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--- Robert Cohen <notmilk wrote:

 

> notmilk

> " Robert Cohen " <notmilk

> Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:06:18 -0000

> NOTMILK - Celebrate Vegetarian Day on

> January 8, 2005

>

>

>

> Celebrate Vegetarian Day on January 8, 2005

>

> On September 13, 1970, New York City hosted its

> first

> marathon race. Only 126 men and one woman

> participated.

> It was a beginning.

>

> In much the same manner, all events of note have a

> beginning, and I invite you to join me in the

> celebration

> of World Vegetarian Day, to take place each year

> from now

> until eternity on the first Saturday following New

> Year's

> Day.

>

> Vegetarians have an obligation to teach meat eaters

> the

> joys of our cooking. All parents and teachers have

> an

> obligation to teach children how to cook and prepare

>

> food. In 1913, America's great health reformer,

> Ellen

> White, wrote:

>

> " The science of cooking is not a small matter. The

> skillful

> preparation of food is one of the most essential

> arts. It

> should be regarded as among the most valuable of all

> the arts,

> because it is so closely connected with the life.

> Both physical

> and mental strength depend to a great degree upon

> the food we

> eat; therefore the one who prepares the food

> occupies an

> important and elevated position. "

>

> There is a point in time between January 1st and

> January

> 2nd in which many New Year's resolutions are broken.

>

> Vegetarian Day will re-affirm one's commitment to

> " do the right thing " to our bodies.

>

> Vegetarian Day is not meant to replace the annual

> celebration which falls on Gandhi's birthday,

> October

> 1st. On that day, conferences, lectures, and

> celebrations

> of all types are held to promote animal rights.

> Vegetarian

> Day will be exclusively dedicated to honor and

> celebrate

> the abundance of food choices that replace the

> standard

> meat diet which results in abuse to animals and

> abuse to

> the human body. Vegetarian Day can be celebrated

> with

> a party-buffet at home, or a visit to a local

> vegetarian

> restaurant. Invite your friends and family!

>

> Celebrate life by not eating dead animals.

>

> Begin your Saturday by purchasing the freshest

> varieties of

> produce, and spend your afternoon preparing Chinese,

> French,

> Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, African, and

> American foods.

> Serve an Un-Turkey (made by Now & Zen). Prepare

> homemade

> soy-based " Vice Creams " for dessert. Bake your own

> breads.

> Make a 20-ingredient salad. Be festive in teaching

> others

> that a plant-based diet is infinitely more

> interesting than

> pig butt or turkey carcass.

>

> Enjoy an alcohol-free meal. Serve homemade apple

> cider and

> freshly squeezed orange juice.

>

> Why do we need a new holiday? Ellen White said it

> best.

>

> " Our race is in a deplorable condition, suffering

> from

> disease of every description. Many have inherited

> disease,

> and are great sufferers because of the wrong habits

> of their

> parents; and yet they pursue the same wrong course

> in regard

> to themselves and their children which was pursued

> toward them.

> They are ignorant in regard to themselves. They are

> sick and

> do not know that their own wrong habits are causing

> them immense

> suffering. "

> (Testimonies, Volume 1, 1867)

>

> The first annual Vegetarian Day, 2005, will be

> observed on

> January 8th. Let's make this a yearly event. Please

> mark

> your calendar and join me in this new holiday

> celebration.

>

> Robert Cohen

> http://www.notmilk.com

>

>

>

>

>

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