Going vegan......old style?!

kim_ley

i would imagine it contains egg?

you could make some http://www.vegsoc.org/news/2001/easter-recipes3.html

ceridwen

Hmm......well...I've just been doing some catching-up on this thread.

Its certainly extremely informative and anyone who knows me that well can guess what my next words are likely to be at this point:

BLOG PLEASE!:D

Me - I'm hoping that twinkle_star might just fancy that thought;) . If so - the homepage to get started on Blogger is:

http://www.blogger.com/start

and 'tis easy enough that even a techno-illiterate like me has been able to manage it...nudge...hint....wink:D

kim_ley

new/to be vegans look here http://www.vegansociety.com/people/lifestyle/pledge/


The Vegan Society Pledge

The Vegan Society is running a Vegan Pledge for non-vegans who would like to try veganism for one week, fourteen days or one month:
Bronze

I'm belting for bronze. I want to vote with my knife and fork against animal cruelty, environmental destruction and world hunger. I pledge to eat only vegan food for 7 days.
Silver

I'm seeking silver. I want to vote with my knife and fork against animal cruelty, environmental destruction and world hunger. I pledge to eat only vegan food for 14 days.
Gold

I'm going for gold. I want to vote with my knife and fork against animal cruelty, environmental destruction and world hunger. I pledge to eat only vegan food for 30 days.
We are offering mentors, a vegan pledge pack with recipes and guidance and plenty of support. If you would like to find out more please contact the Vegan Society office: info [at] vegansociety [dot] com or 0121 523 1735/6.

kim_ley

ceridwen wrote: »

Hmm......well...I've just been doing some catching-up on this thread.

Its certainly extremely informative and anyone who knows me that well can guess what my next words are likely to be at this point:

BLOG PLEASE!:D

Me - I'm hoping that twinkle_star might just fancy that thought;) . If so - the homepage to get started on Blogger is:

http://www.blogger.com/start

and 'tis easy enough that even a techno-illiterate like me has been able to manage it...nudge...hint....wink:D

I'm thinking of setting up a site where I can blog recipes etc but also where people can add their recipes etc and where i can offer for trade/sale the surplus things i make eg. jam shampoo biscuits etc and where visitors can do the same

Justamum

Joyful25 wrote: »

Incidentally, soya mince and LM vege sausages are the only fake meat products I've had. I don't yet know if I'll subscribe to the 'I don't agree with eating animals, so why would I eat something that tastes or looks like it' point of view - perhaps to take it to it's logical conclusion we'd never use any substitutes if were were concerned about using something which represented what we're against (if that makes sense), so perhaps fake meats can't be knocked. Hmmmm :think:

LM sausages - bleeuugghhh!!! Redwoods do some nice ones.

Years ago someone asked me why I would eat vege sausages and burgers as they are designed to look like meat. My reply was that they look nothing like meat - meat is put into those shapes to disguise the fact that they are animals, and so that meat-eaters can remove themselves mentally from the fact that they are eating a dead pig or cow or whatever. Before I went vegetarian I would look at the meat on my plate and get a mental image of a whole animal lying there! Just after I went veggie I had a very vivid dream which I've never forgotten. I was walking past an abattoir and instead of animals lining up to be killed it was people!

Joyful25 wrote: »

Bourbons! Of course, forgot to mention those (and they're 100 times more exciting than rich teas, which are useless dunked in coffee). Mmmmm, chocolate spread. Think that will go well with vegan pancakes to make authentic Parisian crepes? I feel an excuse for making food coming on

Not just bourbons - Tesco Value digestives are also vegan. I made my own 'penguin' biscuits once using bourbons. I melted dark chocolate and dipped the boubons in! A bit messy! The Vegan Society have a really nice pancake recipe which I use all the time.

want2bmortgage3

suep, i have found hot cross buns never seem to display a vegetarian symbol, therefore i have avoided them. if they really aren't vegetarian then they must contain something more than just egg, gelatine is the usual suspect (made from boiling dead animal bones) but i would have to check the ingredients list. that was my problem- the HC buns never had an ingredients list as they are in basic bakery packaging.

Justamum

Simple are all vegan and not as pricey as Faith in Nature.

kim_ley

Right you all simply must look here if you don't already http://www.isitvegan.info/

suep

want2bmortgage3 wrote: »

suep, i have found hot cross buns never seem to display a vegetarian symbol, therefore i have avoided them. if they really aren't vegetarian then they must contain something more than just egg, gelatine is the usual suspect (made from boiling dead animal bones) but i would have to check the ingredients list. that was my problem- the HC buns never had an ingredients list as they are in basic bakery packaging.

Thats what threw me, the only thing on the packet is 'may contain traces of nuts and seeds' Im going to have a go at the recipe kim-ley linked to.

I have been a vegetarian for a few years so Im not finding it too big an adjustment, a lot of my food was vegan already, its just my meat eating family aren't being very supportive so I'm finding this thread a real help.

kim_ley

suep i have the same problem my o/h doesn't eat meat but only because he doesn't like it not and he wishes he did?!?! When I announced I was going to be veggie then vegan - and so were my kids the response I got from him his family and my family was not a good one!!!! I have got him around to the idea that they will definitely be veggie (even though I know they will definitely be vegan until they are old enough to decide for themselves). He thinks that it should be their choice but I cant get him to see that it can be their choice to eat meat etc and not their choice not to!!! He seems to think that they will miss out on something and he also thinks that they wont fit in the same at school because of it? As for the in-laws I regularly have them over for dinner but haven't for a while when I announced that if they come to my house I will only be cooking vegan food they were not happy. I don't think they will come again?!? but if it was a religious reason why I couldn't cook meat and the like I have the feeling that for some reason it would be more acceptable to them