A Frugal Food Cheese Plate/Tray Matchless Foods Cooking 101 Strategies Professional & University Etiquette Provisioning

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Learn a list of things which can be made without lighting a match, and avoid serving the same menu at every party or event. Learn to make a tray of almost anything, arrange each as suits your personal fancy.  A frugal cheese tray/ plate can be one done of cheese alone, or one with cheese, crusted bread or crackers, and fruit. You can practice making a cheese plate from a sandwich bar. Get cheese: start with ¼ pound of Chevre (Chevrelait) (or Blue Cheese Gorgonzola, Sharp Cheddar, Creamy Havarti, Dill Havarti, Pepper Jack, Neufchatel, Mozzarella, or Swiss.) Each cheese slice can be cut, or folded, in quarters and layered or overlaid around on a plate or a tray. At home, you can try to cut into cubes the block of cheese you buy. Get a separate cutting board, for cheese, fruit, vegetables, and meat.  You can cut cheese using a knife coated with flour, and make a clean cut, knife, or get a cheese cutter.  To a cheese plate or tray you can add any fruit, from a bowl, or fruit cart, cut on the bias with a knife, or cut with a fruit slicer, or with a mandolin.  Fruit can include Slices of organic apples, Figs, Green seedless grapes, strawberries, sections of melon, slices of pears, and or Star fruit, sprinkled with citric juices to prevent any browning. Pieces of dry fruit may be added to make an excellent tray or parts of one. Frugal tip: wrap cheese up tight to save it.  If hard cheese molds, cut it off, eat the rest. If it dries out, grate it. If soft cheese molds, throw it out.