Cheese & rennent??

August 12, 2005

Ok I think I missed a bunch on rennet. I was off my computer all day.

So you are saying that cheese is made with this baby cow enzyme? That sounds

gross too.

I'm not vegan but the more I listen to these confabs... the more grossed out I

get about the food we eat!

GeminiDragon <thelilacflower wrote:

We really do learn something new in this group from one another each day. I'm

very thankful being a member...........Donna

PuterWitch <puterwitch wrote:crying, big time

ok my recipe needs to be altered in the archives, I guess change it to Kraft

American. I guess that is the most comparable

ughhhhhh

-

Melissa Hill

Friday, August 12, 2005 10:15 PM

Re: rennent

Rennet is not from milk, but from a cow's stomach. The

sad thing about rennet is that it HAS to be from a

baby cow that has never had anything other than milk

to eat/drink. Once the cows start to eat other things

the enzymes change and it no longer makes the cheese.

This is what my college bio professor told us. I am

assuming that what was meant by cooper - bad is that

it is animal rennet used in the making and not veggie

enzymes which according to what I learned in bio is

from mushrooms.

I stopped eating cheese a few years ago because in the

US it's very difficult to tell by packaging if it's

veg cheese or not and eating out you most likely will

not be able to tell! Now I am totally vegan. The only

time I ate dairy anymore anyhow was when eating out

and if the cheese wasn't veg I didn't want to eat

it...

~Mel

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August 12, 2005

Not all cheese, some is, some isn't. But in the USA

it's not clearly labeled and you have to verify

ingredients, just like we vegans have to verify the

origins of Vit. D and such...it's a pain. If people

could stop exploiting animals we could eat in peace!

--- J Lyn <poet_atrabilious wrote:

> Ok I think I missed a bunch on rennet. I was off my

> computer all day.

>

> So you are saying that cheese is made with this baby

> cow enzyme? That sounds gross too.

>

> I'm not vegan but the more I listen to these

> confabs... the more grossed out I get about the food

> we eat!

>

> GeminiDragon <thelilacflower wrote:

> We really do learn something new in this group from

> one another each day. I'm very thankful being a

> member...........Donna

>

> PuterWitch <puterwitch wrote:crying,

> big time

>

> ok my recipe needs to be altered in the archives, I

> guess change it to Kraft American. I guess that is

> the most comparable

>

> <still crying my cheesy eyes out>

>

> ughhhhhh

> -

> Melissa Hill

>

> Friday, August 12, 2005 10:15 PM

> Re: rennent

>

> Rennet is not from milk, but from a cow's stomach.

> The

> sad thing about rennet is that it HAS to be from a

> baby cow that has never had anything other than

> milk

> to eat/drink. Once the cows start to eat other

> things

> the enzymes change and it no longer makes the

> cheese.

> This is what my college bio professor told us. I

> am

> assuming that what was meant by cooper - bad is

> that

> it is animal rennet used in the making and not

> veggie

> enzymes which according to what I learned in bio

> is

> from mushrooms.

> I stopped eating cheese a few years ago because in

> the

> US it's very difficult to tell by packaging if

> it's

> veg cheese or not and eating out you most likely

> will

> not be able to tell! Now I am totally vegan. The

> only

> time I ate dairy anymore anyhow was when eating

> out

> and if the cheese wasn't veg I didn't want to eat

> it...

>

> ~Mel

>

> __

> Start your day with - make it your home

> page

> http://www./r/hs

>

August 13, 2005

I hear ya. I'm not a vegan but I haven't purchased cow's milk in quite some

time after reading a few bits.

Speaking of (soy milk that is), I just got a new thing of Silk Soy milk. I

haven't seen this variety within the Silk family before. It is " Enhanced "

with Omega-3 and antioxidents. Organic soybeans. Pretty cool.

On 8/12/05, J Lyn wrote:

>

> I'm not vegan but the more I listen to these confabs... the more grossed

> out I get about the food we eat!

>

August 13, 2005

I drink Silk Enhanced. I love the taste so much. It

seems richer than reg. soy milk.

I want to try almond milk too...

~Mel

--- subprong <subprong wrote:

Speaking of (soy milk that is), I just got a new

thing of Silk Soy milk. I haven't seen this variety

within the Silk family before. It is " Enhanced " with

Omega-3 and antioxidents. Organic soybeans. Pretty

cool.

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August 13, 2005

I haven't tried the enhanced yet since I just got it but considering it is

richer I might add some water to it. Yes, I'd really like to try almond (or

rice) milk too!

S.

On 8/13/05, Melissa Hill wrote:

>

> I drink Silk Enhanced. I love the taste so much. It

> seems richer than reg. soy milk.

> I want to try almond milk too...

>

> ~Mel

>

August 13, 2005

I amt he same. I am not vegan but I don't go near cow's milk for drinking. I do

however use organic cows milk in recipes, for some reason that hasn't grossed me

out yet.

Blessings,