[135] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
Re: chinese food
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael L Jacknis)
Mon Aug 22 12:39:55 1994
To: mrb@MIT.EDU, vsg@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Aug 1994 21:31:09 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 12:39:00 EDT
From: Michael L Jacknis <mjacknis@MIT.EDU>
|> I was talking to a friend that is Chinese and he was telling me that some
|> of the food I eat from restraunts that I thought were vegi, had sauces in
|> them that have meat. For example oyster sauce. Does anyone know about this
*?
|> Which entries and sauces have this?
|>
|> Sorry I missed the second dinner. Hope it was as good as the first!
|> -Marcie
There are two kinds of oyster sauce -- real and fake. The real kind has
"oyster extract" printed in the ingredients -- go to laverdes and see for
yourself. The fake kind is made with mushrooms and says "vegetarian" on it.
Go to Papa And Goose and see for yourself.
I recommend asking to speak with the Manager every time you sit down to eat.
Related issues:
Cheese has enzymes that come from meat, unless it is Kosher cheese in which
case they are vegetarian. You should call 800 numbers if they are listed on
the package. For example, Kraft American Cheese is made with extracts from
beef.
I am trying to get Food Services to adopt a fourth symbol in their vegetarian
labeling scheme to account for this -- a black star or a yellow check mark.
Anyone want to help out?
If the product is labeled Kosher, you can deduce certain things: if it has
dairy in it then it has no meat in it. If it says "pareve" it has no dairy or
meat. Either way, it could have egg products or fish products in it (but no
shell fish). So if it has no fish and no eggs and it is "pareve" then you
know it is Vegan. Also, if you are looking at Kosher Oyster Sauce you know it
is fake. I am sure MIT students could handle this, right?
Mike
