# Has the word "Egg" been redefined when I wasn't looking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354 "2021-10-28T03:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/81 "2021-10-31T03:25:16Z")
It may depend on the region, but I’ve seen people of South Asian descent buying multiple gallons of whole milk. They use it to make paneer cheese, and I do know that a lot of lactose is usually removed in the cheese-making process. It’s like a cross between cottage cheese and tofu. > **[What is Paneer? Everything to Know About This Indian Cheese - Sukhi's](https://sukhis.com/what-is-paneer-everything-to-know-about-this-indian-cheese/)** > > Paneer is an Indian cheese made from curdled milk and some sort of fruit or vegetable acid like lemon juice. Explore what paneer is and how to make it! p.s. Various egg substitutes have been on the market for many years. They’re usually used in baked products to improve the texture. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/82 "2021-10-31T05:04:24Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It’s like a cross between cottage cheese and tofu. It’s just a fresh cheese, similar to many in other cultures. I see the comparison to tofu in its use and texture. I might compare it to farmer’s cheese or queso fresco. Hungary has something similar in _turó_. Poland has _twaróg_. Germany has _quark_. They differ a bit in their texture – some are firm, some are soft and spreadable, some are curdled through acidulation; others rennet, but they’re all the same general concept: unaged/fresh cheese. Recipe for homemade ricotta are also in this same category (real ricotta is supposed to be made just from the leftover whey from the cheesemaking process of making another cheese.) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/83 "2021-10-31T12:27:27Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Why only Hindu? Drugs & alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/84 "2021-10-31T12:50:30Z")
I don’t understand the answer. Unless you mean that you were full of both, and therefore not making sense, when you said you capitalize only Hindu and not other religions. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/85 "2021-10-31T13:03:26Z")
I was, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/86 "2021-10-31T13:20:16Z")
Ever since i started typing with Google keyboard on my phone i have been haphazard at capitalization. Basically, if Google automatically capitalizes it, it gets the capital. And otherwise it usually doesn’t. First word, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jew, Massachusetts, hmm, Google thinks those should all be capitalized. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/87 "2021-10-31T14:35:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It may depend on the region As I said above, dairy is consumed throughout South Asia, regardless of any prevalance of lactose intolerance. Adults might not drink straight milk, but they definitely drink it it in tea, and in the forms of yogurt, butter, cheese, sweets, etc. Dairy is a big deal for South Asians of any community. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/88 "2021-10-31T16:50:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Drugs & alcohol Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to inebriation. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/89 "2021-10-31T18:16:22Z")
Kayaker’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/90 "2021-10-31T18:22:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Or as I’ve heard it put, your culture’s food traditions are what your grandmother used to make. “What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?” ― Lin Yutang ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/91 "2021-11-02T03:12:35Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I have known Indian vegetarians who do eat eggs but they admit to not being “good vegetarians.” I once boarded along with some other American visitors with a (Hindu Brahmana) family in Jaipur. The main kitchen was no-egg vegetarian but the boarders were allowed to cook eggs in the basement kitchenette (meat was strictly verboten, though). Sometimes when the host family wife and daughter were away, the husband would come downstairs and make an egg dish for himself in the kitchenette. Not a big shameful secret sort of thing, but just an occasional indulged transgression. Kind of like how some kosher-keeping Jews I know allow themselves an occasional “hall pass” for bacon or seafood sushi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354.md?page=4)