• @B312
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    41 month ago

    Is vegan cheese an actual thing?

    • StametsOP
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      151 month ago

      Yeah, it’s just plant based. Some of them are awful, other ones are shockingly good. Texture is usually pretty much the same. Basically like lactose free cheese now a days. 5 years ago it was plastic but now you can’t tell the difference.

      • enkers
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        1 month ago

        Example pizza with vegan cheese:

        (Source: My dinner on Friday.)

        This one is 50% Daiya smoked Gouda block and 50% store brand veg Mozzarella.

        • madjo
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          31 month ago

          It’s not Gouda, if it’s not from the town of Gouda. It’s just sparkling fake cheese.

          • enkers
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            21 month ago

            XD

            Not entirely false. I’d honestly like to see a few more vegan Goudas seasoned properly with caraway seeds! (Not that most non-vegan cheeses get this right either…)

            Flavour wise, vegan cheese is pretty good, but there’s definitely still room for improvement.

            Ofc, a more “authentic” tasting vegan Gouda cheese probably wouldn’t even belong on pizza in the first place!

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        I made the mistake of ordering a pizza with vegan cheese a few years ago. It smelled and tasted rancid, in an overbearingly chemical way. I didn’t finish it.

        In terms of ethical veganism, what happened to the genetically engineered yeasts that produced cow casein, and looked like a promising way of making animal-free dairy products?

        • @inb4_FoundTheVegan
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          130 days ago

          Not all vegan cheese are equal, some are absolute garbage but many are delicious. Miyokos specifically is an amazing vegan mozzarella that I use for pizza all the time.

      • @Shou
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        130 days ago

        Yeah. Some vegan cheese is ok on a burger. But the uncanny homogenous texture freaks me out on a sandwich. It’s a weird transition. Also. Gouda is addictive. Nothing can beat gouda.

    • Jo Miran
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      1 month ago

      This is my favorite sliced one. Some others are very oily when melted. Others are sweet. Others need to be cast into a deep pit, never to see the light of day again.