Both are powerfully flavor cheeses, and either or both are frequently used as the sole Cheese in most American homes, you will find Parmigiano (Parmigiano-Reggiano, the official imported name, as produced in Bologna Italy) the more popular by far because of the commercialization by Kraft (GAG), but in Italian households, especially those from Italy, you could start a vendetta, and put generations at risk saying that either are better!!
Romano, (Pecorino-Romano comes from just outside beautiful Rome) generally much firmer and a bit more stingy, was used exclusively in central, and southern Italian homes, as it was considered a pasta cheese, and had a romantic story connected to it, something about a rivalry between two very handsome Italian men, (as if there were any other kind, but I digress from my digression) for the hand of a beautiful and warm, Italian woman, ...(nope, I'm not going there) Elisabetta!
Guiseppe, the son of a very wealthy banker, and the son of a modest dairy farmer named Paolo.... to make a long story short, the poor kid brought the parents of Elisabetta a basket of assorted Romano cheeses, and won their approval take their daughter's hand, (not a very good deal on poor Paolo's part IMHO, what in the hell are you gonna do with only a hand anyway...?) and ended (gulp, been there done that) with their marriage, Guiseppe, got the younger sister ...(He lost? What must she have looked like...yikes) Now it could have all changed if Guiseppe would have brought Dad a Ferrari, 456M GT 2+2 GT sports car, but I think he was much better off keeping the car, and by now wishes he would have driven off to Rome with it empty!! That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!!
you will find Parmigiano (Parmigiano-Reggiano, the official imported name, as produced in Bologna Italy) the more popular by far because of the commercialization by Kraft (GAG),Actually, Parmigiano-Reggiano® is a registered trademark for a specific type of Parmesan cheese made in in Northern Italy, more precisely in the areas around Parma and Reggio Emilia.
What Kraft makes is marginally "Parmesan cheese," or maybe "parmesan cheese food," but it is not Parmigiano-Reggiano®.
Your statement is equivalent to saying that a Ford makes Ferrari's of various types, including the Ford Escort. Ford and Ferrari both make automobiles, but Fords are not Ferraris. Kraft and the artisans from Parma and Reggio that make genuine Parmigiano-Reggiano® both make cheese, but Kraft cheese is not Parmigiano-Reggiano®
Well, turkey is NOT one of my specialties, but here's MY own special creation for the bird after A Merc-Style Thanksgiving:
TURKEY PIGEONS
1. Take the breast meat and leg/thigh meat of one badly-cooked turkey.
2. Slice thick; let slices sit in the freezer unwrapped for a day or two.
3. Take to my favorite shooting range - economize by using slices as substitute clay pigeons.
4. Buy a turkey sandwich from Marie Callenders, scarf it down, and fantasize that I made the turkey sandwich.
*SIGH!!* I just love a romantic story with a happy ending!! ...especially when it involves cheese And you tell it so well...heheheh