[jhaile]

I enjoyed reading the article, but really wish it had photos to help educate the reader on how to distinguish between crystals and mold.

[nlawalker]

Totally agree - interesting info but nothing of practical use, especially because white spots can be mold.

See https://www.eatortoss.com/how-to-tell-if-white-stuff-on-chee..., https://www.eatortoss.com/aged-cheddar-with-a-crusty-white-s....

[bfkwlfkjf]

To my untrained eye: not sure about the first one,but the second one is obviously good. Correct?

[the__alchemist]

This is a bit confusing: "The crystals are soft, white, and sometimes appear damp."

The rule of thumb I've heard is hard white: crystal. Soft white: mold.

If you can't tell, I would dump it.

[IAmBroom]

Mold on cheese is rarely pathogenic. In fact, fermented foods in general are often quite safe, even in areas with unsafe water supplies.

Now, that doesn't mean rando-mold doesn't ruin the cheese's flavor...

[deeg]

The article is from 2019 and I think it originally had photos.

[bigiain]

There's a bunch of broken images there (at least I see them in Safari).

Sadly, the wayback machine has snapshots of the article going back to 2020, but doesn't seem to have archived those broken image links.