May 15, 2026

The Cheese Cave Is No More

The cheese cave is now gone.

So what happened? It started to leak. After I'd had it about two weeks, I found a puddle of water seeping out from beneath it. I thought at first that perhaps it was because I was using the floor duct to vent it. So I pulled it away from the wall, mopped up the water, and kept and eye on it. But it still kept leaking. Clearly something was wrong. 

I contacted customer support with the idea of replacing it, but they would only refund me for this one after it was returned. Then I was to buy another one. Except the special buy price was gone and a new one was higher, so I said I'd rather shop around. 

I rearranged my solar powered chest fridge, which is working out just fine. I can keep it at the required cheese curing temperature, and it has the advantage of higher humidity—needed for curing cheese anyway. The beverage cooler maintained a low humidity. 

UPS picked it up yesterday, and I'm back to trying to figure out my pantry arrangements. That corner currently looks like this . . . 


So I had an idea, and now I have to re-envision it. I've about decided the rolling cart will stay, as I like to have access to the window. I open the windows to let the night air help cool the pantry, which helps with storage longevity. 

So my pantry project has been temporarily slowed down. But I think I'll make some progress this afternoon. I'd really like to get everything back in place. 

1 comment:

Toirdhealbheach Beucail said...

Well, darn. At least you found it before it did damage.

Your experiment now has me thinking as well. A cheese cave (or facsimile thereof) might encourage me to try more hard cheeses.