Sri Raamajayam SrimathE GopAla DEsika MahA DEsikAya Namaha Just to add to the addition of Smt.Jayshree Narasimhan, Kosher or Halal does not mean Vegetarian. Kosher or Halal is a Jewish or Islamic sanctified way of food(PrasAdham in their sense), which is deemed fit for consumption. Kosher Gelatin could very well be from Beef. Same with Cheese cultures saying microbial rennet, it could very well be microbes grown on meat, if not intestines of cows(rennet). If someone is fond of Cheese, speciality stores like Wholefoods carry Cheese made with Vegetable enzymes instead of meat grown cultures/microbes. Another Sri Vaishnava in Singapore recently discovered that the browning in some bakery products is achieved with some coating of animal products. Same with many Tacos flavoured with Lard in US for taste enhancement. Same with MSG, Ajimoto stuff. Bone products used in tooth-paste and even in seemingly innocent refined sugar we are so fond of. The list is endless. THE SOLUTION - As Sri.Jai Simman and Sri.Hari outlined, we should look for our traditional recourse, ie. following the Parama Vaidika Matham and the abundance of literature that it provides us(through Acharya Granthas like Aahaara Niyamanam of Swami Desikan). Even while accepting this material life, we should try to make a sincere effort to find traditional alternatives. AdiyEn noticed quite a lot of threads on this topic, AdiyEn would pray that we avoid digressing into "Vegetarianism defined in the western sense ..Ahimsaa, silk sarees et al", and keep to the main topic on McDonalds, if at all there is something more to discuss on a related thread. AdiyEn Sri Ramanuja Dasan, Sudarsana Dasosmi -----Original Message----- From: Narasimhan, Jayshree [mailto:jayshree.narasimhan@xxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:47 PM To: 'SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Re: [SriRangaSri] Beware of Beef in McDonald's french fries
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