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Old 12-08-2005, 08:07 PM   #1
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I found this on-line and it just seems so incredibiliy unbelievable. This can be true, right?



"Rennets are small hamster like rodents which are intensively factory farmed and slaughtered for the production of cheese. Rennets are added to milk when making cheese as this aids the coagulation process necessary for the production of cheese.



Rennets are used because they are high in an enzyme called chymosin, they breed frequently (a mother can provide a litter of 10 babies every two months) and they reach maturity quickly (a rennet reaches puberty at 3 months of age).



Rennets, which only grow to around 5cms long, are crammed into cages for three months, kept in the dark and then slaughtered by being dropped in boiling water. The skinless rennets are then minced and sold to cheese manufacturers."




http://www.savetherennets.com/



I was looking up hamsters on this on-line encyclopedia and this was one of the links it gave. Is that weird?



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Old 12-08-2005, 08:18 PM   #2
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*cough* rubbish *cough*



Rennets are NOT an animal



lol that reminds me of when i was little.. actually.. from when i was 5 until last year (16) i thought Haggis was an animal similar to a water vole



"The next stage is the addition of rennet, containing the enzyme chymosin. Rennet is usually sourced from the abomasum (fourth stomach) of newly-born calves. Here, chymosin aids the digestion and absorption of milk."
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Old 12-09-2005, 03:53 AM   #3
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Agree with Skwee. Someone has put this up for fun. Rennet is added to milk and the enzyme separates the milk in to curds & whey. The curds (lumpy bits) are taken off to make cheese and the whey is often fed back to calves as part of their feed. Remember 'little Miss Muffet'?
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Old 12-09-2005, 04:07 AM   #4
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Lol



Rennet is used to make cheese, I believe most of it is made synthetically now (which is how you get vegetarian rennet) it used to be a by-product of cows I think? Should have paid more attention in public health lectures.
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Old 12-09-2005, 07:29 AM   #5
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That's what I thought. I can't believe an encyclopedia had links to this site.
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