Poll: Mommy's Milk Cheese Anyone?
By T. Kallmyer on Mar 9, 2010
In this age of political correctness and the outcry for the humane treatment of animals, some are really thinking outside the box.
Chef Daniel Angerer has been serving up cheese made from his wife's breast milk in his New York City restaurant.
The chef said that he is always curious about new flavors so he decided that he would see what cheese from his wife's breast milk tasted like. Well apparently it was a hit with his taste buds because he began serving it on the menu calling it "Mommy's Milk Cheese".
His recipe isn't exclusive and David proudly lists it on his blog for you to try at home. Well, you will need a willing milk donor of course.
My Spouse's Mommy Milk Cheese Making Experiment (basic recipe using 8 cups of any milk - yields about ½ pound cheese)Save the cows, milk the mommies.........
- 4 cups mother's milk
- 1½-teaspoon yogurt (must be active cultured yogurt)
- 1/8-tablet rennet (buy from supermarket, usually located in pudding section)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt such as Baline
Source: Inhabitots.com
Would you try "Mommy's Milk Cheese"?
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Created / Updated: March 11, 2010
There's just something so wrong with that. And then to serve it in a restaurant? ewww
ReplyI'm seriously ill right now, and I love cheese. I don't know what is worse, this chefs idea or that horible cheese picture that goes with this article :p
ReplyNumber one- this is just wrong. It's like the whole PETA thing with Ben and Jerry's. Just grosses me out.
Number two- I don't see how this would "save the cows" considering it has rennet in the recipe. Rennet is an enzyme in cows' stomaches. They have to kill the cow to get it. Just sayin'...
ReplyThey have plant-derived rennet too.
ReplyApparently, someone in Switzerland *tried* to put human milk on a menu — food inspectors were not happy!
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Breast_milk_menu_too_titillating_for_diners.html?cid=995000
ReplyThe only reason people are disgusted by this is because it's not a habit in our culture. Why is something that is the staple of our diet when we're young something that is disgusting when we get older? There's nothing that should make human milk any more disgusting than milk from a cow or a goat, it's just our habits.
ReplyYou can be alone in your perversion for drinking mother's milk.
ReplyThat's not the correct use of "perversion" in a sentence, but either way right now the poll has 31 people who would be willing to try it and only 30 that say no way, so I'm obviously not alone.
ReplyAhhh ArrowSmith, rude as always...
I'm with you Ann, why the hell not! We eat caviar (fish babies) and that incredible pate made from the over-fed geese, and this seems disgusting? Not at all. I'm not saying I would voraciously devour the whole thing, but I'd certainly have a taste. And it has to be easier for the human body to digest than complex cow’s cheese?
With regards stealing milk from the baby; a woman who keeps nursing can keep producing milk. Ever heard of a wet nurse?
ReplyPersonally, I would try it if I knew the donor. However, for people who wouldn't, I can understand because people do drink and eat cow and goat dairy products, but they also eat their meat. You don't eat human meat, so I can see why people would feel uncomfortable drinking their milk.
ReplyOk, that's pretty awesome! Too bad I'm all the way across the country.
ReplyWell...
ReplyI can't believe that the wife is willing to be a donor like that, doesn't she need the milk to feed a child?
Does the FDA know about this?
There are children in this country that can only have breast milk and the parents have to buy the milk because of an illness in the mother. Maybe they should be thinking about donating the milk. How much does "Mommys milk cheese" go for in his restaurant?
Good point, Rose!
For me;
Personally... yuk!
Ethically... yuk!
Not judging, just my instinct.
We've all been weaned presumably - no need to go back.
ReplyYou make a good point. After I had my daughter last year, I had a major oversupply of milk, and I looked into donating it. Unfortunately, your only options are:
1) Donate it to a milk bank, where it will be pasteurized (destroying many of its healing properties), and then slapped with $2.00+ PER OUNCE price tag--great if the recipient can afford the $1,440 per month (minimum) that adds up to, or if their health insurance will cover it; not feasible for most people.
2) Donate it privately, and risk being sued by the recipient if their child gets ill.
It sounded like a good idea...
ReplyOkay, there's a reason mommy's milk only lasts for a short period of time (relatively speaking), provided she keeps her supply in demand. Once the demand is gone, no more milk. That's NATURE'S way of providing nutrients to BABIES. If nature intended adults to drink mommy's milk or turn it into cheese, we women would be stuck in dairy houses pumping away from the age of puberty. This is just repulsive on so many levels.
ReplyThe only reason the demand is gone is because a woman weans the child off of her milk. While there are certainly practical reasons to do this, it doesn't actually have to be done. Some women breastfeed until the child is 3 or 4 years old or longer. In theory, a woman could continue breastfeeding her child into its adulthood, but there are other reasons we don't, not because it's not physically possible.
ReplyLol I nursed my second son and reading that article made my stomach turn.
ReplyDoesn't that violate some sort of health code? You would think that you would have to get a special license to prove that you are pasteurizing the milk first and all that other stuff. I would most definitely NOT eat "mother's milk" cheese, even if I knew the donor. It just seems a tad creepy. Plus it probably doesn't taste all that great, either.
ReplyI wouldn't try it because I don't know the donor's health history. I am surprised that the restaurant was licensed to sell this.
Other than the health concerns, I see nothing wrong with it. You people think milk from a human breast (made for humans) is "gross" but milk from the pus-encrusted, dirty teats of abused, hormone-injected cows is perfectly acceptable?
Spectra, human milk is slightly sweet (yep, tasted my own); I'll bet the cheese is delicious.
ReplyAnother sad pervert.
ReplyThat was my thought - all kinds of medications and things can be transmitted through breast milk. I'd only try it with my own, or someone I trusted.
ReplySo, before you drink 'normal' milk, you find out about the cows medical history,and if she has been given medication lately, do you?
We seem to have forgotten, milk (any milk) is baby food. Food for babies. Not for adults. Why on earth are you consuming it anyway - whatever the source? Do you also eat jars of baby food, and snack on rusks when you're hungry?
ReplyI try to be as liberal thinking as I can with regards to food and diet.
However, this one is going to take me awhile to get used to.
Thats if I can.
ReplyWhat will wealthy pretentious NYC people come up with next? Never mind, I don't want to know....
ReplyKilling the good stuff in milk; ie pasteurizing and homoginizing, has only been around for less than 80 years. It is not done for consumer safety but, only for the convenience of the dairy farmers. How did we humans ever survive thousands of years drinking raw milk?
Do lactating women not have sex? Do their lovers not occasionally get a mouth full by "accident"? I've never had a lactating lover but, I've heard that it's pretty tasty.
Why is milk for baby COWS more acceptable than milk that was designed for humans?
OTOH, if this catches on, dairy cows will go extinct. We wouldn't need cow milk any more.
ReplyWell, looks like the New York Health Dept. rode in on their white horses to save the city........He had to take it of the menu and it can't be on the premises.. A food critic, Gael Green tried and reviewed it here. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-09/breast-milk-cheese/
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