# Cream cheese

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 28, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350 "2019-02-28T21:43:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350/1 "2019-02-28T21:43:14Z")

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All of a sudden my cream cheese has started getting moldy before I use it all. Is there anyway to stop this?

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350/2 "2019-02-28T22:18:42Z")

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If you’re not using it for recipes I would suggest you start buying cream cheeses that have each portion individually wrapped. Like Laughing Cow.

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350/3 "2019-02-28T22:41:32Z")

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Wait, you mean they don’t already come in individual portion sizes???  
Hmmm…

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350/4 "2019-02-28T23:02:44Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> All of a sudden my cream cheese has started getting moldy before I use it all. Is there anyway to stop this?

Eat it faster.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350/5 "2019-02-28T23:43:49Z")

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Perhaps there’s already a mold colony in your refrigerator? Is this the softened cream cheese in a tub? If so, make sure you seal it properly. If it’s the block cream cheese, I’d store it in a plastic container.

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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-cheese/830350/6 "2019-02-28T23:45:12Z")

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Some of my local stores carry the 1/2 blocks, i.e. 4 oz vs 8 oz.

More expensive per ounce, of course, but if you’re throwing half of it out anyway…