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Jennifer, hello from South Wales, and welcome, tell us whats on your mind, what you like/dislike, how you get by as a vegan, or just about anythingthat springs to mind.

 

 

Peter H

 

 

Jennifer Garner <spudspices Sent: Thursday, 22 May, 2008 7:23:23 PM (unknown)

 

 

 

hiya, just joined not sure how this works, been getting lots of random emails. thought i would say hi

 

 

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Whats new in the neighborhood, felt the same way at first, but now I check my emails almost like I check my mail box.--- On Thu, 5/22/08, Jennifer Garner <spudspices wrote:

Jennifer Garner <spudspices (unknown) Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 6:23 PM

 

 

 

 

hiya, just joined not sure how this works, been getting lots of random emails. thought i would say hi

 

 

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Shwmae Moggy, ac croeseo,

Nice to have a fellow occupant of gods own country!, not many vegans around my

part of south wales either!

 

 

Peter vv

 

 

 

 

Julie Richards <moggymutt

 

Saturday, 14 June, 2008 7:41:09 PM

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=== Questions about you ===

 

1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)?Moggy

 

2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)?45

 

3/ Do you know many vegans in real life?Very few

 

4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before that?25 years

vegan- almost 10 years veggie before that.

 

5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would be useful to

explain why you joined this list)?Turned veggie when local farm sent friendly

pigs for slaughter. Vegan when realised cows dont produce milk without calves.

 

=== Questions about your area ===

 

6/ Whereabouts do you live?Rural Wales.

 

7/ How good a place is it for vegans?Its sheep farming country.

 

=== Questions for fun ===

 

8/ Which is your favourite type of bean?Runner.

 

9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit?Dont travel far, so the

hills of Wales.

 

10/ What types of film do you like?Short!

 

11/ What was the last meal you ate?Bananas.

 

12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person?Morning.

 

=== Questions for dull administrative purposes ===

 

13/ How did you find out about this list?veganvillage

 

=== Other comments ===

 

14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please feel free to

do so

 

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welcome betty

hope you enjoy it here

i think i went vegan out of the grey actually

cheers

fraggle

Elizabeth Harris Jul 27, 2008 5:03 PM (unknown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hello,

 

i'm betty and i am a vegan. i've joined this group because i'd love to talk to other people who are vegan...

 

my family aren't vegan. i chose to be a vegan myself and have been for 2 years (and vegetarian for 3 years before that!). i have chosen this lifestyle because of my morals on how animals should be treated........no living thing should go through so much pain for use to eat.....i don't even like eating plant life really!

 

did any of you choose to be vegan'out of the blue' or were you brought up like it???

 

betty x

 

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Hi Betty

 

Welcome to vegan chat.

 

I'm not sure my decision to go vegan was completely out of the blue, but it was very sudden... in the middle of a holiday in Germany (which, on reflection, probably wasn't the most sensible place to decide to be vegan!)

 

BB

Peter

 

 

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Elizabeth Harris

Monday, July 28, 2008 1:03 AM

(unknown)

 

 

 

 

 

hello,

 

i'm betty and i am a vegan. i've joined this group because i'd love to talk to other people who are vegan...

 

my family aren't vegan. i chose to be a vegan myself and have been for 2 years (and vegetarian for 3 years before that!). i have chosen this lifestyle because of my morals on how animals should be treated........no living thing should go through so much pain for use to eat.....i don't even like eating plant life really!

 

did any of you choose to be vegan'out of the blue' or were you brought up like it???

 

betty x

 

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Hi Betty

 

Welcome to Vegan Chat.

 

I'm vegetarian, though I usually eat vegan, and use vegan toiletries etc. When we turned vegetarian it was fairly sudden.

 

Jo

 

 



 

 

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Elizabeth Harris

Monday, July 28, 2008 1:03 AM

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hello,

 

i'm betty and i am a vegan. i've joined this group because i'd love to talk to other people who are vegan...

 

my family aren't vegan. i chose to be a vegan myself and have been for 2 years (and vegetarian for 3 years before that!). i have chosen this lifestyle because of my morals on how animals should be treated........no living thing should go through so much pain for use to eat.....i don't even like eating plant life really!

