Re: Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Bake - YUM

On 2024-10-30, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:

   Fresh parmesan sold in every supermarket here, has a
strict EU PDO (protected designations of origin); made in
Italy from unpasteurised milk and aged at least 12 months.

That's not available in every supermarket here.  I have to
go to high-end grocery stores to find it.  Or, of course,
cheese shops, which are few and far between.

 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmesan
>
 suggests that some cheese products made in USA and
marketed as parmesan, may be rather different.
>
 "Several American manufacturers have been investigated
for allegedly going beyond the 4% cellulose limit (allowed
as an anticaking agent for grated cheese, 21 CFR 133.146).
[42] In one case, FDA findings found "no Parmesan cheese
was used to manufacture" a Pennsylvania manufacturer's
grated cheese labeled "Parmesan", apparently made from a
mixture of other cheeses and cellulose."

That's pre-grated parm.  Wedges of domestic parm are also
widely available.

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Cindy Hamilton