Howdy from Arizona

[West Coast Kansan]

My daughter lived in Tucson for a while.  My strategy for a visit was to tie a 30 foot rope to a sonic drive inn. I could finish my route 44 in less than 30 feet and then used the rope to bring my dehydrated delerous body back for the next one.   :P  :'(

Next strategy was they come to CA to visit.  8)

[Quarlow]

Hey KevinG, I agree with you that cutting it up is probably not the best, but then again I think I will make my blocks a little smaller. I had 1"x4"x8" and next time I will go with 1"x3"x6". I will smoke for 2 hrs again. I am going to try Maple or pecan as it is a bit stronger than apple even though one of my fav store boughts is done with apple. And 5 days is not long enough. 14 days is really minimum. I suspect with yours cut in little cubes like it was you would not want 2 hrs of smoke. 1 hr is probably even to much for that size.

[KevinG]

I did have another concern. I wasn't sure if I should vacuum pack the cheese after smoking to sit or if I should just keep them loosely wrapped. I'm beginning to think that the vacuum pack that I did actually made the smoke taste stronger also by trapping in.

Kevin

[Quarlow]

 by all means vac pac

[ArnieM]

I don't have a vac sealer yet - coming next week.  But, I'd certainly vac seal the cheese.  Currently, I triple wrap it in plastic getting out all of the air possible.  Last comes the "Don't eat before date".  Then, I put it in the fridge and try to forget about it - difficult.