To wonder what's wrong with giving DC Parmesan?

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SiL tonight refused to give her DC Parmesan on their pasta - she told them she doesn't give them it unless its cooked.
Is she being precious or is there a health risk to Parmesan?
Her DC are 5 & 4 btw.

And I'm not bothered if she does give it or not, I'd just never heard of this before!

My 4 year old loves Parmesan, crazy woman I say!

Purple - one of the interesting things about cheese is that some smell like month old socks and taste like nectar.

Of course some smell like nectar and taste like month old socks.

That is one of the contradictions of cheese!

only the pregrated stuff smells like vomit. Block parmesan freshly coursely grated is completely different. Never buy the stuff in cartons. it is horrid.
SIL is nuts.

I think the EU tried to ban cheese made with unpasteurised milk and the French went apeshit.
When we go apeshit about things, of course, they don;t give a toss. Anyway for once I was glad the French won.

Also, parmesan is rich in iron. So DC should have it. good for their little red blood cells.

Mmmm getting hungry for Parmesan now
I'm pg and still eat mouldy cheese.

I don't think you can really say parmesan is rich in iron! But no parmesan is one of the least likely foods to cause any problems! It's not even the sort of thing that can be easily cross contaminated - unless maybe you grate raw chicken before you grate the cheese. SIL is bonkers.

Perhaps she's misinformed. Or precious. Or bonkers. Ds would bite it off the block if we let him.

I used to grace parmesan on my dcs highchair trays when they were TINY great for fine motor development trying to pick up the bits and navigate them in to their mouth!

American cheese has to ba pasturised afaik. Thank God ours doesn't.

Tbh I find myself biting my tongue about many things she says, I should've known this was another one of those
You do have to wonder how people arrive at such strange decisions...

Is it true what that no one has been able to figure out if Parmesan ever truly goes off? It gets that white crud on it after a while, but is it some kind of zombie cheese.

If so, your SIL may have a point. If she has a fear of zombies.

Erm she is being illogical and peculiar and silly.

Also agree with others that "legally all cheese in the EU has to be made with pasteurised milk. " is rubbish. Plenty on sale in waitrose and I imagine other supermarkets too

1950s I suspect you may be right. She has zombie fears over many many things.

I could understand if they were vegetarian, it's one of the cheeses made using rennet
but then she wouldn't give them it at all, not only when cooked

SIL is bonkers.

Plain pasta with butter and parmesan is almost ALL my DC eat. Four or five nights a week ...

Ratspeaker - Sainsbury's Basics fake parmesan is veggie. As I am also veggie I don't know how it compares to the proper stuff, but it does the job.

Parmesan smells like vomit. Blugh

Yes Headfairy, I'm afraid that's not true.
From the FSA:

"In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, unpasteurised cow milk for drinking can only be sourced from TB-free herds. It can also only be sold direct from farms or direct from the farmer via routes such as farmers markets and milk rounds or as part of a farm catering operation. Products made with unpasteurised milk, such as some cheeses, are more widely available and must be labelled as being ?made with raw milk? or ?made with unpasteurised milk? at point of sale. Unpasteurised dairy products can be sold in Scotland, but it is illegal to sell unpasteurised milk for drinking in Scotland."