Cheese Lovers / was Ross/Cheese

[Guest guest]

I haven't spoken much yet, but I do have something to add about the cheese. I am

vegan, but in my past I was known to melt cheddar cheese in a bowl and just eat

it straight. In other words, I was a cheese freak! I didn't think I could live

without it. Then one day I read about the horrors that occur to the poor animals

that they get the cheese from, and I quit. Just like that. My suggestion to

anyone wanting to go completely vegan is to read the " Why Vegan? " pamplet from

Vegan Outreach and to do some research on the dairy industry and how evil they

are. I don't care if you get your cheese from a small farm with " humane

treatment, " the cows are probably still given horomones and their poor udders

are still painfully swollen from producing more milk then their bodies were

intended to do to feed their babies, not humans. Cheese is the mold made from

cows milk, which is pus and mucous, amoung other things.

 

Pat <veggiehound wrote:

 

> Would you mind sharing how you got off cheese? It is the only thing

> keeping me from being vegan... Thanks for any advice.

 

I'd be interested in finding out how very difficult it is for people to leave

cheese

alone. Could others answer too???

 

Is it because you can't do without the taste? Or the habit of having a snack of

cheese and crackers or pickles or apple or whatever? Or is it because cheese

is easy for vegetarians to add to their meals instead of me*t? Or is it because

cheese is in so many veggie things when you go out to eat? Something else?

(starting to sound like a poll or survey heh heh heh)

 

Really wondering!

 

Best, Pat ;=)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I believe everyone that's tasted cheese loves it. As for getting off of

cheese, my approach was simply buying sliced soy cheese for sandwiches.....

and the shredded stuff for other dishes calling for regular shredded cheese.

The main item in quitting the milk products was the way it produced a

noticeable amount of mucus in my system. After eating a lasagna with a glass

of milk followed but a bowl of ice cream... I'd wake up in the morning with

my eyes puffy..... a stuffy nose... sleep in my eyes .... and a dry mouth.

I'm not fond of any of the symptoms that milk products give me so it wasn't

that hard for me to choose the soy substitute.

 

I hope this is a little bit of a help Pat

Tom Guidry

 

> Would you mind sharing how you got off cheese? It is the only thing

> keeping me from being vegan... Thanks for any advice.

 

I'd be interested in finding out how very difficult it is for people to

leave cheese

alone. Could others answer too???

 

Is it because you can't do without the taste? Or the habit of having a snack

of

cheese and crackers or pickles or apple or whatever? Or is it because cheese

is easy for vegetarians to add to their meals instead of me*t? Or is it

because

cheese is in so many veggie things when you go out to eat? Something else?

(starting to sound like a poll or survey heh heh heh)

 

Really wondering!

 

Best, Pat ;=)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> I believe everyone that's tasted cheese loves it. As for getting off of

> cheese, my approach was simply buying sliced soy cheese for

sandwiches.....

> and the shredded stuff for other dishes calling for regular shredded cheese.

 

This works quite well ;=) You kid yourself you're eating cheese and after a

while you don't really notice that's it's not. A while after that, you start

leaving

the cheese off the sandwich and just upping the amount of greenleaves,

sprouts, cucumber, tomato, etc. etc ;=) At least, I did.

 

> The main item in quitting the milk products was the way it produced a

> noticeable amount of mucus in my system.

 

And the headaches - don't forget the blasted headaches! :=(

 

> I hope this is a little bit of a help Pat

 

Oh yes ;=) The only thing I'd question (and only cuz I've had some experience,

vicariously, of this) is your statement

 

> I believe everyone that's tasted cheese loves it.

 

Not necessarily so. Some peoples who don't traditionally eat cheese find the

taste and smell quite disgusting, despite the fact that they might eat 'cheesy'

fermented soy or whatever in their own cuisine. I think cheese, like olives (and

a whole bunch of strong-tasting foods) is an acquired taste - but some of us

certainly do acquire it quickly - and lose it slowly! :=(

 

Thanks again.

 

Pat