What is the top part of Brie Cheese made from?

[Avalon Sparks]

and can you eat it?

Just wondering.....

[trof]

1. Polystyrene?

Skin?
Yeah, I take the good with the bad.

[Catshrink]

2. I think it's mold

I eat it. But that's not saying much because I eat just about anything except liver and hard boiled eggs.

[InternalDialogue]

3. Soylent White

And yes, you can eat it, if you're a people person.

[qwertyMike]

10. Thanks for that

I love Brie
and Greek Feda (sp?)

[Chan790]

4. The rind?

It's made out of brie. It's just dried out from exposure. It's edible...it tastes bad, but it's edible.

I usually save them if I know I'm making veggie stock in the next few days and throw them in. Parmesan rinds too.

Edit: As someone pointed out upthread. It's moldy. That's why it's white.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Yes, I can eat it. But I don't - it's disgusting. I scoop the cheese out of the rind.

If you meant to ask "is it edible?", then the answer is yes, it is edible.

The rind is mold that grows on the cheese.

And I don't find it gross just because it's mold - I love blue cheese and other moldy stinky cheeses. I find it gross because it's gross.

[JVS]

6. cow smegma

[freethought]

7. It is actually part of the cheese

I do believe that at some point in the cheese aging process, the surface of the cheese is put through a simple treatment, like salt being rubbed on the surface or the cheese wheel being bathed in a warm salt water bath and rubbed with wax. The purpose is to create that "skin" around the cheese to preserve, protect, and age the cheese,

I have eaten a pretty good amount of brie and similar cheeses and I am still here. There is a kind of after taste that I don't like. Maybe your supposed to wash it down with wine or some other cool, refreshing beverage.

FYI-If you can try to get raw milk derived cheese, flavor is better.

[QMPMom]

8. It's the natural rind of the cheese and perfectly fine to eat.

[wildhorses]

9. in a word--yes

it is edible

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. I don't "get" Brie or blue cheese

I like all kinds of cheese except those two.

[barb162]

13. Blue cheese is just disgusting and brie is just about as bad

[youthere]

12. Save it and melt it into soup or stew...

It's incredible.

[Random_Australian]

17. Or make puff pastry parcels with chicken and brie, or camembert, and veggies and stuff.

:9

[Avalon Sparks]

14. Thanks for all the replies

DUer's know EVERYTHING!!! Best website in the world.

[Kurovski]

15. It smells like an unchanged old diaper.

Waxy ammonia.

And it's delicious.

[Random_Australian]

16. Small female off duty czechoslovakian traffic wardens.

Of course.

[uppityperson]

18. Unless it is wayyy too old, it is edible and very good.

Some cheeses (not sure of types) have penicillin mold growing on them. Makes me wonder if this keeps people healthy and/or is a problem for those with pcn allergies.