Different Milks

Non Dairy Milks

As I turned vegan to a large extent recently, I have been trying different, non dairy, milks.

I tried Almond Milk but I found that as I left this milk in the fridge for a couple of days, once I had opened the packet, it got thicker and thicker. Made my breakfast cereal unpalatable.

I then switched to Soy milk but the main brands here are very sweet, even the low sugar versions. Then I found an Australian brand that is only slightly sweet and switched to that!

Every now and again I come across reports that Soy is bad for us, so I went back to Almond milk from the Australian company I just referred to: very good, no thickening, not too sweet. Almost twice the price of Soy milk, however.

Over the weekend I tried some Walnut milk and I like that.

I will probably alternate between Almond and Walnut milk although I have yet to try Pistachio milk!

Carageenan

By accident, I learned about Carrageenan, a thickening agent that can be found everywhere. It sounds dangerous although I found a reference to a study that said food additive Carrageenan is not harmful. Better safe than sorry, I wrote to the Australian company and they assured me that they have replaced Carrageenan in their products. The producer of the Walnut and Pistachio nut milks say on their packets, Carragenan Free.


DW

Please Rehearse

I have watched another few online videos/webinars and in addition to the most horrendously long introductions, the other major crime comes when the presenter surprises him/herself with an error or unexpected result.

Please rehearse before you create and please edit before you publish.

If you really are trying to train a novice, they WILL get confused as your cursor flies all over the place and your words do not match your actions.

DW