Pressed Cheese Cracking During Aging

[opalcab]

I just made two small Parms about 2 weeks ago and it is cracking should I oil it or not the books say 2 month for oiling cheeses but i do not want to lose them any help would be awesome

Thank you
Stan

[cheezwhizz]

  Hi Stan

  I like to wait at least 30 days until i oil. But if your cheese is drying that fast i would recommend you oil now. This shouldnt be happening. Whats the RH where you're aging these cheeses?. And how big are they?

[Cheese Head]

opalcab, as cheezwhizz says commonly your problem is incorrect humidity, see Wiki Surface Defects, Cracks article and also Search the forum on Crack and you'll get lots of info.

In summary I'd try healing a bit first in a reasonably high humidity environment and then oiling including oiling the remaining cracks as they will be an easy site for surface molds to take root or vacuum bag sealing.

[lwybrant]

I waxed my parm cheese. I have read mixed opinions on waxing parm.  It was really firm when it was waxed.