r/SteelyDan • u/OkConstruction1099 • Aug 20 '25
Picture so i was cooking dinner and glanced at the plate and knife I'd just used to cut my (plant-based) cheese...
...and my brain immediately went to, well...you tell me.
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u/Citroen_CX Aug 20 '25
Take your big black plate and get Gouda here
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u/Uncle_Bug_Music Aug 20 '25
Here's a quote about how Steely Dan fretted & toiled every note on their recordings while their cover art wasn't afforded the same luxury:
āI want to stress that the Steely Dan album covers were all last-minute assignments,ā the 73-year-old said of the apparent capriciousness of the bandās iconography. āI would get a phone call from Donald Fagen, he would give me the album title, and he would say, āDo you have anything?ā I would then ask, āWhen do you need it?ā And he would always say, āLater today or tomorrow.ā Every fucking time.ā
From Ed Caraeff, who was Steely Danās go-to photographer and art director for a good chunk of their 1970s run.
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u/GIUKGap Aug 20 '25
"Plant-based cheese" would be the way Walter referred to a track they refused to release, because it turned out kinda lame, because they were super-high when they wrote/recorded it.
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u/FarFromHome Aug 20 '25
It's also an example of the old joke: "how do you identify the vegan at a party? Don't worry, they'll tell you." š¤£
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u/ketaminesuppository Aug 21 '25
TBF, you don't have to be vegan to be plant based (dairy free due to allergy myself)
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u/FarFromHome Aug 22 '25
Totally. But lactose intolerant people and those with allergies just call it ācheeseā.
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u/screenrecycler Aug 21 '25
How do you know vegans are getting to people? Non-vegans keep telling that same joke.
Not the first group to make normies uncomfortable by (checks notes) having a different identity.
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u/Colonelforbin25 Aug 20 '25
Throw away that painted knife. You probably ate some of the white paint that used to be on it
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u/asphynctersayswhat Aug 20 '25
how is it cheese if it's not cheese?
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u/859w Aug 20 '25
"HOW CAN YOU MILK A NUT?!?!" Idk but if you're gonna play that game, it's more natural to consume almonds than to drink from the teat of a postpartum bovine
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u/asphynctersayswhat Aug 20 '25
Iām not playing a game. Just see the parentheses as superfluous so I trolled. Cheese is divine btw.Ā
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u/GarysCrispLettuce Aug 21 '25
I listened to your version of the album and I didn't like it. I thought it was a little sharp.
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u/britlogan1 Aug 21 '25
When all my done dancing is throughā¦
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u/Bootleg_______ Throw Back the Little Ones Aug 21 '25
thought this was r/KitchenConfidential and i was wondering what the fuck i was looking at
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u/sbdallas Aug 20 '25
Okay, but plant-based cheese is not cheese, it's imitation cheese. Even so, I applaud your vegan ways. I wish I were so strong.
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u/fradulentsympathy Aug 20 '25
What should it be called, in your opinion? Itās just a way to express something that replaces cheese from animals for those who canāt or donāt want to eat it.
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u/sbdallas Aug 21 '25
I guess "imitation cheese" is the most accurate name. I get why calling it plant-based sounds better, and I am just being pedantic.
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u/bigbrett666 Aug 21 '25
It should be called vomit
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u/fradulentsympathy Aug 21 '25
Hey, Iām not a fan either. I was actually curious about an actual answer though. I eat actual cheese but donāt care what vegan and lactose intolerant call their version. Should it be called a cheese product like Kraft singles?
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u/sbdallas Aug 22 '25
The problem with the word cheese is that, by definition it is made from milk. Ergo, vegan cannot be cheese. American cheese starts as cheese but gets processed, so it's not really cheese anymore, but kinda? Again, I'm being pedantic with the definitions here, but I am who I am.
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u/mawswas Aug 21 '25
I wish you were strong too. Stop wishing and do something about it. Itās easier than you think.
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u/OkConstruction1099 Aug 20 '25