Cheese Sticks & Where to Buy Them?

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Re: Cheese Sticks & Where to Buy Them?

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So it seems like string cheese/cheese sticks can be carried for a little over a week. That's a fairly long time especially considering most resupply's are after about 10 days. This year I'll be going about 14 days without a resupply but that will just mean to eat the cheese within the first 10 days. So a block of cheddar can be carried for possibly 3 weeks? I'm assuming it will last longer since it's harder than a cheese stick or string cheese.
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depends on how you protect it from heat.
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Here you go AMike: http://www.backpacker.com/test-kitchen- ... ills/16792" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Cheese Sticks & Where to Buy Them?

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We do enjoy our cheese!

We carry mozarella cheese sticks, but use them the first couple days. What we've noticed is that they lose their fresh cheesy taste and acquire a sour whey taste, especially if they get even a little warm. They also seem to "sweat"--have moisture on the outside of the cheese stick. So for longer trips we carry low moisture hard block cheese, particularly parmigiano regiano (from Parma, Italy). But also Smoked Tillamook Cheddar, Emmenthaler (Switzerland), and Gruyere (Switzerland).

Costco is a good place to buy imported cheeses. Have fun experimenting. :bear:
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