Re:Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
by mytailorisrich on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:26PM
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Vegan as an adjective is a new term, or at least its use has exploded. This has happened partly for political purposes to hijack aspects of culture, and partly for marketing purposes as a result of this.
Re:Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
by okmokmz on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:44PM
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Those are unfounded assumptions and opinions. It also doesn't change the fact that that is the current definition of vegan. You can use the word however you want, but the way I'm using it is correct based on the dictionary definition
Re:Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years
by mytailorisrich on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:58PM
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Why has the use of the term exploded? Why should 'good old' dishes suddenly be labeled?
Yes, that is the definition of vegan as a noun. As an adjective vegan is describing food using or containing no animal products
i.e. traditional dishes that don't contain animal products are technically vegan, just like all other dishes that don't contain animal products
It's absolutely not hijacking traditional culture. I'm not mandating they call that dish vegan, I'm not saying that it is an american vegan dish, I'm simply saying that there are plenty of traditional dishes that are vegan by definition. Hummus, as an example