There is a feta cheese product I really enjoy, but I find it difficult to open. It is one of those squares (or rectangles might be more geometrically accurate) that is surrounded very tightly by plastic.
Here is my problem. The plastic is so tight and close to the cheese that I have to take a knife and stab at the corners to start the opening process. I then peel it a bit, but then have to stab the middle to allow more peeling. A final third stab is needed toward the end.
I get so afraid that I am going to stab myself doing this, and have come close in fact to doing so. The reason is because the plastic is so tight I have to put a lot of pressure to start the first hole (and even the other ones).
My question is this. I believe I have seen someone else slice the plastic on the side, as if they are slicing the cheese itself without the plastic. I think it was almost like slicing it in half, through the plastic. The cheese is then easily liberated from the plastic that way. But, can bits of plastic contaminate the cheese if it is done this way? That's what I am afraid of. Or, would it simply be obvious if that is the case? It seems to me this method would work, and the plastic is so tight and strong that it will simply snap back and away from the cheese without becoming embedded.
I really don't know, though.
Here is my problem. The plastic is so tight and close to the cheese that I have to take a knife and stab at the corners to start the opening process. I then peel it a bit, but then have to stab the middle to allow more peeling. A final third stab is needed toward the end.
I get so afraid that I am going to stab myself doing this, and have come close in fact to doing so. The reason is because the plastic is so tight I have to put a lot of pressure to start the first hole (and even the other ones).
My question is this. I believe I have seen someone else slice the plastic on the side, as if they are slicing the cheese itself without the plastic. I think it was almost like slicing it in half, through the plastic. The cheese is then easily liberated from the plastic that way. But, can bits of plastic contaminate the cheese if it is done this way? That's what I am afraid of. Or, would it simply be obvious if that is the case? It seems to me this method would work, and the plastic is so tight and strong that it will simply snap back and away from the cheese without becoming embedded.
I really don't know, though.