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(20,277 posts)At least they were honest about it.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)Parmesan is what they got right first, it's superior to whatever that crap in a green can is, so for something to shake on your spaghetti, it will do if you don't have an ultra expensive block of the real thing to shave over it. It doesn't melt, so having it in crumbles works fine.
Of the mass marketed vegan sliced cheese, Tofutti is the best. All their fake dairy stuff is acceptable to downright good.
However, if you want cheese to melt and get nice and stringy, you need to use the dairy stuff for now.
Watch out, cows, the veg heads are gaining on you.
(Lactose intolerant occasional meat eater talking here)
Codeine
(25,586 posts)No idea how they do it, but it works.
Tofutti makes amazing cream cheese. My fiancée isn't vegan but she won't use anything else.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)but it's so expensive it's a rare treat. Tofutti got that one exactly right, too, great consistency and just a little tangier than Philly.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Good cheese paired with a nice red wine is one of life's pleasures. I don't think I'll ever try this and not sure why anyone would give up the real stuff for a bad substitute, but to each their own.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)and could not become a vegan because I love dairy products too much. There is nothing that could replace real cheese with a substitute.
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uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)what is the harm in harvesting eggs and milk raised humanely. I have chickens and a pair of goats and they produce more than they require for their own ends and I love to spoil them with wide ranges, good food and affection.
ozone82
(91 posts)hunter
(38,264 posts)Even blue "cheese" tofu variations. Just tell me it's tofu before I take the first bite.
That said, my niece is aiming for goat milk cheeses in her university education.
Unlike our dairy and cattle rancher ancestors, who despised sheep and goat herders, in comparison to cows goats will eat anything and they don't take up so much space.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)and leave the native trees alone. They've been used to clear the edges of the river for quite a few years now since they're much more efficient than crews with shovels and chain saws. I wish they'd be used the entire length of the river, get rid of all the salt cedar once and for all.
It's funny around here. It's very declasse and hillbilly to admit you eat goat, but most families have it in the freezer for when there's month left over after the paycheck.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Have they not heard of birria there? It's a Mexican goat stew, served at many Bay Area Mexican joints as a weekend special.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)except for those in the video.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Wait...is mold a plant or an animal. I guess it's a plant, with some animal qualities. Really, though, it's neither. It's a fungus. Separate group of organisms. So, can fungus really be vegan? I suppose so. It's not an animal, but it's not really a plant, either. I guess vegans can eat fungi, but maybe not vegetarians.
Too much trouble. I think if I want cheese, I'll have some cheese.
I like vegan food, but not when it pretends to be something else. I'm funny that way.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)But not vice versa. And I'm pretty sure vegans eat mushrooms, which are also fungi. So are yeasts, which lets beer off the hook.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)in the beer-making process. It's fish-bladders, and is used as a kind of filtering called "fining." I stopped drinking Bass Ale because of that. When I get home, I'll post a site that rates beers based on their veggie-friendly (or unfriendly) status
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isinglass
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)probably from the Welsh!
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Context lets you know which is meant. The don't call me MineralMan for nothing. Fish bladders or discounted, and I'm on it.
MADem
(135,425 posts)http://simanaitissays.com/2013/04/09/isinglass-curtains/
Silent3
(15,020 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)And orcs are not made, they're bred.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)such as Gorgonzola, Stilton, Brie or (especially) Epoisses with a glass of truly fine wine of the Burgundy, Bordeaux or Port persuasion is one of life's most sublime pleasures. I will give it up only after they have attached the toe tag to me.
As some poetic gourmand once said, cheese is milk's bid for immortality.
VScott
(774 posts)msongs
(67,199 posts)dilby
(2,273 posts)But I don't eat that either.
flvegan
(64,389 posts)deaniac21
(6,747 posts)if you wrap it in bacon.
IcyPeas
(21,747 posts)I am a vegetarian so I am able to eat cheese made with non animal rennet. They use microbial enzymes. This is a list of vegetarian cheeses: I love x-sharp cheddar.
http://cheese.joyousliving.com/CheeseListType.aspx
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I'm vegan so we use a lot of that stuff around here and they're all quite happy to eat it. There's a pizza place in the next town over who do a bang-up business using Daiya on their pizzas and calzones an shit.
winterwar
(210 posts)But this vegan cheese sauce is amazing. I can not believe how good it. I make it once a week now, the kids loves it too. He still thinks it's real cheese sauce. And yes I still love and eat real cheese frequently. This is just isn't nearly as rich and heavy as traditional Mac n cheese.
http://detoxinista.com/2011/01/move-over-kraft/
Cha
(295,929 posts)I have used macadamia nuts instead of cashews as well. They gives the sauce a richer flavor. This one is a go to when I have to cook for a vegan and a meat eater. Its a crowd pleaser.