Guest guest Report post Posted December 26, 2005 Hi Jo Thank you and the same to you and everyone here. BB Nikki , " jo " <jo.heartwork@g...> wrote: > > Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it - and I hope everyone has a lovely > time whatever they celebrate. > > BB > Jo > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted December 26, 2005 Hi Nikki How did your family enjoy the day? We have had a very nice time - enjoying all the presents, and too much food by far! BB Jo - " earthstrm " <earthstorm Monday, December 26, 2005 12:12 PM Re: Greetings > Hi Jo > > Thank you and the same to you and everyone here. > > BB > Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted December 27, 2005 Hi Jo It was pretty nice. Very relaxing, no pressure and most everyone enjoyed their gifts. The best part of course is Zak opening his though. I do need tho to find more for me in my own choices for these holidays. I am use to celebrating my beliefs solo, I just think that I do not give myself enough time and space to do so. But I am slowly realizing I need to re-prioritize things for myself or risk alienating everyone. Tis a really strange time for me right now. But I do know all will get better. BB Nikki , " jo " <jo.heartwork@g...> wrote: > > Hi Nikki > > How did your family enjoy the day? > > We have had a very nice time - enjoying all the presents, and too much food > by far! > > BB > Jo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted December 27, 2005 HI Nikki I suppose it depends how open the rest of your family are to what you want to do. If not, maybe you could have an altar in another room for a short private ritual, or even go for a short walk to a quiet place. BB Jo - " earthstrm " <earthstorm Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:34 PM Re: Greetings > Hi Jo > > It was pretty nice. Very relaxing, no pressure and most everyone > enjoyed their gifts. The best part of course is Zak opening his > though. > > I do need tho to find more for me in my own choices for these > holidays. I am use to celebrating my beliefs solo, I just think that > I do not give myself enough time and space to do so. But I am slowly > realizing I need to re-prioritize things for myself or risk > alienating everyone. > > Tis a really strange time for me right now. But I do know all will > get better. > > BB > Nikki > > , " jo " <jo.heartwork@g...> wrote: > > > > Hi Nikki > > > > How did your family enjoy the day? > > > > We have had a very nice time - enjoying all the presents, and too > much food > > by far! > > > > BB > > Jo > To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted December 27, 2005 Hi Jo That's usually what I do. Either in my room or out into the yard. BB Nikki , " jo " <jo.heartwork@g...> wrote: > > HI Nikki > > I suppose it depends how open the rest of your family are to what you want > to do. If not, maybe you could have an altar in another room for a short > private ritual, or even go for a short walk to a quiet place. > > BB > Jo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted December 31, 2006 Hi Silver, and welcome to the group. You can get good info on which mainstream products are vegan from the Vegan Society's Animal Free Shopper. There's a handy pocket-sized print version which costs about a fiver and there's also a free online version at www.animalfreeshopper.com (you have to register first to use this, but that doesn't cost anything). It's not possible to be 100% vegan - there's always some aspect of your life which, if you dig deep enough, has some negative impact on animals (including other humans). But of course we all strive to be as vegan as we reasonably can. I used to live in Southampton a long time ago (Portswood) - at that time I think it had one veggie restaurant of the hippy/brown rice/ lentils persuasion, but I've no idea what it's like these days - I think it's probably changed a lot ? I just got back from my first trip to India - very vegetarian- friendly in the south but also very hard to be vegan there, due to the widespread use of dairy products in just about everything. Paul On 31 Dec 2006, at 19:14, Silver Devi Dasi wrote: > === Questions about you === > > 1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)? my real name > is Melissa though hardly anyone calls me that anymore, and I am more > widely known as Silver DD (though you don't need to add the DD), so, > take your pick! > > 2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)? I'm currently 40 > > 3/ Do you know many vegans in real life? none > > 4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before > that? I have been vegetarian for approximately a little over a month. > I backslid on several occasions and had chicken, and then felt > terribly guilty afterwards. haven't had any meat since. > > 5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would > be > useful to explain why you joined this list)? I am not a vegan as