Last night's House featured a vegan couple. She wasn't upset at the idea that he might be seeing other women, but when she heard he'd indulged in a cheeseburger--!!! Even House blinked.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
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Connie Neil - May 09, 2007 12:06:32 pm PDT #6422 of 10001
brillig
Jesse - May 09, 2007 12:07:30 pm PDT #6423 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I thought cheese wasn't vegetarian--or is it OK if the provider of the protein doesn't die for the cause? Is that the dividing line between vegetarian and vegan?
I believe so, yes. Most vegetarians I know eat cheese. Except the lactose-intolerant ones.
Connie Neil - May 09, 2007 12:07:37 pm PDT #6424 of 10001
brillig
Well, when I'm vege, I'm ovo-lacto-vegetarian
Ah, that makes me ovo-lacto-carniverous. Power to the plantlife, brother! Free our leafy friends from their bondage to field and plow.
Typo Boy - May 09, 2007 12:09:17 pm PDT #6425 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I thought cheese wasn't vegetarian--or is it OK if the provider of the protein doesn't die for the cause? Is that the dividing line between vegetariand and vegan?
As far as I know yes. Cheese is vegetarian but not vegan.
I terms of least healthy vegetarian food ever, I would think that the deep fried Mars bars invented by the Scots might beat cheese fries. Maybe fried ice cream as well. (Common in Mexican resteraunts in Texas, so I assume a Mexican invention.)
beekaytee - May 09, 2007 12:09:22 pm PDT #6426 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I was a veg for 25 years and ate cheese. I did try to find cheeses that didn't come from mass-milking mills though.
Liese S. - May 09, 2007 12:10:54 pm PDT #6427 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Heh. I'm lactose-intolerant too, but not enough to give up cheese. Or ice cream. Or yogurt. Or cottage cheese. Mmm, cheese.
But I do buy Lactaid for milk, which freaking rocks. And in addition to being tasty lactose-free milk (I used to hate milk as a child.) it has an inexplicably long shelf life. Like, four times as long as regular milk. In my house where milk doesn't go fast, it's really economical for us to be able to buy it and have it around for a while.
Jessica - May 09, 2007 12:11:38 pm PDT #6428 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Vegetarian means no meat, vegan means no animal products.
flea - May 09, 2007 12:11:40 pm PDT #6429 of 10001
information libertarian
According to this [link] all US available soy formulas contain vitamin D which is dervied from lanolin, which is derived from sheep's wool, so they are not technically vegan for the extreme purists.
Even so, that web page notes that soy milk is NOT an acceptable substitute for infants.
ChiKat - May 09, 2007 12:13:55 pm PDT #6430 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
But I do buy Lactaid for milk, which freaking rocks. And in addition to being tasty lactose-free milk (I used to hate milk as a child.) it has an inexplicably long shelf life. Like, four times as long as regular milk. In my house where milk doesn't go fast, it's really economical for us to be able to buy it and have it around for a while.
Yes! Me, too. I love being able to drink milk without fear of intestinal issues, plus the long shelf life is wonderful.
Jesse - May 09, 2007 12:15:14 pm PDT #6431 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I know people who buy Lactaid milk just for the long shelf life.