# Would you put parmesan on this dish?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-parmesan-on-this-dish/955856 "2021-12-10T21:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-parmesan-on-this-dish/955856/21 "2021-12-11T13:54:21Z")

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In my mind, parm and beef don’t go together. However, I would try it on a spoonful to see if I’m right.

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**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-parmesan-on-this-dish/955856/22 "2021-12-12T16:01:27Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> I wouldn’t. On the other hand I wouldn’t put parmesan on anything else, either, because it has an aftertaste reminiscent of vomit. Thanks, butyric acid.

And a smell like vomit. Oddly, I never noticed until a visitor arrived while I was cooking pizza loaded with parmesan and asked “Who vomited?”. Even more oddly, I don’t care, I love the stuff, which I find odd because who smells vomit and goes “Yummm, can’t wait til that’s out of the oven.”

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-parmesan-on-this-dish/955856/23 "2021-12-12T17:17:50Z")

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But what do you put on a bolognese, which is a beef ragu? Typically, parm.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-parmesan-on-this-dish/955856/24 "2021-12-12T17:21:20Z")

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Put it on and call it fusion cuisine.

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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-put-parmesan-on-this-dish/955856/25 "2021-12-12T21:25:36Z")

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Don’t think I ever had bolognese then, and I just don’t think parm and beef belong in the same dish. If I eat spaghetti with meat sauce I just don’t add cheese (oh the heresy!).

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