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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by jhbadger on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:10AM (#26992937)
Do you have a problem with the name "peanut butter"? It isn't butter with peanuts in it. Or mincemeat pie, which isn't made out of minced meat?
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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by frabbit on Saturday May 01, 2021 @11:10AM (#27006914)
Proper mincemeat pies contain suet and have a very different taste from the vegetarian ones. So yes, in that case it is a problematic name that conflates two usefully distinct things.
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