and Thank you for bringing this back to memory😜

I've been wanting to do this so thank you for the lesson today!

Great video. Excited about adding cheese to my prepping. Thank you!

Hi Alaska prepper! God bless your day! Im so happy to have found your video on dipping cheese to store! I am very inspired now to do the cheese dipping & will be buying all i need to get started. I hope you will be using some of your wax dipped cheese when you make pizza with your new pizza oven! Cant wait for your video on your pizza making! I have a question on the wood pieces you rested your cheese on. Dose the wood have to be a special kind of wood? Thank you for all you do in helping us all get prepared for emergencies! Have a blessed day!

You know when you have a good friend and you plan things to do...well you may be way up in Alaska, but Good Friend we are doing things at the same time! Amazing. I waxed my cheese with Red Wax. I bought 4 blocks of Old Cheddar. They look good. My only concern is, I have heard that they may get a Sharper taste over time. So I am going to test the taste at the same time you do to see how it compares.

The cheese will continue to be sharper with age. Cheese is sold by the lb so it has a lot of water in them, make sure you air the cheese out a bit to remove excess water. Storing cheese is a great way to keep cheese on hand.

I LOVE CHEESE!!! I usually eat about 12 pounds per month. I buy it in 4 pound blocks at my local store and usually use about 3 of those per month. I realize that is not very healthy, but what can I say....I guess I'm addicted!! I will definitely use this method. This has actually been one of my major concerns, and is the whole reason I have my Nigerian Dwarf Goats ....so I can get milk, cheese and butter!!

I watched Doomsday Prepper , and they preserved cheese this way, but when I tried it , it did not turn out.. excited to try your method 😊

Hello from wv i have to do this cheese and this would so make my life much easier

I stocked up on shelf-stable 1/4 lb cheese blocks from Lehman's. They've lasted over a year so far and taste great. Softer than regular cheese, though, and not as much calcium. Some day I will preserve my own cheese. Great video, especially with all the caveats.

Very cool, my kids love cheese! Can't wait to try this...

Hi, AP. When you said you were sending me a pkg, I thought, I sure would love those beautiful bowls. Well, I just found a box on my porch, and you should have seen me when I opened that box. I was doing a happy dance and grinning from ear to ear! I kept saying, "Wow!" They are even more gorgeous in person. I love them!! Thank you so, so much. You have made me happy, happy, happy! God bless you for your thoughtfulness. 💚💗💛💙

You will have noticed wax around all hoop cheese. Big wheels of wax covered cheese, sitting out to age for years with no problems. I’m anxious to know how yours turns out. They say you can reuse the wax when you get ready to use your cheese, just save the wax you peel off. I bet you could use different colors wax to indicate different cheese blends.

Wow I’m totally going to try this! I believe there is a color coding with the wax for the kind of cheese. You did great! I can’t wait to try it!!!

Wow! Thanks for the valuable information. We live in Western MA and don’t have the storms or other weather related issues, and rarely lose power. However I’ve been prepping and canning for the days of uncertainty ahead. Great resources on this channel

Maybe different color wax for different kinds of cheese .

This video have me a bit of a wry smile as pretty much all the high end Cheddars here in the UK come coated in Wax. It has been done over here for hundreds of years. One of my favourites is a Welsh Cheddar called Black Bomber. The wax on it is black hence the name. There's also a cave aged Cheddar I love that is also waxed. This is an awesome prep though. It has reminded me to throw another dozen waxed cheeses into my preps. Thanks for the great video.

Thanks for the video. I just bought a LB of wax and got 6 LBS of cheese on sale. Going to try it this weekend and I feel confident now that I have watched this video.

Drats, missed your live stream again. Wished I felt better but ahhhh well it is what it is, thank goodness for the video postings, I'm still able to learn and able to catch up on what I miss. A win win.....learn at my own pace woot woot! Shout out to everyone in the group.......hi all. My family loves cheese and knowing I have the skills to preserve it for them yeah....does a heart good. I'll have to let you know how my first batch goes. To bad me and diary don't get along.......ahhh well, can't win em all woot woot!

They used to use a medicated type wax ( maybe menthol or eucalyptus in it) melted for people who had arthritis in their hands and elbows. When they dipped in their appendage, the warm would be locked in next to their skin. After the therapy, they would just peel off the wax.

Back in the 50's when I was a kid my grandma would buy cheese that was first wrapped in thin cloth than dipped in red wax.

I'm new here and am loving you. I've been living for hard times for many yrs not nessasarily a proper. I am learning new things from everyone that's so valuable to my small income. Thank you for the many lessons. Loving the comments also I'm learning so much.Blessings from Oklahoma

Im new to prepping. I enjoy your videos im learning so much. Cheese is a staple in my house so this video is a win ,win. Thank you!

I'm going to have to try this. Family loved cheese

Thank you I was thinking only the Augason or Bega cheese where the only way to secure cheese.

Just now getting to watch this! Had to work today! Thanks for covering this topic! :)