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I gave myself a minor mental challenge last night by trying to list all the foods people are quite used to eating that also happen to contain no animal products. There are quite a few on my list that you might use an animal product in -- say if you were making a pie crust and the only shortening you had on hand was lard -- but do not have to, in order to make it work. Making two columns on an 8.5 x 11" sheet of writing paper, I almost covered both sides of one page. But I know there must be more I can't think of. (I'm not exactly one of the great chefs of Europe.) Can anyone contribute more items to this list?
These are the ones I could remember off the top of my head:
Anything you listed above CAN be veganized---but many of what you listed are made with animal products in restaurants and in most homes. Tomato soup usually has milk or cream in it. Garlic bread is usually made with butter. Most people don't make vegan chili. Many people use pork products in baked beans. Put milk in their oatmeal. Popcorn popped with real butter.
I'm a vegan and I cook and eat well. Not saying there aren't amazing dishes that are vegan---there are so many blogs that have great food, including stuff that usually involves animals/products. But people think they have to have animal products for taste and nutrition. Sadly, even our grocery store chain is putting cheese into their marinara suace (another reason I make my own!).
Mashed potatoes are normally made with milk and butter, as is corn chowder. You can adapt vegan versions, of course.
Old-school onion soup is made with beef stock. Muffins usually contain eggs.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, 801. Corn chowder is traditionally made with potato starch, corn, onions and red-pepper rings in my part of the world.
FRENCH onion soup is made with beef stock. And cheese on top. The oldest form of onion soup is made with onions, sliced skin and all, and water.
I specifically said at the head of the OP that I was including foods that did not need to be made with animal products to work. Did you miss that part?
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, 801. Corn chowder is traditionally made with potato starch, corn, onions and red-pepper rings in my part of the world.
Chowder by definition includes milk or cream. Of course, potato starch or ground up corn or any number of thickeners can be used as a substitute, but the end product is not chowder.
Not sure what your point is. There are plenty of dishes out there that are vegan. To list them all would short out City-Data's server.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, 801. Corn chowder is traditionally made with potato starch, corn, onions and red-pepper rings in my part of the world.
FRENCH onion soup is made with beef stock. And cheese on top. The oldest form of onion soup is made with onions, sliced skin and all, and water.
I specifically said at the head of the OP that I was including foods that did not need to be made with animal products to work. Did you miss that part?
But you said the list was "all the foods people are quite used to eating that also happen to contain no animal products." Well, I think the majority of chili that's eaten by non-vegans does have meat in it. The majority of onion soup has beef stock. I don't disagree that all the foods you listed can be made vegan. But that people are quite used to eating all those foods that "happen" to contain no animal products? Nope. Animal products are typically used, both because people think they need the animal products for flavor and nutrition, and because there are subsidies for including stuff like cheese in products.
A lot of your list are items and recipes that traditionally DO contain some animal products, but can be veganized. There is no reason for you to get snippy about it.
Chowder by definition includes milk or cream. Of course, potato starch or ground up corn or any number of thickeners can be used as a substitute, but the end product is not chowder.
Not sure what your point is. There are plenty of dishes out there that are vegan. To list them all would short out City-Data's server.
Oh, and oatmeal cookies have eggs in them.
Have you heard of almond milk? Coconut milk? Chowder does not need to have cow secretions in order to be good and creamy.
The best oatmeal cookies I have ever had were vegan.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, 801. Corn chowder is traditionally made with potato starch, corn, onions and red-pepper rings in my part of the world.
FRENCH onion soup is made with beef stock. And cheese on top. The oldest form of onion soup is made with onions, sliced skin and all, and water.
I specifically said at the head of the OP that I was including foods that did not need to be made with animal products to work. Did you miss that part?
Well no, you didn't exactly say that. I was going by your first sentence and took it as a list of foods that are normally vegan by default. In most people's non-vegan worlds, corn chowder is made with milk products, not the vegan versions. And in all my life the only onion soup I ever encountered that did not have a meat-broth base was the vegan French onion soup I had at a restaurant this past Tuesday!
But if your true intent was a list of foods that can easily be made vegan OR are by default, it's a good start.
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