I Cut Cheese With a Meaty Knife

Quiz

1 - What’s the status of the cheese if the knife was clean and not used for 24 hours?

• You could rinse the cheese and all is fine.
• Cut off the surface of cheese
• Scrub the surface well.

2 - What’s the status of the cheese if you are unsure if the knife is clean?

• If the cheese wasn’t hard, scrub the surface well with cold water.
• If the cheese was hard, discard sliver of surface.
• It is always required to remove the surface of the cheese.

3 - What’s the status of the knife?

• If the cheese is hard, scrub the knife well with detergent and steel wool (preferably neitza, thrust into ground 10 times in 10 spots)
• You need to make it kosher through dipping it in boiling water
• f the cheese is not hard, you may immediately wipe it with thick cloth, or scrub thoroughly in cool water.