 

did any of you choose to be vegan'out of the blue' or were you brought up like it???

 

betty x

 

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Though I'm not certain I think I became a Vegan through contact with

a vegeterian, when I asked him if he ate eggs and he replied I'm a

vegaterian not a vegan and from there no in fact it started with an

accident in my drive way and re-birth into religeon basicly living

Genesis then a relapse into my old ways, then with my former

vegetarian associate may have re intrduced me back into my path. all

is well back in gods hands.

Angelo

, " jo " <jo.heartwork wrote:

>

>

> Hi Betty

>

> Welcome to Vegan Chat.

>

> I'm vegetarian, though I usually eat vegan, and use vegan

toiletries etc. When we turned vegetarian it was fairly sudden.

>

> Jo

>

>

> 

>

>

>

> -

> Elizabeth Harris

>

> Monday, July 28, 2008 1:03 AM

> (unknown)

>

>

> hello,

>

> i'm betty and i am a vegan. i've joined this group

because i'd love to talk to other people who are vegan...

>

> my family aren't vegan. i chose to be a vegan myself and

have been for 2 years (and vegetarian for 3 years before that!). i

have chosen this lifestyle because of my morals on how animals

should be treated........no living thing should go through so much

pain for use to eat.....i don't even like eating plant life really!

>

> did any of you choose to be vegan'out of the blue' or

were you brought up like it???

>

> betty x

>

>

> -

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well welcome to this wondrful group sue ,Braxton

 

Friday, August 08, 2008 6:16:56 pm

 

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" Susan Shatraw " <susan_g_shatraw

 

Hi My name is Sue. I am a new member. I love soup, and I love recipes, so I am

sure that I will enjoy being a part of your group!

[Guest guest]

Welcome to our group, Magoosmom! It's always heartening to meet new vegetarians

- congratulations to you and your daughter for making that move! And I am sure

you will find it easier as the days/weeks go by.

 

You say you are looking for lunch ideas for your 11-yr-old. Do you mean a lunch

she can carry to school? Any veggie soup or stew in a thermos works fine, I'd

think - and sandwiches that don't contain me*t?? Fruit? Some carrot sticks??

 

Well, listen to me - It's been many years since I had an 11-yr-old! But have you

looked at Vegan Lunch Box? It's a wonderful blog at:

http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/

 

Otherwise, I think members here might have some good suggestions!

 

All the best, Pat (Group Co-owner with Marie and Piers)

 

---

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[Guest guest]

i'm coming up with a new standard answer for everything...

all variants of "what, i have to be (insert thing here, be it vegan or whatever)! clowns will eat me if i don't"

must be vegan...clowns will eat me...must be vegan..clowns will eat me..

repeat

then there's always:

"what, you don't know???" and alternate bewtween looking terrified orlaughing maniacally

than again, i'm strange....

Jessica Brady Oct 20, 2008 5:34 PM (unknown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey and thanks for enviting me to this group. So, I have only recently decided to go vegan. It's kind of a By-Chance situation. I was waiting for my dog to get out of the vet office and decided to go to the Books A Million next door to kill some time. I got a smoothie and just sat down, as I was looking around I spotted the Skinny Bitch book and I just had to pick it up. I finished the 1st 3 chapters in the store. Of course I bought it and finished the rest the next day. Since then I have been doing lots of researce on-line and have read some books from the local library. Changing what I am eating has been the easy part. I have never been a big meat eater and I love veggies already, so not a big deal for me. The hard part is dealing with the critizism I am getting from my husband and his parents. Who by-the-way have a freezer that contains a 400 lb hog they killed and had butchered and who still think the Adkins diet may work. It's gross. So, I would love to know just how ya'll deal with this kind of situation. What should I tell everyone? How should I react?

 

 

 

 

 

For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

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[Guest guest]

At 5:34 PM -0700 10/20/08, Jessica Brady wrote:

.....The hard part is dealing with the critizism I am getting from

my husband and his parents. Who by-the-way have a freezer

that contains a 400 lb hog they killed and had butchered and who

still think the Adkins diet may work. It's gross. So,

I would love to know just how ya'll deal with this kind of situation.

What should I tell everyone? How should I react?

