Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 hi, ronnie, welcome to the group, and congratulations on wanting to make the change to a vegan lifestyle! i'm a total vegan myself, so if you have any questions, please feel free to let me know. you should know that free-range is not a regulated term, so basically, the farms can leave the door to the barn open but still keep the chickens in cages, or can keep the chickens in extremely bad conditions but not in cages. it's a VERY loose term. a great source for vegan cooking, aside from the files on this site, is www.vegweb.com. you'll find some amazing recipes there. i'd also like to recommend the following books to you to help get you started and to maybe help answer some of the questions you no doubt have: -the complete idiot's guide to being vegetarian (suzanne havala) -the vegan sourcebook (joanne stepinak-- get any of her cookbooks, too!!!!) -vegan nutrition: pure and simple (michael klaper, m.d.) -vegan handbook (from the vegetarian resource group, www.vrg.org) as far as periodicals are concerned, the vegetarian journal is a very informative magazine for vegans, and the vegetarian times magazine has recently added more vegan recipes to its arsenal. veggie life magazine labels all of their recipes lacto/ovo, apian (containing honey), or vegan. i hope this helps get you started, and once again, welcome to the group! melody http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 hello:) i am new to site and fairly new to lifestyle still in process of change. hope to find new and interesting recipes[none to share-sorry]. i do eat " free range chicken " and fish. for all those who do not,i am working on it-- so help! i would like a vegan lifestyle, just do not know what to prepare to eat. looking forward:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 I have a question. Please don't take offense to this, I am genuinely curious! Why do you still eat chicken and fish? I've never really understood why people give up " red " meat and not the other types. I know I've heard things about " red " meat being fattier etc, but chicken and fish are just as full of hormones and are raised in just as inhumane places. I grew up in MI and went up there last year to see my family who all obtained fishing licenses and I was appalled to read the literature that went along with it. They had warnings not to eat certain types of fishes more than once a week, or not at all if you're pregnant or whatever due to high levels of mercury and other poisons in them (I don't recall what they all were.) Some of the warnings were mostly for Great Lakes fish. Based on reading that, I wouldn't eat any fish even if I did! Apparently the Great Lakes are so highly polluted by runoff from farms and factories that they have to print these warnings. It's kind of scary to me and a good argument not to eat fish at all! , ronnie ricketts <ronric99> wrote: > hello:) > i am new to site and fairly new to lifestyle still in > process of change. hope to find new and interesting > recipes[none to share-sorry]. > i do eat " free range chicken " and fish. > for all those who do not,i am working on it-- so help! > i would like a vegan lifestyle, just do not know what > to prepare to eat. > looking forward:) > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 ronnie ricketts wrote: i do eat " free range chicken " and fish. for all those who do not,i am working on it-- so help! * ===> I can help, if you want it. Would you like to see a video online with a few clips showing what 'free range' really means? I think there may be some in 'meet your meat' [ http://meetyourmeat.com ]. If not there, I know there are some at PETA TV [ http://www.petatv.com ]. That alone could help ya quit! ;~) Welcome to the group! :-] ~Pixx == Want to see what I've been reading?? http://pixxart.com/bc http://bookcrossing.com/referral/PHC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Warm welcome to the list, ronric99. We have many recipes in our files so do check them out. I understand how it is when one wishes to move into vegetarianism gradually. For some people it is a big step and they need time to find alternatives. Thankfully there are many food items available now to make your transition easier. If you aren't a naturally creative cook, or don't have a hankering for " tofu fifty ways " , you can still find food to please and feel satisfied. Don't hesitate to ask for specific help here. We are blessed with a list full of very helpful people who have been at it a long time. Do listen to the wise caution that has been offered about eating fish. Sadly, too much can be quite harmful as many of them are full of toxic mercury. If you eat it more than once a week and have any health concerns, getting a blood test is a good idea. Better to just avoid it as much as possible really. I am confident that as you delve into the vegetarian recipes and info online you will have no problem giving up poultry and fish. You will do fine and enjoy the changes. Bravo for wanting to make them. ~ feral ~ To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy, a whole heart and a free mind. ~ Pearl S. Buck ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~> , ronnie ricketts <ronric99> wrote: > hello:) > i am new to site and fairly new to lifestyle still in > process of change. hope to find new and interesting > recipes[none to share-sorry]. > i do eat " free range chicken " and fish. > for all those who do not,i am working on it-- so help! > i would like a vegan lifestyle, just do not know what > to prepare to eat. > looking forward:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 > > hello:) > i am new to site and fairly new to lifestyle still in > process of change. hope to find new and interesting > recipes[none to share-sorry]. > i do eat " free range chicken " and fish. > for all those who do not,i am working on it-- so help! > i would like a vegan lifestyle, just do not know what > to prepare to eat. > looking forward:) Well, welcome to the group - but you are nowhere near the 'lifestyle' if you are still eating chicken and fish, you know ;=) What you do to be a vegetarian is to stop eating animals - including the ones that fly or crawl or swim; to adopt a vegan diet one avoids, in addition, animal products including dairy, eggs and honey - etc. To adopt a *vegan lifestyle*, as you say, it's a bit more, foregoing wool, silk, leather, and anything that in its production would have involved use of animal products or brought distress to animals. (Other members will perhaps forgive the oversimplification - please ;=)) But, hey, one thing at a time, eh? But please do reconsider eating poultry and fish - even if you are in this 'lifestyle' purely for your own health reasons. It's not good for you!!!! and you'll feel better when you give it away. Best, Pat -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet " - Gandhi * " But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy. " - Plutarch ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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