almost vegan but for the darned cheese and question for vegans

[Guest guest]

lol that is funny. I wouldn't even bother trying vegan cheese. I already know it

is not my style. I know this because although I like soy products, I LOVE

soymilk, I can't handle fake meat. The fake chicken strips are an exception when

I coat them in buffalo sauce and eat a very small amount. The meatball just

tastes too bitter. If I could get that bitterness out I may like it. What I

prefer is substituting another way, like using a portabella cap for a hamburger

is so much more satisfying than a fake hamburger to me. And a " hoagie " with

horseradish and cucumber lettuce and tomato oil and oregano I sbetter than one

with the fake ham etc.

This is just my opinion of course, I don't mean to say that there is anything

wrong with the " fake meat " I just prefer other stuff. Some of that other stuff

however is cheese LOL. Like our Mac and cheese! LOL.YUM!

Thing is, when I think about it, and I mean when I have really really thought

about it, I have come to this conclusion: To me, to live in harmony with nature

and be as kind and giving with my fellow Earth inhabitants both human and non

human as possible is the ticket to low karma high light ratio. I am sure you all

look at it that way, LOL. anyway... to be in this frame of mind I have to

think like that of living in harmony with nature. If I did have cows, and took

care of the cows, and loved the cows, the cows would give something back to me,

maybe I would drink of the cows milk. Question is, would I drink of the cows

milk 12 months per year? I think I would drink the milk for as many months as

the cow was nursing. Although pretty gross when I think about it this way, and

the thought of this is why I now drink soy milk, but I guess it's not gross

enough to make me give up cheese, LOL.

I guess it's natural for us to drink the milk of cows and goats only when they

are nursing, which is how many months out of the year? Then there is the egg

thing. nah, .... nothing comes to my mind to defend the eggs. They are chicken

abortions in my opinion, and I think my egg days are coming to an end.

 

Question for vegans:

How do I substitute for eggs in recipes? For example, like my pineapple stuff

that calls for 4 eggs I think it is.

 

Blessings,

Chanda

 

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Amy

Thursday, May 05, 2005 2:51 PM

Re: Tapioca question

 

 

, " Maria/Chanda "

<puterwitch@c...> wrote:

> never had rice milk. I think I am moving towards vegan. Not really

intentionally, it's just happening. I have way cut down on my butter

use, I use margarine or oil instead, sometimes Crisco, LOL, and I

never ever drink down a glass of milk anymore, it would just make me

sick, I drink Silk soy.

> Just can't see myself ever giving up Mac and cheese. I think other

than Mac and cheese I could go vegan and not even think about it LOL.

> Where can I get ricemilk? Can it be bought in the non perishable

container? IS it comparable to soy milk?

> Blessings,

> Chanda

 

We must be kindred spirits... mac & cheese is my vegan downfall too.

All the vegan recipes for it I've tried have been awful.

 

Ricemilk comes in asceptic boxes, I think.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I know they sell egg replacers at places like Whole

Foods. A vegan friend said there's one vegan brand

with an old fashioned looking carton that has been

around since like the 50s (Don't know the brand name,

but I guess you can just look for an old fashioned

carton ). She said it can be used for baking.

 

Another friend who has a propensity to come up with

interesting rants always had one about people having

lactose intolerance issues (including me with regular

milk that isn't skim). She said how cows have 4

stomachs and baby cows are able to handle the lactose

well because they too have 4 stomachs and can digest

it fine. However, we people have 1 stomach and can't

digest lactose like cows because of that. If we had 4

stomachs we could.

 

That is today's lesson on stomachs

 

Jen

 

" Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one

is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekinese? "

-- Edith Sitwell