

The restaurant replied that the wax on its lemons might contain shellac.īut I thought Coke was filled with all kinds of non-vegan yuck: brewers’ toenails, children’s tears, etc. What does Guardian food writer and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe have to say about this? She noticed that a Pizza Express menu said a glass of Coke would only be vegan if served without lemon.

And because, like easily beguiled magpies, we like shiny stuff. Because, you’d think, of the planet-despoiling dictates of globalised late capitalism. Why does a lemon need to be shinier than it was when plucked from a sun-dappled tree and shipped to its dismal resting place in, say, the fruit aisle of a petrol station shop on the Peterborough ring road? Good question. The supermarket is now reportedly changing its products in response to customers’ complaints.

Tesco has come under fire for selling fruit that is not suitable for vegans, such as shiny lemons and limes. What’s she got to do with the story? She secretes a resin that is used to make shellac, which helps make lemons shiny.īut surely the lemon juice inside is still wholesomely vegan ? Possibly, but lemon rind – which, as you know, is essential for perking up vegan risotto and other cruelty-free meals – isn’t, when it contains shellac. Have you not heard of the female lac bug, who thrives in the forests of India and south-east Asia? He even compares it to Hades and Persephone.Hold on, isn’t all fruit vegan? Don’t be a plum.

It includes headless bodies in the water that attack when Dee wades in, a paper eating lion that bites down on Audrey's hands and the reveal that the souls of those the Shadow Men have captured are imprisoned in the penny arcade games. Amusement Park of Doom: The nightmare backdrop of the third book, based on the fact it frequently appears in people's nightmares.Lisa has stated on her site that she is going to write a sequel called Forbidden Game: Rematch, after she is done writing Strange Fate and Brionwy's Lullaby.
