Oiling Pressed Cheese Rinds - Mineral Oil

[INGrandad]

 I use food grade mineral oil on my cutting boards and coat my old cider press with it after annual use, I wonder if it  has a place in this conversation?

[Webmaster]

INGrandad, hope you don't mind but I split your post off into a separate thread as it is a good specific topic.

For others, INGrandad is asking about using edible mineral oil to build up a rind on pressed cheeses versus more commonly used here olive oil or canola oil etc.

[Cheese Head]

InGrandad, I believe member Wayne used to use it to form a rind on some of his Parmesan wheels. While mineral oil is edible, I don't know if he ate that part of the rind.

[INGrandad]

The original thread got me thinking about other oils that might be used. I have no plans of it, the few cheeses I've produced in my short career I've used olive oil on. Got it ona  couple of Montasias, and a very lovely Romano.