“Expressing” My Thoughts

NYC... what a place! It’s the greatest concentration of culture and art in the world. Oh yeah, and then there’s the restaurants. This week I’m featuring The Klee Brasserie in my blog.

You may have read about Klee. It seems the chef’s wife (and co –owner) had some surplus breast milk frozen at home, so the chef created “My Spouse’s Mommy Milk Cheese.” First, I will say it was never on the menu, but the chef was inviting people to try it out. And many did. I saw Kelly Ripa and Andy Richter checking it out on the Regis and Kelly Show.

Don’t we have enough varieties of cheese already? There must be thousands. Was there really a market for breast milk cheese? Do cheese mongers really have a wait list for “Wham Bam Thank You Cheddar Mam?”

A few months back PETA approached Ben and Jerry’s about making breast milk ice cream instead of “torturing” cows for their milk. Fortunately, the guys at Ben and Jerry’s turned it down (although I wouldn’t have minded trying out a dish of the new flavor… NiceRackBerry).

After all this I don’t think I have an opinion either way. The supplier of this milk had so much extra in the freezer she said she would have felt bad throwing it away. That makes some sense. Breast milk ice cream, breast milk cheese, and even breast milk soup may appear odd to the average consumer of ice cream, cheese, and cream soups. We may enjoy cheese with copious mold, or ice cream made from cows' milk that comes from hairy, smelly animals treated with hormones, antibiotics, and who knows what else, but we are squeamish when it comes to ingesting human milk.

I think it all comes down to what’s ethical, and believe me, I’m the last person to ask about that.

Why the fuss? Sheesh... have you ever seen a cow up close? Or a dairy farm for that matter? Not pretty for the most part. How is breast milk cheese any weirder than, “Hey, let's go drink something that comes out of a large four-legged mammal’s less than attractive udder.” This is a question of beast milk vs. breast milk.

And let’s not forget that delicious golden honey is essentially bee vomit.... do you reel in disgust every time you see someone enjoy Honey Nut Cheerios?

Oh… so what did people who tried it think? One of the reviews said, "It was slippery, slightly crunchy and tasted like pickles." OMG, crunchy? Mmmm, that’s how I want my cheese to be; a combination of Kraft singles and cheese puffs all in once slice. Dee-lish!

OK, I’m done with this one. One last thing about the Klee Brasserie… DO NOT try the organic lemonade.

PS. You don’t know how hard I tried to work in a “cut the cheese” line in here, but just couldn’t come up with the right phrasing.