""Vegan usually means no animal products at all, not just meat."" Yes, that was the way it was recently explained to me when I called a vegetarian customer vegan. I was promptly corrected as this person did eat dairy and eggs and she considered herself vegetarian. I won't make that mistake again :-[ Back to the Poblano Soup. Yummy recipe and I am thinking I will try it for a "rojo" version and reconstitute ancho chiles and use that liquid and beef broth with hopes of a smokier, deeper flavor. Thanks for sharing, Beth in Texas Bill Woodward wrote: > >Usually, vegetarians who don't eat any dairy will identify themselves >as vegans. Not always, of course, but vegetarian will often mean >cheese, dairy, and eggs are OK. Some vegetarians won't eat cheese >because the enzyme (rennet?) that is used to make it is animal based. >Vegan usually means no animal products at all, not just meat. > >Anyway, there's a wide range. > >- Bill > > > >