# ID this cheese **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833 "2015-04-04T21:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833/21 "2015-04-06T22:11:39Z")
> [@Butterscotch](#): > > It looks like parmigiano reggiano to me too. I agree. Or maybe a [Pecorino Romano.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecorino_Romano) ---
**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833/22 "2015-04-07T01:05:21Z")
Definitely not Mimolette, definitely Gouda. As for age, at least 36 months. 5-years? Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833/23 "2015-04-07T04:20:52Z")
> [@Butterscotch](#): > > It looks like parmigiano reggiano to me too. The “reggiano” bit refers to the region it is made in, there’s another kind called parmigiano Grana Padano which is made in a different region. Parmigiano vacche rosse is made from the milk of a herd of red cows that have some ancient bloodline link to the reggiano region. Any other parmigiano reggiano must come from that region and is made with milk from other breeds of cow, who still graze in the region… Nitpick but grana padana is made in a much wider area of Italy (the Po Valley to be specific) whereas parmigiano reggiano is limited to the area around Parma in the Emilia-Romagna. Like parmigiano reggiano, grana padano is also a PDO. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833/24 "2015-04-07T16:43:26Z")
> [@Waterman](#): > > Nitpick but grana padana is made in a much wider area of Italy (the Po Valley to be specific) whereas parmigiano reggiano is limited to the area around Parma in the Emilia-Romagna. Like parmigiano reggiano, grana padano is also a PDO. The region where Grana Padano is made is indeed huge, but the region where you can make Reggiano is more than the Parma area. The Reggiano region comprises of these provinces: Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna - west of Reno river and Mantova - south of the Po. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833/25 "2015-04-08T04:58:36Z")
> [@Butterscotch](#): > > The region where Grana Padano is made is indeed huge, but the region where you can make Reggiano is more than the Parma area. The Reggiano region comprises of these provinces: Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna - west of Reno river and Mantova - south of the Po. I should have been more specific in calling out what I believe was an incorrect reference to “parmigiano Grana Padano”. Also, the defined areas for Reggiano include the municipalities on the right bank of the river Po in the province of Mantua (Mantova is a portion of the municipality of Mantua) and those municipalities on the left bank of the river Reno in the province of Bologna. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheese/716833.md?page=1)