"Steve Freides" > wrote in message
...
> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> All dairy is vegetarian.
>>>
>>> Not true. Many vegetarians won't eat cheese if it's been processed
>>> with rennet, an animal product, and this is indeed the way much
>>> cheese is made. My understanding is that it's a little less common
>>> nowadays than it used to be but it's still something a strict
>>> vegetarian would be on the lookout for.
>>
>>
>> Why eat dairy and reject rennet? It all comes from the same place.
>>
>> And there is vegetable rennet.
>
> This isn't a matter of opinion; you're not a vegetarian and neither am I.
> But your statement, "All dairy is vegetarian," is not correct. There's
> rennet, there's vegetable rennet, and there is making cheese with milk and
> vinegar or lemon juice, which I've done (and talked about here after
> having learned about it here). I ask only that we state as facts those
> things which are facts, not your or my opinions - fair enough?


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