my vegetarian son actually started to read labels recently, and he balked when he realized that his morning yogurt contained gelatin. "do you know where that stuff comes from?!" he squawked at me. it was 7am, so i told him to drink his ovaltine and have a granola bar. later that day, i read the label myself. when he got home from school, i patiently (i think) explained what KOSHER gelatin is (or, more precisely, is NOT). now he eats his yogurt. :D
It's agar-agar, which, if memory serves me, is some kind of seaweed. He could make a moral issue over being superior competition for the baleen whales, I guess, but then what would he eat?
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