Night Elf Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Dd is doing a vegan recipe book for her culinary class. She's finding recipes that use pasta. One website says that store bought dry pasta is 90% of the time vegan. Can she assume her recipes that call for pasta are okay? Also, she found a pudding cake pie that uses a store bought cookie crust. Can that be a graham cracker crust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 You'll have to look for the ingredients on the back if you're buying either a store bought cookie crust or a store bought graham cracker crust. For pasta, just make sure she says non-egg noodles (egg noodles are the only pasta, for the most part, that aren't vegan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Most pasta is fine, avoid egg noodles. I don't know about the graham cracker crust, she will have to read the ingredients list on the one one wants to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Junior Mints are not vegan ... :glare: What are you going to take away from me next, Oreos? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Ah, Junior Mints! I made this vegan version at Christmas. Delicious! The disclaimer is that I had not had real Junior Mints in years, so I guess I am not the BEST person to compare:) But try certainly tasted like what I remember and were so tasty. http://mywholefoodlife.com/2014/01/22/homemade-junior-mints/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 LOL. I know. It was about the last candy I could eat EVER, let alone during Lent. :toetap05: The revolting thing is that the site also had a recipe for home-made Junior Mints. It takes about 2 HOURS to make a couple of boxes worth. Laziness trumps gluttony in this case. :nopity: :seeya: Ha! Posting at the same time:) I would never had made mine if they took more than 1/2 hour:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 :glare: What are you going to take away from me next, Oreos? :lol: Ugh, it depends on who you ask and which country you are in! When is the US going to officially adopt a nutritional standards label for Vegetarian and Vegan, as in say the UK?! Hubby is British and I LOVE shopping there for food. They have made it so much easier:) http://www.isitvegan.com/2011/06/02/are-oreos-vegan/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Thank you ladies! She's so used to me asking the board questions tbat sbe knew someone would give her a quick answer. I haven't had junior mints in a long time, but I do eat peppermint patties. Insects? Blah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 :glare: What are you going to take away from me next, Oreos? :lol: Oreos are (or were at least) vegan. I remember when I became vegan as a teen and then lived on Oreos for a month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Oreos are (or were at least) vegan. I remember when I became vegan as a teen and then lived on Oreos for a month! I know they are -- I was just joking with Patty Joanna in an inside-joke kind of way. If they're not 100% vegan, they're vegan enough for our purposes anyway. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyLady Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 All I can say is that wine had better stay vegan. Oh boy. I don't know if I should say anything or not. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyLady Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Back away from the keyboard, Bean. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Oreos are (or were at least) vegan. I remember when I became vegan as a teen and then lived on Oreos for a month! Well, that depends on whether the vegan in question is okay with all refined sugars. I learned some years ago that most sugars sold in the U.S. are refined using a process that includes bone char as part of the filtering. So, many vegans do not eat refined sugar unless we can verify that it has been processed in a vegan-friendly way. This means that, unfortunately, the vast majority of mainstream products on supermarket shelves that include any sugar (including Oreos and most graham crackers) will not be acceptable to many vegans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 But the Paul Newman Oreos are vegan, even with the issue raised above. And beet sugar is not refined using the bone char; just cane sugar. According to the FAQ's on the Newman's Own site: What type of sugar is used in the creme part of Newman-Os?Powered sugar, which is pulverized beet sugar and corn starch, is used in our Newman-Os. So, Newman O's can safely be considered vegan, but Oreos probably are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 All I can say is that wine had better stay vegan. Well some wine is vegan....but um yeah..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Well, I'm not vegan. :0) But sometimes I come close, due to Orthodox Church fasting practices. (We give up meat dairy eggs fish (with a backbone) wine and oil for about half the days of the year...so you can see that it is, ummm, non-label-reading vegan, mostly.) I've learned a lot about what conscience-driven vegans practice since looking up Junior Mints ingredients. It is interesting! I am very grateful that there is at least some level of vegan labeling on the supermarket shelves. It has made it a lot easier for me to shop, not only for Lent and so on, but also because I have serious allergies to dairy and eggs and shellfish...vegan almost always makes things safe for me, except for the pesky tree nut and peanut and banana issues. Sigh. Ah okay. Yeah the fining process for wine sometimes uses strange non-vegan friendly stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Egg whites, fish bits, wheat.....you'd think they'd have found a mechanic process to fine it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Well, that depends on whether the vegan in question is okay with all refined sugars. I learned some years ago that most sugars sold in the U.S. are refined using a process that includes bone char as part of the filtering. So, many vegans do not eat refined sugar unless we can verify that it has been processed in a vegan-friendly way. This means that, unfortunately, the vast majority of mainstream products on supermarket shelves that include any sugar (including Oreos and most graham crackers) will not be acceptable to many vegans. That's true. I don't think it was known until recently and I wonder if it's common knowledge in vegan circles? We eat very little refined sugar, but I've never made the commitment to get it all out of our vegan diet. Gives me something to consider though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 That's true. I don't think it was known until recently and I wonder if it's common knowledge in vegan circles? I've avoided bone char-refined sugar since I did some research on the topic 25 years ago. If you wander into a health food store, you're likely to see a number of packages of sugar that are marked "vegan friendly." It's pretty common knowledge, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I stumbled across a Vegan discussion board the other day, in my search for the ingredients for Junior Mints. :blush: That's me, I'm a nutrition nut: A vegan discussion board intrigues me...do you mind sharing what website you found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.