>>

 

As I recall from my own experience 30-some years ago, it's hard

for a new veg to shut up about all the reasons for going veg given the

slightest opening.

 

But I've learned that to communicate effectively, it's better to

answer specific direct questions as they come up, avoid talking about

food choices at mealtimes, and keep a positive attitude about my own

choices (rather than getting defensive). It has also been effective to

give people books or magazines (or websites) if they expressed any

interest or concerns. That way, they can read it on their own (or not)

and not get mocked themselves for seeming to be interested in going

veg. In my experience, family members criticized a lot and only began

to have a glimmer of respect for my decision after they'd

independently heard the same info I'd told them from a different

source. The easy part was that I had to deal with this only at

holidays, not daily.

 

Part of the nonveg criticism is, in fact, defensiveness. Having a

vegan in their midst threatens all they thought they knew about food

and eating. So their first defense is mockery and ridicule, or worse,

to distance themselves from your choice and console themselves that,

as they perceive every day from popular culture, they're right and

you're wrong.

 

When I decided to go vegetarian, I felt tremendous certainty

(because from the moment I'd met a real, live vegetarian, I knew at a

very deep level that it was the right thing to do, and then I'd done

months of research) and realized that if everything I'd ever been told

about food was wrong, then I needed to question everything else I'd

ever been told. So I also think it's important to know who you

are.

 

Taking a tip from the politicians, if someone asks you a question

you don't know the answer to, you can say " I'll get back to you. "

Or if they choose to grill you at dinnertime, you can tell them it's

not an appropriate time for that conversation. Also like the

politicians, it may be helpful to have a few sound bites ready and

gracefully steer the conversation to what you do eat and how healthy

it is. Since you're around family members daily, maybe you can offer a

" health tip of the day " -- learn one thing about a food you

eat or a vitamin/mineral -- or find some other way to be relentlessly

subversive and positive. (For instance, you can offer that broccoli is

a good source of calcium. Or molasses is a good source of iron. Or

vitamin B-12 is produced by soil bacteria.)

 

A wonderful book that talks about this stuff is _Living among

meat-eaters_ by Carol Adams.

 

Another subversive tactic is to look up whatever health concerns

your relatives have and see if anyone has written a book/website about

using diet to help, then give the info to the relative to read. For

instance, look for Star McDougallers at

http://www.drmcdougall.com/.

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for all the advice. I know I will be strong. I have

made my decision already. Thanks again. - In

, yarrow wrote:

>

> At 5:34 PM -0700 10/20/08, Jessica Brady wrote:

> ....The hard part is dealing with the critizism I am getting from

my

> husband and his parents. Who by-the-way have a freezer that

contains

> a 400 lb hog they killed and had butchered and who still think

> the Adkins diet may work. It's gross. So, I would love to know

just

> how ya'll deal with this kind of situation. What should I tell

> everyone? How should I react?

> >>

>

> As I recall from my own experience 30-some years ago, it's hard for

a

> new veg to shut up about all the reasons for going veg given the

> slightest opening.

>

> But I've learned that to communicate effectively, it's better to

> answer specific direct questions as they come up, avoid talking

about

> food choices at mealtimes, and keep a positive attitude about my

own

> choices (rather than getting defensive). It has also been effective

> to give people books or magazines (or websites) if they expressed

any

> interest or concerns. That way, they can read it on their own (or

> not) and not get mocked themselves for seeming to be interested in

> going veg. In my experience, family members criticized a lot and

only

> began to have a glimmer of respect for my decision after they'd

> independently heard the same info I'd told them from a different

> source. The easy part was that I had to deal with this only at

> holidays, not daily.

>

> Part of the nonveg criticism is, in fact, defensiveness. Having a

> vegan in their midst threatens all they thought they knew about

food

> and eating. So their first defense is mockery and ridicule, or

worse,

> to distance themselves from your choice and console themselves

that,

> as they perceive every day from popular culture, they're right and

> you're wrong.

>

> When I decided to go vegetarian, I felt tremendous certainty

(because

> from the moment I'd met a real, live vegetarian, I knew at a very

> deep level that it was the right thing to do, and then I'd done

> months of research) and realized that if everything I'd ever been

> told about food was wrong, then I needed to question everything

else

> I'd ever been told. So I also think it's important to know who you

> are.

