Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!scc!tim From: tim@scc.UUCP (Tim Bessie) Newsgroups: net.veg Subject: Re: Re: Rennet and Cheese Message-ID: <250@scc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 24-Nov-84 04:55:09 EST Article-I.D.: scc.250 Posted: Sat Nov 24 04:55:09 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Nov-84 09:18:18 EST References: <1173@linus.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Santa Cruz Computer, Inc, Aptos, Calif. Lines: 47 > In article derek2@garfield.UUCP (Derek S Keeping) writes: > > > > I have a question which recently came up. How do other net.veg's deal > > with rennet in cheese? Do you just avoid cheese, or do you consider > > rennet content unimportant? > > > > Is there some source for cheese made without rennet? Can cheese be made > > without rennet? Any help would be MUCH appreciated. > > > > Derek S. Keeping > > {allegra,utcsrgv,inhp4}!garfield!derek2 > > > > I used to eat only Kosher cheese on the mistaken assumption that since > Kashrut forbids mixing milk with meat, this cheese would contain no animal > rennet. This is not true. (I can explain this if anyone wishes). There > are cheeses made with vegetable rennet, available at health food stores. > Cheeses which require rennet, cannot be made without it, but there are > vegetable sources for rennet. > > I no longer eat dairy products, hence I no longer have any problem with > cheese. > > Point of information: The dairy industry is just as cruel to cows as is the > meat industry. The dairy industry supplies a great fraction of the cows > used in the meat industry. The notoriously cruel veal industry receives its > calves from the dairy industry. Cows don't simply give milk all of their > lives. They must give birth periodically in order to maintain their milk > supply, just as humans do. The resultant calves are either slaughtered for > veal, or raised for beef. > > -- > Jonathan G. Bressel > > ARPA: linus!jgb@mitre-bedford > UUCP: ...{decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!jgb I guess I'm just lucky... Here in Santa Cruz (CA), we have many local farms, including Webb's Organic Farm. Besides the usual compliment of vegitarian delights there, they also have several cows. They milk these, and sell the fresh, whole, un-touched milk at a lower price than any store-bought milk. Besides being healthier and tasting bettter, it comes from cows that are let to do pretty much anything they want, except at milking time (which is done by hand). -Tim Bessie