Cooking and camping are my biggest passions. Both of them are relatively new: I started cooking 3 years ago on the tiny two-burner stove (which was actually a one-burner - there was not enough power to heat up both elements to the max).
Around the same time I was introduced to the “great outdoors”.
I will be posting some recepies, photos, and stories from my camping and cooking experience.
Bon Appetit et Bon Voyage!!!
I cook better than I write
Monday, July 07, 2008
Vegan or not
Did you ever come across the ingredient only to pause and think whether it was vegan or not? Doubt no more, here is a website with the list of all possible additives:
You are right, the word vegan is used very freely this days. Originally vegan (as oppose to vegetarian) does not consume dairy, nor eggs, nor honey, nor anything else that comes from animals. Vegans who make exeptions for milk are called lactovegans, and those who eat eggs would be ovavegans (or smth along these lines). When I say "vegan" I mean a strict vegetarian (no dairy or eggs).
As for Indian vegans, I am pretty sure they have their own name .... I'll try to "google" them later on.
The biggest problem is that a lot of food additives contain animal by-products and strictly speaking are not even vegetarian (like gelatin or D3 vitamin). This is when it is worth to read your labels and know what is vegan and what's not.
2 comments:
Aren't there like all sorts of vegans? Lactovegan, just vegan, etc, etc. Some eat eggs, some don't. Same goes to milk and dairy in general.
And then there are some relegious vegans in India who don't eat garlic and pottao coz it grows in the ground and is not clean.
You are right, the word vegan is used very freely this days. Originally vegan (as oppose to vegetarian) does not consume dairy, nor eggs, nor honey, nor anything else that comes from animals.
Vegans who make exeptions for milk are called lactovegans, and those who eat eggs would be ovavegans (or smth along these lines). When I say "vegan" I mean a strict vegetarian (no dairy or eggs).
As for Indian vegans, I am pretty sure they have their own name .... I'll try to "google" them later on.
The biggest problem is that a lot of food additives contain animal by-products and strictly speaking are not even vegetarian (like gelatin or D3 vitamin). This is when it is worth to read your labels and know what is vegan and what's not.
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