Do vegetarians generally eat parmesan?

[Anonymous]

As a vegetarian, no do not eat cheeses with animal rennet. There are lots of brands of vegetarian cheese that contain no animal rennet.

[Anonymous]

Most of the cheese at Trader Joe’s contain animal rennet, FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can get vegetarian parmesan-equivalent cheese.

Ask your guests, though. I'm a lifelong vegetarian but eat products with gelatin, cheese with animal rennet, etc.

This. I avoid it when I can but obviously you don't always know or its not possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like others said, it really varies person to person.

A lot of us try to ignore the animal rennet in cheese because otherwise it makes it almost impossible to eat cheese (outside of that we buy for ourselves, with the veg rennet). But some will be more strict or adherent. Best just to ask - and, as a lifelong vegetarian, thanks for being considerate and kind toward your guests' dietary preferences.

Fixed that for you.

PP-Who made you school marm??

Many guests live with self imposed dietary RESTRICTIONS.

And since when do adults edit other people's writing, without being asked to?

You sound like a real peach!

More fodder for the "it's good to check" advice:
I was told that eggs are off limit to an Indian vegetarian guest.
At dessert time she mentioned that she does eat baked goods with eggs in them, no problem! That was good to know!

For most people in the US, it's a preference. However most vegetarians in the world are religious vegetarians, and would consider it a prohibition. And then there are the rare cases of medical restrictions from eating certain foods.

So you're both right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like others said, it really varies person to person.

A lot of us try to ignore the animal rennet in cheese because otherwise it makes it almost impossible to eat cheese (outside of that we buy for ourselves, with the veg rennet). But some will be more strict or adherent. Best just to ask - and, as a lifelong vegetarian, thanks for being considerate and kind toward your guests' dietary preferences.

Fixed that for you.

PP-Who made you school marm??

Many guests live with self imposed dietary RESTRICTIONS.

And since when do adults edit other people's writing, without being asked to?

You sound like a real peach!

More fodder for the "it's good to check" advice:
I was told that eggs are off limit to an Indian vegetarian guest.
At dessert time she mentioned that she does eat baked goods with eggs in them, no problem! That was good to know!

For most people in the US, it's a preference. However most vegetarians in the world are religious vegetarians, and would consider it a prohibition. And then there are the rare cases of medical restrictions from eating certain foods.

So you're both right.

More fodder for the "it's good to check" advice:
I was told that eggs are off limit to an Indian vegetarian guest.
At dessert time she mentioned that she does eat baked goods with eggs in them, no problem! That was good to know!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kosher cheeses are always vegetarian- as a milk product like cheese cannot contain calf rennet. We get bricks of parmesan (and lots of other cheeses) at Shalom's in Silver Spring.

This is not true. Rennet is allowed in kosher cheese as long as it comes from a properly butchered kosher animal. (You can google this.) The rennet enzyme itself is not considered a meat product. However, these days many kosher cheeses are made with microbial enzymes instead of rennet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kosher cheeses are always vegetarian- as a milk product like cheese cannot contain calf rennet. We get bricks of parmesan (and lots of other cheeses) at Shalom's in Silver Spring.

This is not true. Rennet is allowed in kosher cheese as long as it comes from a properly butchered kosher animal. (You can google this.) The rennet enzyme itself is not considered a meat product. However, these days many kosher cheeses are made with microbial enzymes instead of rennet.

+1
Did you think Jews were making cheese with microbial enzymes hundreds of years ago?