Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1911 — Vegetarian Cheese Eaters. [ARTICLE]

Vegetarian Cheese Eaters.

We know of’an ardent vegetarian who keeps a supply of cheese In a desk in his business office, from which he helps himself liberally and frequently during the day; thus nature replenishes the supply of protein supposed to be denied'her. Many Americans seem to think that the value of cheese has Just been dts-' closed to the world by the department of agriculture, with its protein content almost twice that of meat and its uncommon absorbability. For ages the Italians, the Iberians and other peoples who are largely vegetarian not from choice but from dire necessity have been scattering grated cheese over their macaroni and in their malgre soups, and have thus cheaply met the craving for the highly nitrogenized foods. .The egg is another permitted indulgence to many vegetarians from sentiment; it Is also lately protein, over 11 per cent It is whispered that sometimes dishes of the vegetarian menu are flavored with* meat extract, which supplies a savory element not otherwise to be obtained. Nature may not have a sense of humor, but she is strong for her rights.—New York Medical Journal.