As a man of Italian heritage, I find this incredibly appealing on several levels
This better not awaken anything in me
Why does the website have this section? I am dying of laughter.
It’s worked for and on me
Username checks out
Thanks, and my romantic life is going grate
This lesbian has big dad energy.
Hang on a minute, Parmesan’s a brand? Not just a name of dry Italian cheese?
Parmigiano Reggiano is a protected name like champagne is. To have the name it has to be produced with traditional methods and sourced from the traditional region, all of which is legally defined. They charge a premium for this, and some of it becomes quite expensive.
America: I’m sponsored by soulless corporate conglomerates.
Italy: I’m sponsored by cheese!
America: tears up and salutes Italy
I mean, those cheeses are also big global conglomerates and they take it a step further by gatekeeping the name of their cheeses.
They’d make all their money back if they auctioned off those particular wheels
that third wheel will go for millions
and the feet ones too probably
Average vegetarian
I was sad to learn Parmesan isn’t vegetarian :(
I was wondering why:
Calf rennet is used, which comes from the stomach of slaughtered calves.
It’s kind of funny, having the calves slaughtered to get the milk that is naturally meant for them is considered vegetarian (as long as you personally don’t eat the veal).
If they’re kept on abusive factory farms, that’s still vegetarian.
When the dairy cows gets their throats slit because milk production drops below profitablity after ~5 years, the milk is still seen as vegetarian (as long as someone else buys the meat).
No matter how much death and suffering takes place at the farm, the milk is seen as vegetarian. But at rennet, that’s where they draw the line.