>

> Taking a tip from the politicians, if someone asks you a question

you

> don't know the answer to, you can say " I'll get back to you. " Or if

> they choose to grill you at dinnertime, you can tell them it's not

an

> appropriate time for that conversation. Also like the politicians,

it

> may be helpful to have a few sound bites ready and gracefully steer

> the conversation to what you do eat and how healthy it is. Since

> you're around family members daily, maybe you can offer a " health

tip

> of the day " -- learn one thing about a food you eat or a

> vitamin/mineral -- or find some other way to be relentlessly

> subversive and positive. (For instance, you can offer that broccoli

> is a good source of calcium. Or molasses is a good source of iron.

Or

> vitamin B-12 is produced by soil bacteria.)

>

> A wonderful book that talks about this stuff is _Living among

> meat-eaters_ by Carol Adams.

>

> Another subversive tactic is to look up whatever health concerns

your

> relatives have and see if anyone has written a book/website about

> using diet to help, then give the info to the relative to read. For

> instance, look for Star McDougallers at http://www.drmcdougall.com/.

>

[Guest guest]

That's really good advice Yarrow. I'll try to remember those things.

I managed to turn my mom vegan.. by being patient.

 

I would send her information, via email.. books, literature.

 

Till slowly I finally convinced her. She's been vegan one year now.

She raised me vegetarian and cheese was hard for her to give up.

 

Anouk

 

>

> As I recall from my own experience 30-some years ago, it's hard for

a

> new veg to shut up about all the reasons for going veg given the

> slightest opening.

>

> But I've learned that to communicate effectively, it's better to

> answer specific direct questions as they come up, avoid talking

about

> food choices at mealtimes, and keep a positive attitude about my

own

> choices (rather than getting defensive). It has also been effective

> to give people books or magazines (or websites) if they expressed

any

> interest or concerns. That way, they can read it on their own (or

> not) and not get mocked themselves for seeming to be interested in

> going veg. In my experience, family members criticized a lot and

only

> began to have a glimmer of respect for my decision after they'd

> independently heard the same info I'd told them from a different

> source. The easy part was that I had to deal with this only at

> holidays, not daily.

>

> Part of the nonveg criticism is, in fact, defensiveness. Having a

> vegan in their midst threatens all they thought they knew about

food

> and eating. So their first defense is mockery and ridicule, or

worse,

> to distance themselves from your choice and console themselves

that,

> as they perceive every day from popular culture, they're right and

> you're wrong.

>

> When I decided to go vegetarian, I felt tremendous certainty

(because

> from the moment I'd met a real, live vegetarian, I knew at a very

> deep level that it was the right thing to do, and then I'd done

> months of research) and realized that if everything I'd ever been

> told about food was wrong, then I needed to question everything

else

> I'd ever been told. So I also think it's important to know who you

> are.

>

> Taking a tip from the politicians, if someone asks you a question

you

> don't know the answer to, you can say " I'll get back to you. " Or if

> they choose to grill you at dinnertime, you can tell them it's not

an

> appropriate time for that conversation. Also like the politicians,

it

> may be helpful to have a few sound bites ready and gracefully steer

> the conversation to what you do eat and how healthy it is. Since

> you're around family members daily, maybe you can offer a " health

tip

> of the day " -- learn one thing about a food you eat or a

> vitamin/mineral -- or find some other way to be relentlessly

> subversive and positive. (For instance, you can offer that broccoli

> is a good source of calcium. Or molasses is a good source of iron.

Or

> vitamin B-12 is produced by soil bacteria.)

>

> A wonderful book that talks about this stuff is _Living among

> meat-eaters_ by Carol Adams.

>

> Another subversive tactic is to look up whatever health concerns

your

> relatives have and see if anyone has written a book/website about

> using diet to help, then give the info to the relative to read. For

> instance, look for Star McDougallers at http://www.drmcdougall.com/.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Anouk. It's amazing that your mom was able to persuade

herself to change, with your help. I had a vegan friend who was sort

of annoyed that one of her friends, who was vegetarian, refused to

consider going vegan. The vegetarian thought it was " hard enough " to

be vegetarian!

