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On the other hand, we have "feel good solutions" like banning plastic straws, so people can pat themselves on the back for helping to solve the problems.
by nathancahill 8y ago
On the other hand, we have "feel good solutions" like banning plastic straws, so people can pat themselves on the back for helping to solve the problems.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoMy favourite is soy / almond milk etc. If you don’t drink milk, why do you need a substitute? A substitute that comes in difficult to recycle aluminium-paper-plastic laminated cartons that still contain most of the food-miles and process / handling carbon emissions. Ok, hipocricy is everywhere and we can’t all be angels over night.
- eschutte2 8y agoThose aren't called milk because they're a substitute for anything, they're called milk because that's the English word for a cloudy translucent liquid. See also milk glass, milk thistle, and milk of magnesia. Speaking for myself, I drink almond milk because it tastes better than cow milk.
- gbear605 8y agoUsually, they want a substitute because they like foods that taste roughly like milk but they can’t drink milk. Is that too much to ask?
- gruez 8y agobut none of the vegetable "milks" taste anywhere close to mammalian milk.
- gbear605 8y agoNo? I haven’t tried almond milk, but rice milk tastes similar.
- 7952 8y agoBut what else would you put on your corn flakes?
- astura 8y agoSo? Skim milk tastes nothing like full fat milk, but still has a right to exist. It's something sorta similar to milk that can be used in roughly the same applications - lighten coffee, moisten cereal, baking, sauces, fold into mashed potatoes, etc. I prefer the taste of pretty much all nut milks to cows milk, personally.
- vkou 8y agoMost people drink soy/almond milk because they like the taste, or because their bodies aren't very good at digesting lactose.
- freedomben 8y agoAllergies to casein are also becoming much more common.
- wild_preference 8y agoI don't know anyone who drinks non-dairy milks for concerns over carbon emissions. It's always been one of or a mix of dietary concerns, taste preference, or avoidance of the awful dairy industry. Also, where I live, dairy comes in those tetrapaks, too.
- BurningFrog 8y agoAlso known as "something-ism". 1. We must do something! 2. Banning straws is something! 3. We did it!!
- waynecochran 8y agoMy favorite is wearing ribbons for a cause.