Hm.

[conuly]

Brillo pads aren't kosher.

Of course, as people pointed out to him, they're not kosher because your cookware also has to be kosher. However, this also makes them non-vegan, because somewhere beef tallow is involved in the process of making steel wool. I did not know this. It is possible that my vegan/vegetarian friends also did not know this. Now you do.

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[innerbrat]

Fortunately, vegetarianism IS about diet.

I don't eat my shoes, my coat or my stockings*, anymore than I eat Brillo pads.





*other peoples stockings: now that's only by accident.

[conuly]

True? Most vegetarian/vegans I know won't wear anything made of leather. Some won't wear anything made of wool.

[innerbrat]

True for me. I'm wearing leather shoes because non leather shoes tend to be a) rubbish b) overpriced and c) bad for the feet. I also wear a leather jacket and silk stockings.

I don't, however, let meat proteins into my digestive system.

[adiva_calandia]

Same here. *waves*

[conuly]

I've always found that cloth shoes are better for my feet, if I *must* wear shoes, but.... *shrugs* Obviously, the information is most useful for those who are vegetarian/vegan on ethical grounds and oppose all killing of animals.

[innerbrat]

Fortunately, vegetarianism IS about diet.

I don't eat my shoes, my coat or my stockings*, anymore than I eat Brillo pads.





*other peoples stockings: now that's only by accident.

[conuly]

True? Most vegetarian/vegans I know won't wear anything made of leather. Some won't wear anything made of wool.

[innerbrat]

True for me. I'm wearing leather shoes because non leather shoes tend to be a) rubbish b) overpriced and c) bad for the feet. I also wear a leather jacket and silk stockings.

I don't, however, let meat proteins into my digestive system.

[adiva_calandia]

Same here. *waves*

[conuly]

I've always found that cloth shoes are better for my feet, if I *must* wear shoes, but.... *shrugs* Obviously, the information is most useful for those who are vegetarian/vegan on ethical grounds and oppose all killing of animals.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Wrong, Steel wool isn't vegan because it's steel WOOL.

Seriously though, the beef tallow is for the soap part of Brillo. There's nothing wrong with plain steel wool (non-soaped) that I know of. Most (OK, I don't really want to say most, because I don't know if it's actually more than half, but I will anyway) soap isn't vegetarian because it is made with animal fat. But there are plenty of soaps that are.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Wrong, Steel wool isn't vegan because it's steel WOOL.

Seriously though, the beef tallow is for the soap part of Brillo. There's nothing wrong with plain steel wool (non-soaped) that I know of. Most (OK, I don't really want to say most, because I don't know if it's actually more than half, but I will anyway) soap isn't vegetarian because it is made with animal fat. But there are plenty of soaps that are.