MilitantVegan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoAfter a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify itboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square273fedilinkarrow-up1882arrow-down176cross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoThe problem with restricting the use of the term “milk” is that people have been using the term “milk” to describe non-dairy liquids for longer than there have been trademarks. The word hasn’t ever been used exclusively to describe dairy. Here’s a dictionary entry for “milk” from 1755: https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/milk_ns Note that it includes almond and pistachio milks.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.decakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoMilk of the poppy.
The problem with restricting the use of the term “milk” is that people have been using the term “milk” to describe non-dairy liquids for longer than there have been trademarks. The word hasn’t ever been used exclusively to describe dairy.
Here’s a dictionary entry for “milk” from 1755:
https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/milk_ns
Note that it includes almond and pistachio milks.
Milk of the poppy.
Milk of Magnesia