Reference for Avodah Zarah 69:10

מגדף בה ר' ירמיה אלא מעתה יבשה תשתרי ישן תשתרי דא"ר חנינא יבש מותר אין מניחו ליבש ישן מותר אין מניחו לישן

This was ridiculed by R. Yirmiyah: If that be so, then hard [cheese] should be permitted, and old [cheese], too, should be permitted for R. Hanina said: [When it becomes] dry, it is permitted, because the [snake’s venom] would not let it get dry; [so also] when matured it is permitted, as it would not have allowed it to mature!

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