new to me / myLot

Centralia, Washington

January 23, 2026 10:25am CST

What a mouthful. Or not. I know about vegetarian and vegan and flexitarian. Exhausting to write! New one; reducetarian. I may have spelled that correctly. Or not. I like its mission. I guess it is veganism- but loud and clear- reduce your consumption of dairy and eggs. Quit involving farm animals in your needs. I do eat eggs and drink milk though I also feel sad for those who provide the eggs and dairy. I just found the ungainly word interesting.

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Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (22508)

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23 Jan

I love my dairy products Eggs, Milk, Butter, Cheese, I've tried Dairy free and Egg free products and not been impressed. I use a lot of eggs and most likely 10 litres of semi skinned milk every week. I use Cheese a lot cooking

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

23 Jan

@Ineeddentures What's your favorite cheese? I have had various varieties of vegie cheese and each one was nasty tasting. Is there a Scots cheese?

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

24 Jan

@Ineeddentures Yum. Thanks for the link. I love a hearty Havarti.

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Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (22508)

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23 Jan

@sallypup Scotland makes some of the best Cheese on the world. We have loads of Dairy farms which produce great milk. Here is a link which will tell you more than I can My favorite cheese would be an Extra Mature Red Cheddar

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/food-and-drink/the-best-scottish-cheeses

www.specialityfoodmagazine.com

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/food-and-drink/the-best-scottish-cheeses

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (216697)

• United States

24 Jan

That's a new one on me. I had to switch to non dairy cheese and yogurt because of my kidney disease...no dairy. I don't have anyone to fix eggs for me; so I don't keep them in the house.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

24 Jan

@LindaOhio There is potassium in so much food. I hope you are taking a multi vitamin.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (216697)

• United States

25 Jan

@sallypup Yes I am. I also take some calcium and D3 for a deficiency.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (115270)

• United States

23 Jan

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that one.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

23 Jan

@AmbiePam I wish almond milk wasn't so expensive. I used to drink it more than cow milk. Then again, growing almond trees uses up a lot of water. Guess there isn't a winner.

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Sandy

@velvet53 (24419)

• Palisade, Colorado

23 Jan

I would have a hard time reducing my milk as I love milk.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (12759)

• United States

23 Jan

There are so many names now. I am not a vegan or vegetarian, but do eat less meat, fish and foul than I used to.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (374684)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan

I hadn't heard the word before. At least animals aren't killed to give us eggs and milk.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

24 Jan

@JudyEv I agree with you. I wish I could have hens again so that I knew for sure about their welfare.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (204561)

• United States

23 Jan

I may have heard that before

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (147812)

• Roseburg, Oregon

25 Jan

I never heard that before. I have eggs with bacon a couple of times per week.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

25 Jan

@jstory07 Sounds tasty. I still think about locally produced bacon though I feel sorry for the pig.

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@DaddyEvil (170212)

• United States

23 Jan

That's new to me, too... We do use almond milk instead of real dairy but that's because I am lactose intolerant. (I can eat real milk in cooking but can't use it for cereal or just for drinking. Pretty still buys it for her cereal, though.) I eat a lot of eggs: boiled, scrambled or baked... We try to buy the ones marked as free-range but that doesn't really mean a lot the way they classify "free-range" in the US.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (131259)

• Marion, Ohio

23 Jan

I had not heard that one before

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DianneN

@DianneN (251441)

• United States

26 Jan

My son would be a vegan if he didn’t love cheese so much. I don’t feel sad about chickens laying eggs or cows being drained for milk. It’s the killing of them that upsets me. However, I still eat chicken and beef, etc….

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (68311)

• Centralia, Washington

26 Jan

@DianneN I feel guillty about drinking cow milk though I do enjoy it in my cocoa. I have heard calves bawling for their Moms.

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DianneN

@DianneN (251441)

• United States

26 Jan

@sallypup Oh, that’s a different story.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (56042)

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25 Jan

Things are tough for many people. I think a lot of people buy what they can afford, they have reached the point that food is food, and if it's affordable they will buy it and eat it.

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