NYC Chef Adds Mother's Milk Cheese To Menu

PETA, who has urged Ben & Jerry's to use human breast milk in the past, is all for chef Daniel Angerer, owner of the New York City restaurant Klee Brasserie, adding "Mommy's Milk" cheese to his menu. The item is made possible by his lactating wife, and he's offered up a host of images and the recipe on his own website—it includes 4 cups mother’s milk, yogurt, rennet and sea salt. The chef admits that he "was concerned... I wondered if it was ethical," but has decided to make it available after some thought and recipe testing; he recently told Grub Street, "It tastes just like really sweet cow’s milk." As for PETA, they say don't knock it til you try it... but would you?

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By Jen Carlson in Food on March 6, 2010 4:45 PM

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matty

Man, I could really go for a big ball of breast milk cheese right about now. Too bad I don't live in New York!

laisla

Make it yourself!

AYCE

This idea is a bit too Clockwork Orange for my tastes, but hey, cheers!

Ph

Can I suckle it from his wife's tits? That'd make it worth the price of admission.

bitchincamaro

For real. Original container or GTFO.

laisla

I wish I could lactate cheese!

Tempogain

Idea born: forget cheese, chain of "fresh milk" joints

thatgirl1

What happens if she has some sort of disease that is transmitted through bodily fluids? I don't really know so much about the cheesemaking process, but I know that animal's milk is treated to get rid of bacteria and stuff...I wonder if he does something to the breast milk? I just wonder if it would even be possible to transmit disease that way...kind of weird.

laisla

Well, one would assume she receives medical attention before sharing her milk with ours. This is because this is the norm in milk sharing situations.

Yes, communicable diseases and things like caffeine and alcohol can be passed through the milk if proper precautions are not made.

But really, cheese is all about bacterial growth.

atearandasmile

felixthecat - YES THEY DO! I have emails from PETA defending this very stance that they took and continue to take on Vick's dogs. So, YES INDEED THEY DO! I like a good debate, but ignorant running off at the mouth is profoundly irritating, and a major waste of my time! Why don't you go do a little research other than on forums and in the tabloids, you might actually learn something that has value and credence.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

I also received their emails and literature. I am a vanguard member. So please stop with all this attack on one of our largest animal right group. Ignorant like yours hurts the animals. Deal with the animal abusers as the dog fighters, pet shops, breeders, etc. no one will agree 100% with any group but to attack them hurts the animals. so please stop with this craziness. This meanness in the a/R movement only hurts the animals. If you want to focus on the pitbulls then please do so but no need to attack Peta or to spread such lies.

youngpro

you're a 'vanguard' member. does that mean you get a little star badge for your courage and hard work in spreading lies?

peta vanguard member status = colgate cavity patrol!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

in March 1983, the Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported the results of the largest study of this kind ever undertaken. Researchers in Michigan State and other major univerisities found that, by the age of 65 in the United States

Male vegetarian had an average measurable bone loss of 3%

Male meat eaters had an average measurable bone loss of 7%

female vegetarian had an average measurable bone loss of 18%

female meat eaters had an average measureable bone loss of 35%

note there are studies that link colon cancer to high protein diets.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Human milk contains 5% of calories as protein while cow milk contains 15% of calories of protein. Nature seems to be telling us that little babies, whose bodies are growing the fastest they will ever grow in their life, and whose protein needs are thereafter at a maximum, are best served by the very modest level of 5% protein.

African Bantu women take in only 350 mg of calcium per day. They bear 9 children during their lifetime and breast feed them for 2 years. They never have calcium deficiency, seldom break a bone, rarely lose a tooth. They are on a low-protein diet that doesn't kick the calcium out of the body. The dairy industry has said that the Bantus' far higher bone densities on much lower calcium intakes may be due to genetic factors. But genetic relatives of the Bantus living in the United States, and eating the standard american diet style, have levels of osteroporosis that equal those of their white neighbors.

Eskimos have the highest dietary calcium intake of any people in the world and they diet is high in protein and they have one of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/27/9/916

http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/50-B/1/2

atearandasmile

I would NEVER eat in that restaurant! That is just plain nasty! I am vegan but think PETA is a sick group of people. They are hypocrites and attempt to mislead and brainwash. PETA believes that the dogs rescued from the clutches of Michaal Sick Vick should have ALL been put to death. PETA regrets that some of the dogs found loving homes. PETA regrets that one of the dogs is a certified therapy dog. PETA believes that the remaineder of the dogs that live at Best Friends' Animal Sanctuary should also be put to death. Now look up the word hypocracy in the dictionary!

laisla

Breastmilk is nasty? Seriously?

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

No, they don't and why don't you focus on all the animal abusers instead of attacking PETA? Boy what a friend you are for the animals. with friends like you, who needs enemies?

S.K.

I can imagine the day when human breast milk catches on- big-breasted women laborers would have pumps attached to their breasts, just like their bovine counterparts.