wee quinnie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have recently discovered that there is no such > thing as Vegetarian parmesan, yet everywhere I > look, I find recipe books with vegetarian recipes > including parmesan, and restaurants/bars serving > "veggie options" containing parmesan. > > It's really bugging me - I realise of course that > the reasons for becoming vegetarian are varied, > but I really would have thought most vegetarians > would want to avoid an ingredient that > necessitated the death of an animal. How so? It comes from milk. You don't kill a cow or a goat come to that just to get it's milk. So what's the problem? Unless of course you're a vegan and don't touch dairy products but you still wouldn't have to kill for it.