In article <919448900.729285011.085629.timdownieuk-yahoo.co.youkay@news.
individual.net>, Tim+ <timdo...@yahoo.co.youkay> on Sat, 10 Feb 2024
at 19:11:12 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> Which reminds me I must buy a fresh bottle of Amaretto. Crępes with
>> Amaretto and Swedish Glacé, heaven.
>
>Wot, that dairy-free muck? Why spoil them? You were doing so well up till
>then.
>
As an omnivore I often find vegan substitutes, tasteless, lacking in
mouth feel and unsatisfying. However I am lactose intolerant as were
most of our distant adult ancestors. The part that meat played in our
human evolution is probably considerable. Lactase persistence as a trait
is relatively recent in our evolution and is found mostly in people of
Northern European ancestry.
However I have found that this 'dairy-free muck' is not just tolerable
it tastes better, has a better mouth feel and is more satisfying than
dairy ice-cream. In addition it does not painfully inflate my guts and
give me the squits. What is there not to like?
If you prefer dairy ice-cream that is fine by me. I keep dairy and dairy
free products in the larder and freezer although I suspect that my non-
European SWMBO may have some improvement in some of her asthma symptoms
if she stopped eating and drinking products with lactose in them.