I was wiping down my hard cheeses, and wanted to cut my Baby Swiss, which had been aged for 3 + months. BUT, I got distracted by a phone call, picked up the 2 months old Gruyere instead, and cut a narrow wedge out of it. Realized it right away, pushed the wedge back in and put it back into ripening space.
It is a wheel made from 4 gallons of milk, about 3.5 lbs. Is it salvageable, can I continue aging it? Or is it ruined?