Already sold out
Most cheddar cheese is only a few months old. A particularly extra-sharp cheddar may have been aged for as much as 15 months. So you can understand the fuss that got kicked up in the cheese-loving community recently when a Wisconsin cheese seller announced the sale of 450 pounds of cheddar that had been aging for a whopping 20 years.
This super-aged cheddar was lovingly tended by Hook's Cheese of Mineral Point, WI. The cheese went on sale for $209 per pound - pricey, certainly, but worth it. How many other foods require you to hang onto them for two decades before sale?
The ultra-rare cheese sold out quickly, mostly to high-end restaurants which will be selling tiny amounts of the cheddar as an accent piece, or a special tasting.
Tony and Julie Hook, the cheese-makers in question, will also be donating half of the money they raised from the sale to the Center for Dairy Research at a nearby college.