Breast Milk Cheese Mom: Bon Appe-teat!

A chef and his wife, whose breast milk has been used to make cheese, are beating back criticism that the human dairy product is unsafe.

"I eat healthier than your average cow and I'm not pumped full of steroids!" Lori Mason, who co-owns Klee Brasserie in New York with her chef husband, Daniel Angerer, told the New York Post.

Though the cheese is not against health codes, city officials have advised diners to take a pass. The Post reports, however, that several curious diners showed up to the couple's restaurant Tuesday to try a sample.

"It was slippery, slightly crunchy and tasted like pickles," a New York cheese shop owner told the newspaper. "I give it a thumbs down."

Angerer posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." A photo features the cheese encrusted with maple caramelized pumpkin and Concord grapes.

They had an overabundance of milk for their newborn, Arabella Caroline. When their small freezer ran out of space, Angerer decided to experiment.

Angerer says his cooking instincts tend toward things natural. But even he admits: "THIS is a whole other level of 'natural."'

He told the Post that he does not intend to sell the cheese at his restaurant.

"I tried it and I'm still alive," Angerer said. "The baby eats it all day long and she's fine too."

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[wdh3007]

This is gross what will they think of next pee soup.

[agarwal1]

you read my mind!!!
This is what is going to be next:
- Soup made of pee of Straight men for gays
- Soup made of pee of gays for transgenders
- Soup made of pee of Transgender men for Bisexual

Jelly beans made out of Buggers and childs salyva

meat food made out of dead human bodies - the logic will be well, it is comming from freshly dead!!

I NEED TO THROUGH UP NOW ....!!!!

[byrdh5n1]

through????? If you're going to rant, at least get the grammar right....

[tmittelstaed]

There's plenty of women who would love to feed their babies real human breast milk but can't because they don't produce enough, or there's a problem producing it. That is why breast milk banks exist. It is a shame that they did not donate the extra breast milk to a milk bank. Breast milk is very important for babies since it passes antibodies to the baby that the baby does not get on formula.

[proudmilvet]

I'm a Vegan. I wonder if i can have this?

[pragmatist1]

Milk straight from the cow without being pasteurized is not allowed for human consumption, so why would this be any different? Also, we don't know what type of bacteria or contaminants are being passed through this woman's milk, regardless of whether or not the kid hasn't bee adversely affected. The NYC Health Dept. needs to aggressively look into this. The chef sounds goofy enough to use it in other food preparations on the unsuspecting patrons.

[Nate650]

Not allowed by who? Pasteurized milk is not nearly as nutritious as raw milk. Many people who are "lactose intolerant" can drink raw milk just fine because pasteurization destroys the enzyme lactase, which is necessary to digest lactose. California has passed a law to allow the sale of raw milk, and I've found it at various places such as Whole Foods and Falletti Foods in San Francisco. I predict a movement of going back to traditional foods within ten years once people realize how crappy the food we produce today is as compared with the food our ancestors ate :)

[JavMD]

wow, I hope this is NOT part of the NAtional HEALTH CARE plan proposed by the WHite HOUSE !

[agarwal1]

This is a part of that healthcare plan - to GET NON-SUB-HUMAN BEING LIKE YOU ALL HEAT UP THEN DIE.

[rondivoo]

This dude is an odd-ball AND he is obviously seeking publicity for his restaurant by reporting this to the media outlets. It sounds gross and probably is.

[taxchurches]

A lot of people are missing the point. Products made from humans are MORE dangerous than products made from other animals. Species pass disease primarily amongst their own (this is why cannibalism is unsafe). There are a lot more diseases you can catch from another person than you can catch from a cow.

[pragmatist1]

If these people had any sense, they'd consider donating the extra breast milk to organizations that distribute breast milk donations to infants with AIDS, or infants overseas in poverty-stricken areas. One such organization has information at www.breastmilkproject.org/. I don't trust a chef not also considering using the leftovers in other recipes. Disgusting.

[amerilatino]

From all the bad habits I've seen people have, I would NEVER drink breast milk from a stranger or eat cheese made thereof, just as I would never have unprotected sex with a woman I did not know well or consume anything I thought might have been tampered with. YUCK.

[tpeks40]

It's like eating cheese made from monkeys, since we're only a chromosome or 2 away. There's a reason that we drink milk and eat cheese from goats, sheep, and cows; it tastes good. Notice the pattern here...grass grazing herd animals, not upright standing meat eaters.