I’m not always so hot on vegetarianism generally (especially
those ‘vegetarian’ diets that consider fish to be an acceptable food for a
vegetarian), but I tend to think that veganism is pretty great. Not only have they fully committed to
the ‘no animal products’ position, but so many of the foods I do my best to
avoid are also avoided by vegans.
Because of these dietary similarities I always feel that I have a
special bond with vegans and, thus, I do my best to accommodate their needs whenever I
preparing foods for vegans. Even
if there are no vegans present, if I have prepared a vegan meal I will often
make a point of announcing it to those present (and I will then try to remember the recipe in case I need to prepare food for a vegan in the future).
Given my feelings towards vegans I thought I should come up
with a (hopefully only) mildly insulting and very personal list of the six best
things about vegans/veganism.
6) Vegans tend to read labels and know what they are
eating. Though I don’t always do
this myself, I am in favour of people being informed eaters.
5) Vegans take the heat for picky eaters. If there is a vegan around I know they
will make me look good because I won’t be the pickiest eater present.
4) Vegans never add unnecessary cheese or dairy products to
recipes.
3) Vegans never slip shrimp or the other invertebrate
seafood into dishes.
2) If there’s white stuff in a vegan dish I now that it
isn’t mayonnaise, and this is good because mayonnaise is the grossest.
1) The best thing about vegans is that they never add honey
to recipes as a sugar replacement.
Knowing that I never have to worry about this makes eating vegan deserts
a real treat.
3 comments:
True to your promise, I was only mildly insulted.
I've been vegetarian since Feb last year.
I was very insulted.
It didn't take you very long to figure out what this was about then did it.
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