 

I thought back to the first vegetarian I met, who didn't talk about

being vegetarian but had a 2-year-old and was expecting another

child. I'd never met a vegetarian and didn't know it was possible

(and had heard from all my relatives that " you can't live without

meat " ). So I figured that if a pregnant woman could be vegetarian,

then anyone could. Still, I did lots of research (waaaaaaaaay back

before the internet! when few books were available on veg*sm) before

going veg.

 

But if I'd been around people who were annoying about being veg, I

probably would have thought that being veg makes people annoying and

I would have resisted. So I tell people I'm vegan if the subject

comes up, and leave it at that. If they ask, I tell more. Usually

people don't want to know more, but if they do, it's often " where do

you get your protein? " Or they comment, " you must eat a lot of tofu "

or " I could never be a vegetarian, I don't like tofu. " It's like

being the ambassador from Planet Vegan.

 

 

 

 

At 6:26 PM +0000 10/25/08, flower child wrote:

>That's really good advice Yarrow. I'll try to remember those things.

>I managed to turn my mom vegan.. by being patient.

>

>I would send her information, via email.. books, literature.

>

>Till slowly I finally convinced her. She's been vegan one year now.

>She raised me vegetarian and cheese was hard for her to give up.

>

>Anouk

>

>>

>> As I recall from my own experience 30-some years ago, it's hard for

>a

>> new veg to shut up about all the reasons for going veg given the

>> slightest opening.

>>

>> But I've learned that to communicate effectively, it's better to

>> answer specific direct questions as they come up, avoid talking

>about

>> food choices at mealtimes, and keep a positive attitude about my

>own

>> choices (rather than getting defensive). It has also been effective

>> to give people books or magazines (or websites) if they expressed

>any

>> interest or concerns. That way, they can read it on their own (or

>> not) and not get mocked themselves for seeming to be interested in

>> going veg. In my experience, family members criticized a lot and

>only

>> began to have a glimmer of respect for my decision after they'd

>> independently heard the same info I'd told them from a different

>> source. The easy part was that I had to deal with this only at

>> holidays, not daily.

>>

>> Part of the nonveg criticism is, in fact, defensiveness. Having a

>> vegan in their midst threatens all they thought they knew about

>food

>> and eating. So their first defense is mockery and ridicule, or

>worse,

>> to distance themselves from your choice and console themselves

>that,

>> as they perceive every day from popular culture, they're right and

>> you're wrong.

>>

>> When I decided to go vegetarian, I felt tremendous certainty

>(because

>> from the moment I'd met a real, live vegetarian, I knew at a very

>> deep level that it was the right thing to do, and then I'd done

>> months of research) and realized that if everything I'd ever been

>> told about food was wrong, then I needed to question everything

>else

>> I'd ever been told. So I also think it's important to know who you

>> are.

>>

>> Taking a tip from the politicians, if someone asks you a question

>you

>> don't know the answer to, you can say " I'll get back to you. " Or if

>> they choose to grill you at dinnertime, you can tell them it's not

>an

>> appropriate time for that conversation. Also like the politicians,

>it

>> may be helpful to have a few sound bites ready and gracefully steer

>> the conversation to what you do eat and how healthy it is. Since

>> you're around family members daily, maybe you can offer a " health

>tip

>> of the day " -- learn one thing about a food you eat or a

>> vitamin/mineral -- or find some other way to be relentlessly

>> subversive and positive. (For instance, you can offer that broccoli

>> is a good source of calcium. Or molasses is a good source of iron.

>Or

>> vitamin B-12 is produced by soil bacteria.)

>>

>> A wonderful book that talks about this stuff is _Living among

>> meat-eaters_ by Carol Adams.

>>

>> Another subversive tactic is to look up whatever health concerns

>your

>> relatives have and see if anyone has written a book/website about

>> using diet to help, then give the info to the relative to read. For

>> instance, look for Star McDougallers at http://www.drmcdougall.com/.

>>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Ha Ha! that's so true. I wish a had a penny evertime someone asked me

if all I eat is tofu and lettuce!

 

Also, the " you need protein from meat is sometimes reinforced in the

media.. although that's changing as people get more informed..

