Cottage & Ricotta Cheeses??

[LimeSlice]

Netix - Until recently ALL cheeses had to pasturised if manufactured in Australia, and it was next to impossible to purchase OS cheese that hadnt been pasturised either. This includes sheep and goats milk cheeses too. When you buy cheese, check where it is manufactured, as it is possible to get unpasturised cheeses here now. You are more likely to find these at a delicatessen, rather then in the fridge at the supermarket. So always ask if it is pasturised, tell them you are pregnant so you need to know.
Im not sure exactly what cheese you are talking about, but if it is like cheese spread, tehn there isnt much cheese in it anyway! lol But it should be fine. The ones you absolutely need to steer clear of are blue cheeses, bries and camamberts as the mould and cultures can be wvery dangerous for the baby.

[Kitt3n]

Netix, i have been eating the MooCow cheese (as we call it) - i figure it is closest to Philly so its all good

[Netix]

Thank you LimeSlice. Hmm, I'm not sure where this cheese is actually made.... You know, it doesn't actually say! It may have been on the ribbon bit that I ripped off yesterday to give some to Steph, which I threw out.

My Brother said to me yesterday as he read the ribbon (which has all the ingredients on it) that it is probably full of preservatives, so it might be okay!

He also told me about how they make cheese overseas.... Particularly some parts of Europe. France actually, as part of the EU agreement covers how cheese is made. Ie, it has to be hygienic! Apparently a lot of the cheeses made there have "lost their great flavours" due to this requirement. (Read: the cheese no longer has cow pats or anything else in them! Eeewww! ) Also a lot of the OS cheese didn't have to be pasturised before this agreement. I don't know how long its been in place, but

I have never really liked the blue cheeses, bries, and camembert, so avoiding those is a sinch. I can't understand why anyone would eat them anyway. Again, eeeew.

Kitt3n, we grew up eating it too, and think we may have called it that when we were young, then the French name (La Vache qui rit) so that our Grandmother understood easier, and Mum always called it that. Do you think its like Philly? I think Philly tastes a lot stronger, but maybe that is because when I eat Philly, I eat a LOT more of it!
I'm eating la vache qui rit on bread as I type!

[LimeSlice]

Netix - your brother is right about the EU agreements, although you can still get cheeses in France etc that are still farm made, the same way you can get salami that is still homemade. Although whilst a lot of the flavours can be lost through these newer practices, they are still made with 'cow parts' lol However, that cheese spread we buy at the supermarket certainly doesnt have too many cow parts in it!!
Is the laughing cow cheese you are talking about BabyBel? the little red ones?

[LimeSlice]

grr....ate my post so this was a new one, now its back again and doubled this one!! lol

[Netix]

LS, No, its not the babybel. This cheese (I am sure I have seen it on the SHELF at coles, but my Mum and Bro disagree, so maybe Im wrong about that??), comes in a small cardboard box, which is round and about the diameter of a CD. On the front it says "The Laughing Cow La Vache qui rit", and has a picture of a red laughing cow (just its head) and some of the cheese being spread on a cracker. (I got the box out of the fridge, that why all the detail). I have seen it in the coolers at the deli too.
I think its delicious. Our old cat did too, and once he would smell it opened, he would be literally all over us to get a bit.

[Kitt3n]

well, i think it would be classified as a cream cheese spread - and you know what, apart from wrapping myself in a bubble its the only thing i am not giving up being pregnant.....!! (i mean, i just CAN"T!!)

[LimeSlice]

Netix - La Vache qui rit is a medium-soft cheese, so moderation hun!!

[Netix]

Moderation? Okay. I'm managing to limit myself to one little portion per day. At least its portioned, if it wasn't I would eat the lot in one sitting. That would also make it just one portion.
Would I have to moderate babybel?

[LimeSlice]

*double post*