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[-] flathead@lemm.ee 22 points 7 months ago
[-] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 15 points 7 months ago

Well, ackshually akshually - drink German beer. With very few exceptions, it's only allowed to contain barley, hops, yeast and water. That law has existed in some form for over 500 years.

[-] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 7 points 7 months ago

It still allows using other substances in the production process if they are filtered out afterwards.
Which vegans would still reject.

[-] flathead@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

A German guy once told me that the original penalty for violating that law was that the brewer was to be drowned in his own beer - to be fair, he was quite drunk at the time, so it might be complete bullshit.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago

He's confusing it with the law of Hammurabi, in which a brewer that is caught diluting his beer is sentenced thusly.

German reinheitsgebot was not as severe, nor German (it was a Bavarian law, before Germany was a thing)

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That only applies to beer breweries in Bavaria. Not all of Germany is subject to that law.

[-] Tiptopit@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Not true, you are not allowed to call it beer then

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Only in Bavaria. I brewed beer for many years and am very familiar with the law which hit 500 years old in 2016.

[-] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago

Traditional Worchestershire sauce also contains fish.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago

All Worcestershire sauce. It's fermented anchovy sauce with some spices.

Anything that doesn't have the anchovy, isn't Worcestershire sauce.

[-] Guest_User@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

You can have anchovy free Worcestershire sauces. It's actually a generic term for a class of fermented sauces, many have anchovies, but it is not a requirement

[-] ElcaineVolta@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

and the vegan version tastes exactly the same

[-] Alto@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

It's not bad, it's not too far off and can be subsituted in most situations, but it's certainly not exactly the same.

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