Hello! Thank you for your newsletter! I subscribed a few weeks ago and I must say you share beautiful recipes, I read your mails with interest. I was reading this last one you sent (sounds like a lovely trip!) when you mentioned buffalo mozzarella, and I must ask: do you consider cheeses made with animal rennet vegetarian? If so, do you have any argumentations in doing so? I love cheese, and I still eat it after checking the ingredient labels (even if less because of laws that require animal rennet for authenticity purposes and because most brands list it as just rennet), but since most restaurants can't tell me what type of rennet is in the cheese they use and vegan options are scarce it's become a lot harder to eat out where I live. I'm sorry for this long comment and because English is not my first language, anyways thank you!
Hi there! Great question about rennet in cheese, thanks. I must say that since the restaurant claims to be fully vegetarian I wasn't worrying about it, but you're quite right to point out that buffalo mozzarella has to use animal rennet to be able to use the authenticity stamp (PDO). That's good to know! So there's a chance the mozzarella we ate used animal rennet. For me personally this is an area where I'm willing to be a bit flexible, though I avoid rennet whenever I can. But if you wanted to be a strict vegetarian then probably best to steer clear of buffalo mozzarella. Also agreed that it can sometimes be tricky ordering vegetarian in restaurants, especially where there's a language gap. That's one of the big advantages of cooking for yourself - you have much more control over the ingredients!
Hello! Thank you for your newsletter! I subscribed a few weeks ago and I must say you share beautiful recipes, I read your mails with interest. I was reading this last one you sent (sounds like a lovely trip!) when you mentioned buffalo mozzarella, and I must ask: do you consider cheeses made with animal rennet vegetarian? If so, do you have any argumentations in doing so? I love cheese, and I still eat it after checking the ingredient labels (even if less because of laws that require animal rennet for authenticity purposes and because most brands list it as just rennet), but since most restaurants can't tell me what type of rennet is in the cheese they use and vegan options are scarce it's become a lot harder to eat out where I live. I'm sorry for this long comment and because English is not my first language, anyways thank you!
Hi there! Great question about rennet in cheese, thanks. I must say that since the restaurant claims to be fully vegetarian I wasn't worrying about it, but you're quite right to point out that buffalo mozzarella has to use animal rennet to be able to use the authenticity stamp (PDO). That's good to know! So there's a chance the mozzarella we ate used animal rennet. For me personally this is an area where I'm willing to be a bit flexible, though I avoid rennet whenever I can. But if you wanted to be a strict vegetarian then probably best to steer clear of buffalo mozzarella. Also agreed that it can sometimes be tricky ordering vegetarian in restaurants, especially where there's a language gap. That's one of the big advantages of cooking for yourself - you have much more control over the ingredients!
Absolutely agree! And sometimes nothing beats a homecooked meal! Thank you for answering me, keep up the cool work!