(hopefully)

 

, yarrow wrote:

>

> Thanks, Anouk. It's amazing that your mom was able to persuade

> herself to change, with your help. I had a vegan friend who was sort

> of annoyed that one of her friends, who was vegetarian, refused to

> consider going vegan. The vegetarian thought it was " hard enough " to

> be vegetarian!

>

>

[Guest guest]

i always run screaming away from mthat book..

mostly because the publisher of that book took over my company after a nasty bankruptcy..

i hold grudges sometimes

jammypie83 Oct 24, 2008 9:16 PM (unknown)

 

 

 

I read this book and it also led me down the same path. EVERYONE gaveme a really hard time about it at first but I just stuck to my ideasand continued on my path and now I get a lot of questions aboutvegetarian/veganism but the teasing has stopped. Just let people knowthat you are serious about your lifestyle change and others willfollow. GOOD LUCK! , "heartwerk" <jo.heartwork wrote:>> Hi, and welcome to Vegan Chat.> > Unfortunately, the reaction from others seems to be pretty standard > and ongoing.> > Try to not let it upset you. Personally, I think it best not to > preach to people about what they eat. When offered non-vegan things > just decline gracefully. When people are rude, ask them not to be.> > Good luck> > Jo> > , Jessica Brady <jessie23psos@> > wrote:> >> > Hey and thanks for enviting me to this group. So, I have only > recently decided to go vegan. It's kind of a By-Chance situation. I > was waiting for my dog to get out of the vet office and decided to go > to the Books A Million next door to kill some time. I got a smoothie > and just sat down, as I was looking around I spotted the Skinny Bitch > book and I just had to pick it up. I finished the 1st 3 chapters in > the store. Of course I bought it and finished the rest the next > day. Since then I have been doing lots of researce on-line and have > read some books from the local library. Changing what I am eating > has been the easy part. I have never been a big meat eater and I > love veggies already, so not a big deal for me. The hard part is > dealing with the critizism I am getting from my husband and his > parents. Who by-the-way have a freezer that contains a 400 lb hog > they killed and had butchered and who still think the Adkins diet may > work. > > It's gross. So, I would love to know just how ya'll deal with > this kind of situation. What should I tell everyone? How should I > react? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>

 

 

 

 

 

For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

Mark Twain

[Guest guest]

Come to a meetup then. You will have a lot of support from other raw-foodists. Go to http://meetup.com to and type raw foods into the search box.-HTH,Tinokimberly cooper <krenata8 Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:53:01 AMSubject:

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I want to learn how to fix organic raw dishes but don't where to begin. I live in Upper Marlboro, MD. Kimberly

[Guest guest]

Thank you. I am certainly going to try it!

Diana

--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Ellen OConnor <llamalass wrote:

 

Ellen OConnor <llamalass

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Saturday, November 15, 2008, 3:54 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diana,

 

This definitely should be eaten. I said spread because it is the consistency of

pudding versus the dressing which is more thin. One is kind of sweet and sour,

the other is like a dessert, to me anyway.

 

This actually took off a corn I had for years. Sue had that growth in between

her hooves that came off. I wish I could show me. This should work for you.

 

Blessings,

 

Ellen

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi

 

Welcome to the group. There are people here who will be able to offer advice if you need any.

 

Jo

 

 

 

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David Evans

Sunday, December 28, 2008 8:40 PM

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Hi! I have been a vegetarian for six months, and I aspire to become fully vegan. I need some time to work up the courage; I value your fellowship and advice as I work through the process.padmasanadave"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace." --Pythagoras

[Guest guest]

Hi David , welcome. Any questions you may have , feelfree to ask, some long time vegans with loads of experiances on here........

 

Peter vv

 

 

 

 

David Evans <padmasanadave Sent: Sunday, 28 December, 2008 8:40:32 PM (unknown)

 

Hi! I have been a vegetarian for six months, and I aspire to become fully vegan. I need some time to work up the courage; I value your fellowship and advice as I work through the process.padmasanadave"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace." --Pythagoras

[Guest guest]

Hi Alison and welcome!

