Settle a serious argument between DH and I…

[PinkponyclubOG]

A sharp or even mild cheddar does not belong on top of an authentic Lasagna..

DH is calling me fussy and that I’m turning into my bat shit mother who will only eat straight chips because I am protesting that the flavours don’t go.

It’s doesn’t even melt the same FFS.

I wouldn’t use cheddar but I don’t feel very strongly about someone else using it.

A friend has an Italian mum who makes the sauce using loads of vegetables and hardly any meat. She blends it and makes extremely thin layers of lasagne. I think the version of lasagne we (I) make here probably isn’t really authentic. It’s the pasta course before the meat.

Also - I’m not loving all the people picking at “between DH and I”. Yeah I wouldn’t use it but I understand the OP.

I unfortunately agree with your DH, Cheddar on top. But I also put cheddar cheese on a lot of things I probably shouldn’t 😂🧀

This! Cheese in the white sauce pisses me off.

I don’t think many of us would have commented at all were it not in the context of a thread where the OP is picking at her DH over his choice of cheese on the lasagne that he is cooking 🤷‍♀️.

How many people is it taking to make one lasagne?

Person who's doing the work decides how they do it.

this.

What?

It's not authentic but who cares?! I put garlic in my lasagne which is apparently wrong, use cheese sauce instead of bechemal and use a grated mozzarella and cheddar mix in all layers.

I also like cream in my carbonara and make it with bacon because guanciale is difficult to get hold of and so expensive!!

I make what I like, doesn't matter if it's not how it should be, I don't have Italian ancestry and I don't live in Italy.

I am pro double carbs so I'm clearly a heathen..

@PinkponyclubOG I grew up having lasagne with cheddar on top so that is what I like. And a nice tasty cheddar too. @FishChipsAndVinegarPlease sharp cheddar is what Americans call tasty or mature cheddar. I don't actually like mozzarella, I don't think it has much flavour, and I think parmesan tastes like stinky feet, so it's cheddar all the way for me. I don't care whether it's authentic, I like what I like.

I am so happy you have shared this when OP is concerned about cheddar. This has made my day!

Thanks for the fun tonight, good to read about the variations all wrong of course

We have had our lasagne, to my request it was topped with a burnt butter béchamel, Parmesan and mozzarella and we stayed well clear of the cheddar and DH said it was the best lasagne he has ever had..

Am I the only one who puts both bechamel and cheese between every layer, not just on top? 😮

I agree and I would also say it's lasagne

Personally I think that people put too much cheese in lasagne as well. Should just be on top, and be parmesan or pana granada.

I do mozzarella and Parmesan. But I also add Parmesan into the béchamel so probably not authentic

"It’s DH and me. The other person should always come first and the trick to knowing whether it’s me or I is to leave the other person out as a PP has said."

I think the years I spent learning Latin at secondary school mean that I've never had any problem distinguishing subject from object. Similarly German, Russian and other languages where sentence structure and endings are everything. That and a very strict, old school English language teacher.

Add the juice of a crushed garlic clove to your white sauce (and a shit load of strong cheddar). Thank me later.

"It's the wrong cheese, Gromit!"

Also, why is everyone spelling it "lasagna"?

Garfield spells it Lasagna....

Cheesy lasagne every time . Tasteless without

It defo isn’t!

I do a topping of béchamel, then grated cheddar, and slices of mozzarella

No, I always do this. But I use Cheddar (or better, Red Leicester). Not in Italy so can do my lasagne any way I choose, I think. Mozarella is a bit like eating soap, sadly.

Subject of the sentence 'DH and I', object of the sentence 'DH and me'. Also, it is usually (but not always) clear which to use if you take out the other person/thing.

Well cheddar because I'm not Italian. But if I was Italian I,d be horrified. So I'm piggy in the middle here.