Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters - eviltoast

Sure why not? Add to the delicious medley of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants, what could go wrong!

  • senoro@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    No you’re good. I can see it being like a way to try and verify where the cheese you’re buying comes from but embedding it in the rind seems a bit excessive when you could just use a tag with a private key signature on it that comes with the cheese.

    Out of curiosity, do you know any dishes that use a sauce made of parmegianno regianno rind that someone who is a beginner-amateur (at best) at cooking could make? Or are these dishes quite complicated generally? I have always just thrown out the rind so finding out you can use it to make sauces and it’s the most flavourful part is life changing for me.

    • moody@lemmings.world
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      1 year ago

      Look up a Mornay sauce.

      Basically, it’s a bechamel sauce with cheese added to it. It can be any cheese, but Parmigiano is common. Very simple to make.