Cheese, does it keep on trail?

[Many Moons]

Looking for some feedback from the thru-hikers and long section hikers. Have you taken cheese on trail? Am in the last part of food prep for the first 4 days on trail. Plan on a resupply at Neels Gap. All the cheese I see at store says that it must be keep cold. I was thinking of the prepakaged cheese sticks or a block of sharp. I will have one short flight from Raleigh to Atlanta, then train and guide to mountain. Has anyone that hiked before taken cheese? I can do without, but thought it would make the fast eat and go taste a little better. Thanks!

[lunchbx]

Short answer...yes. In the warmer months it will develop an oily residue on the surface of the cheese but nonetheless it is %100 edible and tasty!

[Lyle]

Short Answer: Yes

Long Answer: Most cheese keeps for quite a while. Hard cheese does a bit better. It may get sweaty, some oil separates - just wipe it down or rinse it off. May eventually develop some mold, just slice the mold off and discard, the rest is perfectly good to eat. In hot weather, it should last for a week or more, in cold weather it will last indefinitely. Sometimes in really hot weather the texture may change a bit, still edible. Packaged string cheeses last quite well also, but I prefer the real block of cheese.

[Spokes]

You're kidding, right?

[Ender]

Short Answer: Yes

Long Answer: Yes

[Edwardo Rodriguez]

Has any body try to take sting cheese, am looking into that

[Powder day]

String cheese is a great thing to have in your pack if like cheese I have also kept chedder in individual servings in my pack for about a week and they were fine.

[max patch]

I ate a hunk of cheddar cheese every day I was on the trail for lunch on my thru. As others have said, it gets oily after a few days in the heat of summer; I just double ziplocked it to insure against leakage.

[RedBeerd]

Mini Bell cheese is in wax so thats an option. Ive yet to try it though. You could dip your own cheese in wax too. Does anyone know if cheese cloth will absorb the oils if wrapped around cheese?

[Blissful]

The harder the cheese the better it keeps. A good cheddar does just fine. Aged cheddar is prized.

[Half Note]

Has any body try to take sting cheese, am looking into that

That sounds painful.

[daddytwosticks]

This is my favorite question, along with questions that start like this: "What is the lightest, cheapest, most durable..."

[Many Moons]

This is my favorite question, along with questions that start like this: "What is the lightest, cheapest, most durable..."

Must have been asked before. Sorry, just tring to learn. You take the time to post when you don't have an answer. Wish I had that kind of time. Murphy is a little more laid back than Raleigh! See ya on the trail.

[Many Moons]

You're kidding, right?

Now I see how you build 3000 posts!

[Many Moons]

I am headed to look in the forum to see if I missed this question that this was asked before.

[lunchbx]

Who cares I say if you have a question just ask it. I'm sick of people complaining about duplicate questions. No one is making you read them and post back. Nobody wants to hear your half arsed advice suggesting the person dig into the archives. What if conventional knowledge has changed since the first time the question was asked? Bottom line if you don't want to answer a question that you have answered in the past then don't, nobody is making you. No response is better than a negative response.

[GrassyNoel]

And if you find yourself in an emergency, string cheese can be knotted together to make climbing rope. I saw it on Man vs. Wild.

[Toli]

Now I see how you build 3000 posts!

Ohhhhh... Snap ... Saracasm(Not you Elf) aside, I've carried the mini bells, even on the Florida Trail in summer time, without a prob ... Be smart... Just bring enough for 3-5 days and re-up... My hound SideKick luvs him some cheese on the trail ...

[Brady]

laughing cow

[Many Moons]

Ohhhhh... Snap ... Saracasm(Not you Elf) aside, I've carried the mini bells, even on the Florida Trail in summer time, without a prob ... Be smart... Just bring enough for 3-5 days and re-up... My hound SideKick luvs him some cheese on the trail ...

I will bring extra to share with the pups!