yet, > which I will explain in a minute. I made a promise to Krishna to stop > eating meat and eggs and anything with animal products by the end of > this year. however, this is an ongoing process, and I am in the > process of researching which foods have animal products in, and which > don't - and not simply animal products, but GM as well. until I have > done all the research I can do, I cannot be 100% vegan and say I am, > if there is a chance that this might not be true. > > > === Questions about your area === > > 6/ Whereabouts do you live? Southampton > > 7/ How good a place is it for vegans? I suppose it's like any other. > plenty restaurants have vegetarian dishes, though I don't exactly eat > out, so I wouldn't know how dedicated any of them are. there is ONE > all vegetarian restaurant in town, and close by, but I think they are > more a psychic/alternative therapies cafe that offers veggie goodies > on a small scale. > > > === Questions for fun === > > 8/ Which is your favourite type of bean? hmmm..I'd have to say french > cut green beans > > 9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit? I've always > wanted to visit India. > > 10/ What types of film do you like? Bollywood/indian for the most > part. or a real good gripping action/thriller. I am looking forward > to seeing apocalypto. > > 11/ What was the last meal you ate? I made 2 falafel wraps. they were > made from 2 chapatis spread with hummus, 2 falafels in each kind of > squashed or flattened, and some salad on top of that, rolled up and > enjoyed. > > 12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person? evening, although I > am up mon - fri at the crack of dawn. > > > === Questions for dull administrative purposes === > > 13/ How did you find out about this list? I went in search of new > groups on yahell so I could learn to make the transition from > omnivore to veggiesaurus a little easier. > > > === Other comments === > > 14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please > feel > free to do so. I'm a 40 year old single mother of 3, who recently > promised to give up smoking as well as eating animal products. I have > succeeded at both (the smoking 100% anyway), though I still have some > ways to go on the food end. my aim here is to be totally vegan, and > also incorporate alot of rawfoods into my diet too. one thing in > particular I was looking for here besides menus/recipes, was to know > which products from major grocery stores have hidden animal > ingredients, or hidden GM ingredients. and also, if there are any > people living either in or near my area, that may know of organic > shopping/food co-ops etc, or places which do mail order of specialty > veg food items. any advice here would be a godsend. I haven't checked > files or anything yet, so if things like this are there already, then > whoops! I'm checking now..thanks ahead of time > > YS > Silver DD > > > > ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, > there may be another side to the story you have not heard. > --------------------------- > Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> > Un: send a blank message to - > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 1, 2007 Hi Silver, Welcome to the group, here are a few web sites that may be of help to you: http://www.vegansociety.com/html/ http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/ Both have lots of information from groups in your area/shops/mail order / food facts etc. Any questions please ask. The Valley Vegan............ Silver Devi Dasi <silvervcc wrote: === Questions about you === 1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)? my real name is Melissa though hardly anyone calls me that anymore, and I am more widely known as Silver DD (though you don't need to add the DD), so, take your pick! 2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)? I'm currently 40 3/ Do you know many vegans in real life? none 4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before that? I have been vegetarian for approximately a little over a month. I backslid on several occasions and had chicken, and then felt terribly guilty afterwards. haven't had any meat since. 5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would be useful to explain why you joined this list)? I am not a vegan as yet, which I will explain in a minute. I made a promise to Krishna to stop eating meat and eggs and anything with animal products by the end of this year. however, this is an ongoing process, and I am in the process of researching which foods have animal products in, and which don't - and not simply animal products, but GM as well. until I have done all the research I can do, I cannot be 100% vegan and say I am, if there is a chance that this might not be true. === Questions about your area === 6/ Whereabouts do you live? Southampton 7/ How good a place is it for vegans? I suppose it's like any other. plenty restaurants have vegetarian dishes, though I don't exactly eat out, so I wouldn't know how dedicated any of them are. there is ONE all vegetarian restaurant in town, and close by, but I think they are more a psychic/alternative therapies cafe that offers veggie goodies on a small scale. === Questions for fun === 8/ Which is your favourite type of bean? hmmm..I'd have to say french cut green beans 9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit? I've always wanted to visit India. 