Hacker News Reader

butter is one of the most easily substituted things around and most vegans i know don’t care about honey.

definitely more restrictive but i think the dairy/cheese thing is the big one

people also feel that vegans are judging them morally and people are very defensive about their eating habit, hence the dislike

View on HN

depends what you’re trying to do. there are plenty of alternatives for spreading on toast or frying/sauteing. but it’s still a pretty central ingredient for western cuisine. I have no idea how I’d make a vegan roux, just for example. my guess is that would break the illusion of whipped margarine pretty quickly.

I've made plenty of vegan rouxs, but I also don't have much experience making non-vegan roux... so hard for me to give an honest comparison.

Margarine burns more easily but this hasn't been a problem for me, so I imagine you are talking mostly about flavor difference or?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com