fresh mozz?

MrsMommyQ · June 2013

Going to lunch in a few hours at a reputable restaurant and I can't remember--is fresh mozzarella ok? I'm pretty sure they make it themselves there. But, the chances of them using raw milk are slim--I bet they use pasteurized milk. WWYD? Eat it? Ask? I dont want to be weirdo pregnant lady

lbethke99 · June 2013

I would eat it!

HFrizzle · June 2013

I'm pretty sure they have to use pasteurized. The US doesn't allow unpasteurized cheeses in because of the health risk. Double check with them though.

tmccord21 · June 2013

Ask them if its pasteurized. Usually mozz is. I was at a restaurant last week and asked about their ricotta cause that usually isn't.

ETA- I was in the food service industry almost my whole working life and it's the servers job to either know the answer or find it out for you. So don't worry. Asking is totally ok.

allymp13 · June 2013

I always ask, I'm sure I'm not the first to ask.

tmccord21 · June 2013

HFrizzle:
I'm pretty sure they have to use pasteurized. The US doesn't allow unpasteurized cheeses in because of the health risk. Double check with them though.

I think if it's made locally it doesn't have to be pasteurized. There is a place that makes fresh ricotta here in Brooklyn and it's not. I'm not sure how those restrictions work.

hilaryr98 · June 2013

I am avoiding all soft cheese. But restaurants that make it themselves do not have to be pasteurized. Grocery stores need to sell pasteurized soft cheese. Listeriosis is serious and although rare not worth the risk.

Fruitcove7 · June 2013

I would eat it.

tmccord21 · June 2013

btimes3:
There's a place by me that makes the best salad in the world and I haven't had it since I realized that fresh mozzarella isn't always pasteurized. I can't just ask because their counter staff is generally pretty stupid.* I miss those salads, though, I may just get them without the mozzarella until LO is born.

*Example: The last time I was there, I thought I'd dropped my gym membership card when I was getting money out of my purse. I looked on the floor and the counter and couldn't find it, so I asked the girl behind the counter to keep an eye out in case someone found it. When she heard that I'd dropped it, she looked at me earnestly and said, "It would be on the floor." My friend and I kept randomly saying that and laughing after we left.

tmccord21:
Ask them if its pasteurized. Usually mozz is. I was at a restaurant last week and asked about their ricotta cause that usually isn't.
ETA- I was in the food service industry almost my whole working life and it's the servers job to either know the answer or find it out for you. So don't worry. Asking is totally ok.
Wait, you mean fresh ricotta, right? Not, like, Polly-O?

ya the fresh stuff. The polly-o crap is def pasteurized.

https://www.salvatorebklyn.com/products/

There is this ricotta which is made right here in BK that isn't pasteurized. It's sold in whole foods but because its local they dont have to pasteurize it. It's delicious!!!

BrittanyCupcakes · June 2013

tmccord21:
Ask them if its pasteurized. Usually mozz is. I was at a restaurant last week and asked about their ricotta cause that usually isn't.
ETA- I was in the food service industry almost my whole working life and it's the servers job to either know the answer or find it out for you. So don't worry. Asking is totally ok.

ricotta is made from the whey leftover from making mozzarella. Pretty sure if one is pasteurized, they both are.

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