10/ What types of film do you like? Bollywood/indian for the most part. or a real good gripping action/thriller. I am looking forward to seeing apocalypto. 11/ What was the last meal you ate? I made 2 falafel wraps. they were made from 2 chapatis spread with hummus, 2 falafels in each kind of squashed or flattened, and some salad on top of that, rolled up and enjoyed. 12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person? evening, although I am up mon - fri at the crack of dawn. === Questions for dull administrative purposes === 13/ How did you find out about this list? I went in search of new groups on yahell so I could learn to make the transition from omnivore to veggiesaurus a little easier. === Other comments === 14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please feel free to do so. I'm a 40 year old single mother of 3, who recently promised to give up smoking as well as eating animal products. I have succeeded at both (the smoking 100% anyway), though I still have some ways to go on the food end. my aim here is to be totally vegan, and also incorporate alot of rawfoods into my diet too. one thing in particular I was looking for here besides menus/recipes, was to know which products from major grocery stores have hidden animal ingredients, or hidden GM ingredients. and also, if there are any people living either in or near my area, that may know of organic shopping/food co-ops etc, or places which do mail order of specialty veg food items. any advice here would be a godsend. I haven't checked files or anything yet, so if things like this are there already, then whoops! I'm checking now..thanks ahead of time YS Silver DD Peter H Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 1, 2007 I've heard they use a lot of coconut milk in food and it was quite easy to be vegan espcially in places like Kerala? Jo >-- Original Message -- > >Paul Russell <prussell >Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:57:50 +0000 >Re: greetings > > > >Hi Silver, and welcome to the group. > >You can get good info on which mainstream products are vegan from the >Vegan Society's Animal Free Shopper. There's a handy pocket-sized >print version which costs about a fiver and there's also a free >online version at www.animalfreeshopper.com (you have to register >first to use this, but that doesn't cost anything). > >It's not possible to be 100% vegan - there's always some aspect of >your life which, if you dig deep enough, has some negative impact on >animals (including other humans). But of course we all strive to be >as vegan as we reasonably can. > >I used to live in Southampton a long time ago (Portswood) - at that >time I think it had one veggie restaurant of the hippy/brown rice/ >lentils persuasion, but I've no idea what it's like these days - I >think it's probably changed a lot ? > >I just got back from my first trip to India - very vegetarian- >friendly in the south but also very hard to be vegan there, due to >the widespread use of dairy products in just about everything. > >Paul > >On 31 Dec 2006, at 19:14, Silver Devi Dasi wrote: > >> === Questions about you === >> >> 1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)? my real name >> is Melissa though hardly anyone calls me that anymore, and I am more >> widely known as Silver DD (though you don't need to add the DD), so, >> take your pick! >> >> 2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)? I'm currently 40 >> >> 3/ Do you know many vegans in real life? none >> >> 4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before >> that? I have been vegetarian for approximately a little over a month. >> I backslid on several occasions and had chicken, and then felt >> terribly guilty afterwards. haven't had any meat since. >> >> 5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would >> be >> useful to explain why you joined this list)? I am not a vegan as yet, >> which I will explain in a minute. I made a promise to Krishna to stop >> eating meat and eggs and anything with animal products by the end of >> this year. however, this is an ongoing process, and I am in the >> process of researching which foods have animal products in, and which >> don't - and not simply animal products, but GM as well. until I have >> done all the research I can do, I cannot be 100% vegan and say I am, >> if there is a chance that this might not be true. >> >> >> === Questions about your area === >> >> 6/ Whereabouts do you