Re: Buying Cheese

Nityananda, Gauranga, Hare Krishna.

Rennet is made from parts of the stomach of a dead calf and is used in parmesan. Acidic substances (like lemon juice) are used to make the curd for mozzarella and Cheddar. The difficulty is to find out how the cheese maker prepares his cheese. Does he really use lemon juice or will he mix it with some rennet, as this is much cheaper/easier?

If, like me, you live in a city, you'll always end up by buying food (tomatoes, potatoes, milk, whatever...) which is cultivated/made by non-devotees. Practically, you need to be the hard-working farmer yourself if you want to get the proper ingredients. And even if you're a farmer, you have absolutely no control over the medicines used by a vet. E.g. It is standard procedure to inject antibiotics into the body of a cow before a C-Section is to be done. So, the milk from that cow, which the newborn calf will drink, is no longer pure...    It is also standard procedure to spray the vegetables/fruits with specific chemicals to preserve them. We don't have any control over that either. So, if we offer food to the Lord, it will always be 'impure'. 

Have faith in God and offer everything to the Lord with an open yet humble heart. This way you don't need a set of really impractical and antiquated rules.

Sincerely,
Damodara Svarupa dasa

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