 

Peter vv

 

 

 

 

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Alison Palmer <alisonlp2008

 

Sunday, 4 January, 2009 5:51:53 PM

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Hi I am a new member from Medway, Kent. I have been vegetarian since going away

to college in 1987 and vegan since 2005. I look forward to reading about and

joining in with some interesting discussions.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi, Christine - I think more and more children are deciding on this

lifestyle...because they are learning about it and are aware of it.  I didn't

know about vegetarianism until I was an adult.

 

I have been a veg. for about 25 years now.  I,too, reached a point where I could

no longer prepare the meat for family members. 

Hope you enjoy this group.

 

          Echo

 

 

 

 

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Christine Hauser-deNeveu <christine.deneveu

 

Monday, January 19, 2009 3:44:59 PM

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Hi there, glad to be beginning with your group.  My name is Christine, I am from

Northern Illinois (cold cold cold:) and I was looking for a vegetarian

group--your name and mission statement appealed to me from both a visceral and

literary perspective.  Glad to be here.

 

I am a 40+ woman, vegetarian for over two years, two daughters--high school and

20 something.  Youngest led me to vegetarianism when she decided not to eat meat

products at the age of 12--the more I watched and listened to her, the more sold

I became.  As I cooked meals (at first so worrying about her protein

requirements) I began to realize it was silly and wasteful to make two separate

main dishes--and as I began to eat meatless I began to drop pounds like no diet

had ever done for me--and I ate pretty much what I wanted--just like the

commercials- -just no meat or meat products.  I attribute the 40 lbs of weight I

lost (from a 30.2 bmi to my current 24.9 bmi) I realized skipping fast food,

watching labels, and eliminating meat was my new life.

 

I don't talk much about the life-choice, it just isn't that big a deal, except

with wider family at holidays and get togethers.  I just find it to be a healthy

way for me to live in a less cruel way.  I occasionally prepare meat for my

significant who has a very difficult and demanding physical job, usually I can't

eat myself afterward, the blood and flesh thing has become really gross for me. 

I probably will stop doing that, sometime soon--hope this group can help me with

some good and quick and hearty recipes to allow me to eliminate the meat from

most of his diet, too.  He is willing but doesn't drink dairy, eat cheese,

eggs--due to coronary artery disease.  We have/he has used the Ornish diet, but

most of the Ornish recipes are labor intensive, expensive, and time consuming. 

All the things that are hard for me on a budget of time and money.

 

I also hope for some fun support---thanks for listening, look forward to reading

your posts.

 

Christine

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Blue!

 

Unless more than one of you have the same handle, I think we met on myspace!

I've since lost touch with you and the person I met you through (sorry I can't

remember her name!), but if it's you, HI!

 

Wow, it sounds like you're in short supply of ways to prepare food. What about

a griddle? Is that a future option for you? I've found I can do just about

anything on my electric griddle. I'm a big fan of stir fry meals, so this would

be something that you could do. I often make either a Tempeh or a portobella

mushroom stir fry with Indian or Canadian sauces. Some of them have too much

sugar or have dairy, but if you look at the ingredients, there are plenty that

are low or void of these items.

 

Hope that helps!

Barbra

 

 

 

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Blue

Monday, February 02, 2009 3:23 AM

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Hello,

 

I am here to get meal ideas. At the moment I have a microwave, a refrigerator

and a vita-mix available for meal prep. When I had a stove and a complete

kitchen, I had more options...

 

I try to keep it all as organic as possible at a reasonable cost, so Costco's

Amy's soups, and Cedarlane burritos have been my mainstays + raw vegetables and

fruits.

 

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Gillian,

 

Welcome to the group.  I am new myself.  No...it is never too late to learn. 

Perhaps it would be good if you could let us know some of your favorite foods

and then suggestions could be made using those.

 

Have a great day!

 

Stefanie

 

P.S.  I have 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 19 birds!  :-)

 

 

 

 

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Gillian Jackson <gillian.jackson30

 

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:11:10 PM

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Hi all,

I am new to the group but want to learn many things.It will have to be slowly

and steadily because of my old age, but it is never too late to learn is it.

I have never eaten much meat for the simple reason that I love animals.

Can you help me to get started please?

Gillian.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks, and he is huge!! He makes my Cocker look like a puppy!!

 

M

 

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:38 AM, paula burnette <paburnt wrote:

 

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