live? Southampton >> >> 7/ How good a place is it for vegans? I suppose it's like any other. >> plenty restaurants have vegetarian dishes, though I don't exactly eat >> out, so I wouldn't know how dedicated any of them are. there is ONE >> all vegetarian restaurant in town, and close by, but I think they are >> more a psychic/alternative therapies cafe that offers veggie goodies >> on a small scale. >> >> >> === Questions for fun === >> >> 8/ Which is your favourite type of bean? hmmm..I'd have to say french >> cut green beans >> >> 9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit? I've always >> wanted to visit India. >> >> 10/ What types of film do you like? Bollywood/indian for the most >> part. or a real good gripping action/thriller. I am looking forward >> to seeing apocalypto. >> >> 11/ What was the last meal you ate? I made 2 falafel wraps. they were >> made from 2 chapatis spread with hummus, 2 falafels in each kind of >> squashed or flattened, and some salad on top of that, rolled up and >> enjoyed. >> >> 12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person? evening, although I >> am up mon - fri at the crack of dawn. >> >> >> === Questions for dull administrative purposes === >> >> 13/ How did you find out about this list? I went in search of new >> groups on yahell so I could learn to make the transition from >> omnivore to veggiesaurus a little easier. >> >> >> === Other comments === >> >> 14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please >> feel >> free to do so. I'm a 40 year old single mother of 3, who recently >> promised to give up smoking as well as eating animal products. I have >> succeeded at both (the smoking 100% anyway), though I still have some >> ways to go on the food end. my aim here is to be totally vegan, and >> also incorporate alot of rawfoods into my diet too. one thing in >> particular I was looking for here besides menus/recipes, was to know >> which products from major grocery stores have hidden animal >> ingredients, or hidden GM ingredients. and also, if there are any >> people living either in or near my area, that may know of organic >> shopping/food co-ops etc, or places which do mail order of specialty >> veg food items. any advice here would be a godsend. I haven't checked >> files or anything yet, so if things like this are there already, then >> whoops! I'm checking now..thanks ahead of time >> >> YS >> Silver DD >> >> >> >> ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, >> there may be another side to the story you have not heard. >> --------------------------- >> Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> >> Un: send a blank message to - >> >> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 1, 2007 On 1 Jan 2007, at 15:34, Jo Kimberley wrote: > I've heard they use a lot of coconut milk in food and it was quite > easy to > be vegan espcially in places like Kerala? > Ghee, yoghurt and paneer are widely used. Ghee is probably the biggest problem because just about all frying uses ghee, so even with something basic like a tarka dall, the spices in the tarka will have been fried in ghee. Even plain rice is usually buttered. I just did the best I could - avoided all obvious dairy content and stuck to plain baked breads like puri and accepted the fact that some of things I ate might have contained a small amount of ghee. Apart from going self-catering (not really practical on a business trip) what else can you do ? Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 2, 2007 I agree Paul, Ghee would be the biggest problem, however, all you can do is tell the places you eat not to use it? I know this is impractical in places where they may not speak English, but there is vegan travel book I believe with phrases in many languages. I am sure that someone could have told you the phrase from the hotel? in the one or two major languages in the area you stayed in. Hope you had a good time ( even if it was on business) How did you cope with all the poverty/begging etc? The Valley Vegan................ Paul Russell <prussell wrote: On 1 Jan 2007, at 15:34, Jo Kimberley wrote: > I've heard they use a lot of coconut milk in food and it was quite > easy to > be vegan espcially in places like Kerala? > Ghee, yoghurt and paneer are widely used. Ghee is probably the biggest problem because just about all frying uses ghee, so even with something basic like a tarka dall, the spices in the tarka will have been fried in ghee. Even plain rice is usually buttered. I just did the best I could - avoided all obvious dairy content and stuck to plain baked breads like puri and accepted the fact that some of things I ate might have contained a small amount of ghee. Apart from going self-catering (not really practical on a business trip) what else can you do ? Paul Peter H Try the all-new Mail . " The New Version is radically easier to use " – The Wall Street Journal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 