On 26 Apr 2021 at 21:21:26 BST, ""NY"" wrote:




It's when you start to think of even chocolate containing milk and therefore
being off-limits to vegans that I think some people have got their
morality:enjoyment-of-life balance a bit skewed ;-) I have great admiration
for people who respect animals to that extent, but I like meat and animal
products too much (and hate the alternatives too much) to entertain it
myself.

I'd think vegans are less life-skewed than most. For a start, they haven't got
that 'I love animals but still like eating them' dissonance rattling around
their brains.

As for liking non-human based food, I was surprised to see how easy it was for
me to cut those products out. Couple of days usually. I'd still pine for some
things - usually real crap, like sausages. We're just socialised to like
certain foods and it so happened my partner was vegan - so maybe it was easier
for me. (FWIW, I do occasionally have things like cheese and meat -
laziness).


As a matter of interest, is there any reason why chocolate can't be made
with non-animal milk (eg soya/oat milk)?

Surprised you needed to ask - thought it was common knowledge. Aldi do some
decent chocolate that is also vegan.

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Cheers, Rob