Cheese and Vegetarians

[Guest guest]

You may have seen or heard this recent news item about Italian mozzarella:

 

http://news./s/ap/20080327/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_mozzarella

 

Additionally, however, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that many cheeses -

especially

those made in the traditional way (which means very very good-tasting cheeses) -

are not

actually vegetarian. Most of you know this, but just in case I have found a link

to a story

from the BBC - dated today:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/entertaining.shtml

 

Even in North American and Australia, etc., members who eat cheese would be wise

to

inquire about how it is made. The offending ingredient, rennet, is NOT listed on

the

package. (Oh dear, that lovely Parmesan, etc.!)

 

For processed cheeses and other dairy products, the addition of animal gelatin

SHOULD be

listed - but if as 'gelatin' without a modifier to indicate it is vegetarian,

then it will be more

likely than not of animal origin.

 

Love and hugs, Pat

[Guest guest]

All the more reason for everyone just to go vegan!

Lol.

 

Actually, I had gotten some really yummy rice shredded " mozeralla " just to

read the packeage (after eating it, duh) to find it had some milk stuffs in it.

The label didn't say it was vegan, but it did say rice, but I still should have

known better.

So, there are alternatives that are yummy (and healthier).

~Kris

 

Pat <drpatsant wrote:

You may have seen or heard this recent news item about Italian

mozzarella:

 

http://news./s/ap/20080327/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_mozzarella

 

Additionally, however, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that many cheeses -

especially

those made in the traditional way (which means very very good-tasting cheeses) -

are not

actually vegetarian. Most of you know this, but just in case I have found a link

to a story

from the BBC - dated today:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/entertaining.shtml

 

Even in North American and Australia, etc., members who eat cheese would be wise

to

inquire about how it is made. The offending ingredient, rennet, is NOT listed on

the

package. (Oh dear, that lovely Parmesan, etc.!)

 

For processed cheeses and other dairy products, the addition of animal gelatin

SHOULD be

listed - but if as 'gelatin' without a modifier to indicate it is vegetarian,

then it will be more

likely than not of animal origin.

 

Love and hugs, Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, Kris, that's happened to me before now too

Then our local cheese shop started stocking

some lovely soy 'parmezan' cheez - and some

marked as being vegan without casein. Wow. But

that didn't last long for reasons unknown to me.

They just started getting in the one _with_

casein. And then after a while stopped that too,

last time I bothered to look. All the rice cheez

they carried had casein in it. The only shreds I

could find - 'mozerella' or american cheez or

whatever it was - also had milk products.

 

So I gave up on cheez except for Toffutti brand

(the only vegan one I can readily get) which IS

vegan - although all they have here are the

slices. Now I don't bother at all, but in a way

that's too bad. Today, for example, I have a

lasagna in the oven for a late lunch (It'll be

out at 1.30) and I faked up the cheezy component

- which is quite easy to do. Anyone interested in

that can check our Faux Foods file - or do we

call it Fakes???? Anyway, it's in the recipes

section of the Files!

 

Love and hugs, Pat

 

> Actually, I had gotten some really yummy rice

> shredded " mozeralla " just to read the packeage

> (after eating it, duh) to find it had some milk

> stuffs in it. The label didn't say it was

> vegan, but it did say rice, but I still should

> have known better.

> So, there are alternatives that are yummy

> (and healthier).

 

 

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