The Vegan Thread

Thanks for the intel! I think I'll treat myself this weekend. Will look out for the Growing Communities gang as well.

Increase in demand means we're gradually turning the menu vegan - I'm playing around with dairy free substitutes in our dips and all our hotpots, salads, soups, baclava and mezze finger food are mostly vegan already. Meat, eggs, yoghurt and cheese are still staples of Iranian cuisine though.

I was down in Brighton over the weekend and popped into Veg Fest on Sunday http://brighton.vegfest.co.uk/
Some amazing food on offer and good to see that incidentally vegan companies were joining in as well as the 'VEGAN!' ones.
An awful lot of bad-science bullshit potions and lotions being hawked as well though.

Ha.

http://fatgayvegan.com/2017/03/14/vegan-capital-of-the-world-is-not-a-city/

Vegan Pop-Up event on Well Street, Hackney (scroll down for menu). I went last month - the food was amazing. Going back again next Thursday.

I don't think you're supposed to give away the location. :)

I can't make next week, unfortunately, but can obviously recommend it, too.

They kind of give away the location on the event page ;)

While on the topic of secret locations, I've had breakfast at the Grand Howl, Homerton, several times and highly recommend it! The menu seems to change but they have things like French toast, breakfast burritos, full vegan English breakfast, pancakes etc.

You could knock me down with a feather I'm so surprised. They must have had a change of chef or something. :)

Something like that, yes :)

What a pile of shit
http://www.jpe.ox.ac.uk/papers/consistent-vegetarianism-and-the-suffering-of-wild-animals/

Ethical consequentialist vegetarians believe that farmed animals have
lives that are worse than non-existence.

The next time I need a good example of a 'straw-man', I'll use this one.

Simon Amstell: Carnage

It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04sh6zg

Came here to post that. Brilliant.

Watched it last night. Some chuckles. I'd be really interested to see how "carnists" react to it. I doubt it's meant to be solely propaganda but I wonder if it would help people change their minds.

I'm a "carnist" myself and did make me think. Was in the pub talking about it with friends last night (pork scratchings definitely weren't present) and has left food for thought. The prospect of cutting down on meat doesn't seem as bad as once thought (not solely due to the mockumentary).

I did wonder if the the fact he was taking the piss out of veganism (in a way) would mean people who would not normally engage in a discussion on veganism did so and maybe thought about stuff they might not otherwise have thought about?

(I think some of those 70s clips were almost enough to make some people turn back to meat due to the shame of association).

Just watched it and thought it was good, funny in parts and manages to get across some good points in a self depreciating way, my slow crawl from veggie to vegan got slightly faster.

If I could give the 17 yr old me any advice about veganism, it would be to never go into a chip shop and expect the chips not to have death on them.

Also, save your cash and learn to cook, don't line the pockets of hippy business people.

Italian organic short grain rice. buy lots of that. Then go down the market and buy some fruit and veg.

Oh and stop smoking. Cus that just makes anyone look like a cunt.

I'd tell myself the vegan lottery numbers.

I'd tell myself the vegan lottery numbers.

Aim low
get results

I'm down in old london town from the shires this weekend - where's the best palce for to go and get fake fried chicken - ideally takeway so I can eat and run.

Temple of Seitan on Morning Lane in Hackney Central, it gets busy though so get there for when it opens if you can.

Thanks!

This was great, thanks.

Glad you enjoyed!