2, 2007 Generally Indian food is not cooked to order, so it's not really possible to say that you'll have X, Y an Z without the ghee. Fortunately in the UK real ghee is expensive so most Indian restaurants here use vegetable ghee, but real ghee is relatively cheap in India so it's more common. Unless you cook all your food from scratch I don't think you're going to be able to avoid it entirely. As for English, most Indian people speak some English, as it's the lingua franca in a country of nearly a billion people speaking 20 or so different major languages and hundreds of minor languages. Begging/poverty etc - the general advice from people like Save the Children is to not give money to beggars but give some money to a local charity that helps the homeless/disabled/etc instead. Otherwise you just encourage dependence (and some really nasty practices that go with it) and the money you give is not used effectively. So that's what I did, anyway. All the stray dogs and the cows wandering the city streets and freeways etc were another matter - I don't know what you do to help those. I support HAAW who help these animals in Sri Lanka but I'm not aware of anyone doing similar work in India (?). Paul On 2 Jan 2007, at 09:09, peter VV wrote: > I agree Paul, Ghee would be the biggest problem, however, all you > can do is tell the places you eat not to use it? I know this is > impractical in places where they may not speak English, but there > is vegan travel book I believe with phrases in many languages. I > am sure that someone could have told you the phrase from the hotel? > in the one or two major languages in the area you stayed in. > Hope you had a good time ( even if it was on business) How did > you cope with all the poverty/begging etc? > > The Valley Vegan................ > > Paul Russell <prussell wrote: > On 1 Jan 2007, at 15:34, Jo Kimberley wrote: > >> I've heard they use a lot of coconut milk in food and it was quite >> easy to >> be vegan espcially in places like Kerala? >> > > Ghee, yoghurt and paneer are widely used. Ghee is probably the > biggest problem because just about all frying uses ghee, so even with > something basic like a tarka dall, the spices in the tarka will have > been fried in ghee. Even plain rice is usually buttered. I just did > the best I could - avoided all obvious dairy content and stuck to > plain baked breads like puri and accepted the fact that some of > things I ate might have contained a small amount of ghee. Apart from > going self-catering (not really practical on a business trip) what > else can you do ? > > Paul Peter H > > > > > Try the all-new Mail . " The New Version is radically easier > to use " – The Wall Street Journal > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Greetings Oluwa, one thing I particularly like that is mostly raw is shredded carrots, dried fruit, shelled, salted sunflower seeds (or any other nutmeat, chopped), and a little raw honey to bind together all rolled up in a flatbread or just served over raw greens and eaten without the bread. It would probably be good with a bit of finely chopped hot peppers for some heat to balance the sweetness of the honey, carrots and dried fruit.If you have some bitter greens to go in, that would probably taste good and would give sweet/salt/sour/heat which is so good together. Hope this helps, Jeanne in GA Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Welcome and congratulations on your continued progressive raw journey dear... HTP Rain The measurement of wo(man) is not where s(he) stands in times of COMFORT and CONVENIENCE. But where s(he)stands during times of TRIAL and TRIBULATION.. -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Empress Rain Nigist Zenab ______________________________\ ____ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. http://tools.search./toolbar/features/mail/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 2, 2009 How wonderful that you're looking for ways to accomodate your vegetarian friends. You (and your wife) will find an amazing array of great recipes in the files <%2ARecipes/> that your all your friends, vegetarian or not, will enjoy. Welcome to the group! ~ irene in W WA > Greetings! > > > > I joined the group because I have several friends who are > vegetarian, and I > want to be able to provide them with good food when they come > over. The > description of this group mentioned that the group is recipe > based, so I am > looking forward to learning much. That, and my wife is addicted to > recipes. > > > > Eat well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2009 Hello, I am new to this group. I have been vegetarian for quite a few years. On January 22nd, My birthday and wedding anniversary, I made the step to veganism. Also, I am experimenting with raw foods.. so if anyone has any recipes for me, feel free to email them to me. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
