On 31 Mar 2011 08:42:10 GMT, wrote:

Janet wrote:
I'm quite curious why you eat icecream but not gelatin.
Why would I not?
animal product? Male calves die to ensure lactation?
But they don't actually put the male calf into the ice-cream.
It was a serious question.

It was a serious answer.

Not unless you're getting some awfully odd flavours up there.
Raspberry jelly doesn't taste of calf either.

I didn't say it did. I have no problem with the taste of meat.

I think, Janet, we have covered this ground before. You don't "get"
vegetarianism, I have no intention of trying to "convert" you, therefore
there is little point wasting the time retreading the same ground. There
are many reasons I do it, but mostly it comes down to "because it seems like
the right thing for me to do". I'm sure I should be flattered that you are
showing an interest in my diet, but after 24 years of it I mostly just find
it a tiresome bore when people demand I explain my reasoning to them.

Worth noting, though, that ice cream can contain gelatin as a
stabilizer; but I think the vegetable ones such as agar-agar are more
usual.

As it happens, I bought some agar powder in a Chinese shop yesterday,
so as to have it on hand for experiments when the ice-cream season
opens.

--
Mike.