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This is very exciting! (Speaking as a good customer of Trader Joe's "Grana Padano" Parmesano Reggiano and Kerrygold cheddar.) But the list of illnesses cheese

by ncmncm 4y ago

This is very exciting! (Speaking as a good customer of Trader Joe's "Grana Padano" Parmesano Reggiano and Kerrygold cheddar.) But the list of illnesses cheese seems to protect against appears to match complications from fatty-liver disease, AKA metabolic syndrome, which is apparently caused by excess ingestion of fructose and/or alcohol, and prevalent in the UK and all its former colonies. It is as if the cheese is protecting people against absorption of dietary fructose. Or alcohol? As I understand it, intestinal bacteria are well equipped to neutralize fructose, provided absorption is delayed long enough to give them a crack at it. How cheese would aid this is a mystery.

Youden 4y ago
So you know, Grana Padano isn't a kind of Parmigiano-Reggiano, it's a similar but different kind of cheese. A quick Google shows that Trader joes markets it as "Grana Padano Parmesan" so I don't blame you for the confusion. If you really enjoy it, I'd recommend trying to get your hands on DOP Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano and comparing the two to taste the difference. IMO, Parmigiano-Reggiano is absolutely the best cheese to put on top of things, but I'm in Europe where it costs next to nothing, even DOP.
- raxxorraxor 4y ago
  You get them in almost all aromatic qualities in France and Italy. Touched a pinch of one of the strongest hard cheeses I could find there. Tasted extremely strong but awesome. Still, I scrubbed, showered and bathed but it did not matter. My hand smelled of cheese for two days straight. And this was a hard cheese, imagine what its softer brothers could do.
- ncmncm 4y ago
  The way I had understood it was that regular Reggiano was aged 2 years, Grana Padano 3, and Stravecchio 4. It appears I have been mistaken. Checking, it says 18 months...
  - Youden 4y ago
    The difference isn't just age. Grana Padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano are different cheeses, just like Camembert and Brie are different cheeses. Since they're both PDO, you can read the detailed requirements [0,1]. The differences are primarily the regions where they're produced and how the milk is processed. Stravecchio is just an adjective that means "old" or "mature" [2] and can be applied to any kind of cheese, wine, or whatever. [0]: https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/static/3bb2ed0dbce70d6851a111b1a8bd43ab/1d0c8e670c96c56f898e93203342681d.pdf https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/static/3bb2ed0dbce70d6851... [1]: https://www.granapadano.it/public/file/Production-Specification-RulesNov12-38345.pdf https://www.granapadano.it/public/file/Production-Specificat... [2]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/italian-english/stravecchio https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/italian-english/...

by ncmncm 4y ago

Youden 4y ago

So you know, Grana Padano isn't a kind of Parmigiano-Reggiano, it's a similar but different kind of cheese. A quick Google shows that Trader joes markets it as "Grana Padano Parmesan" so I don't blame you for the confusion. If you really enjoy it, I'd recommend trying to get your hands on DOP Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano and comparing the two to taste the difference. IMO, Parmigiano-Reggiano is absolutely the best cheese to put on top of things, but I'm in Europe where it costs next to nothing, even DOP.

raxxorraxor 4y ago
You get them in almost all aromatic qualities in France and Italy. Touched a pinch of one of the strongest hard cheeses I could find there. Tasted extremely strong but awesome. Still, I scrubbed, showered and bathed but it did not matter. My hand smelled of cheese for two days straight. And this was a hard cheese, imagine what its softer brothers could do.
ncmncm 4y ago
The way I had understood it was that regular Reggiano was aged 2 years, Grana Padano 3, and Stravecchio 4. It appears I have been mistaken. Checking, it says 18 months...
- Youden 4y ago
  The difference isn't just age. Grana Padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano are different cheeses, just like Camembert and Brie are different cheeses. Since they're both PDO, you can read the detailed requirements [0,1]. The differences are primarily the regions where they're produced and how the milk is processed. Stravecchio is just an adjective that means "old" or "mature" [2] and can be applied to any kind of cheese, wine, or whatever. [0]: https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/static/3bb2ed0dbce70d6851a111b1a8bd43ab/1d0c8e670c96c56f898e93203342681d.pdf https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/static/3bb2ed0dbce70d6851... [1]: https://www.granapadano.it/public/file/Production-Specification-RulesNov12-38345.pdf https://www.granapadano.it/public/file/Production-Specificat... [2]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/italian-english/stravecchio https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/italian-english/...