Waxing Cheese

[Granny Smith]

I bought several pounds of chunk cheese today - cheddar and mozzarella. I dug out my coffee can of wax and plan on dipping the cheese into the melted wax so I can store it on the shelf. I'm waiting for it to warm up so it doesn't have condensation under the wax, which would cause it to mold. Once the first layer of wax is hard, I'll dip it again, just to be sure. I'm really trying to get away from depending on refrigeration, as much as possible.

[meemo]

I need to do this. What kind of wax did you use.

[Granny Smith]

I just used plain paraffin from the canning aisle. I considered beeswax, but didn't have enough on hand and didn't know where to get more. Both are food safe.