Colby
Cheese
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Colby is a semi-hard American cow's-milk cheese — golden-orange, springy and mild, with an open, slightly elastic body that is moister and softer than the cheddar it resembles. Named for the Wisconsin town where it was created, it is a gentle, milky, faintly sweet cheese and the foundation of the marbled Colby-Jack found across the United States.
Picking a good onedrag
Springy, moist, even colourDried, cracked, stray mould
Edge dryingStill goodColby is moist and dries fast once cut. Shave off the darker edge and wrap the rest tightly against the air.
Surface and cut edgesA thin, darker, drier band along a cut edge left open to the air
The cut faceColour true, just a shade drier and darker nearest the outside