Comments on: How to befriend a vegetarian

By: Kumudha

Kumudha — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:38:43 +0000

It is so easy to be a vegan in United States. Loads of wonderful vegan products such as tofu, tempeh and vegan icecream is easily available in numerous stores across Unites States.

http://www.traderjoes.com is a great store for vegan shoping

By: Rainbow

Rainbow — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:11:38 +0000

From a very early age I instinctively felt, eating animals was unjustifiable. I didn't need to eat chopped up farmal animals parts, so what was the real reason I was being made to? The majority of people like all other animals follow the crowd, it seems? It's not difficult to be vegetarian now and as Paul McCartney was quoted to have said "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian". Going veggie (or hopefully vegan) doesn't show a weakness, it shows a persons sense of compassion and depth of concern for the environment which all sentient beings (animals whether they be of land, air or sea) share.

People who knowingly fool veg*ns into eating flesh are sick.

By: bajoowali aunty

bajoowali aunty — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:49:24 +0000

My flatmate, Jewish guy, makes soy milk. Simple. Soak beans overnight in plenty of water, blend in mixer, boil 12 minutes and strain. Soy milk! Use the sediment as porridge! Cheap, fresh, etc. etc.

Re being veggie/vegan, you do the best you can, as Jainism says. There are degrees of evaluating your actions/ choices. Jains remind you, the worst is unkindness to another human. So the real concern is about kindness, reverence for life, not ritual or personal purity.

By: dh

dh — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:22:36 +0000

well.. nycpepe… i guess the news is positvie on the whole … if one keeps drinking enough soymilk, one will become a self-contained unit for supplying the cereal bowl… watch out for those high notes tho’
i kid, i kid.

By: nycpepe

nycpepe — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:09:55 +0000

OK.. that milk link was disgusting.. and so I went to look up soy milk, and I found this.. now I’m totally confused.. I’m going to have to swear off cereal now..

Soy Milk Is Safe! (not)

By: brownpoliticker

brownpoliticker — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:34:29 +0000

haha desi dude in austin i totally agree man… buddy boy rajaraman cant be a ‘victim’ …way to blow it out of proportion.. texas desis rule

By: brownpoliticker

brownpoliticker — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:29:44 +0000

haha i love how the vegan desis are spreading around paranoia about food… (for cripe sake that milk link is run by PETA… theyre the most nut-brained group of idiots running around… talk about ridiculous activism) and the compound L-cysteine can actually be found in red peppers, garlic, onions, broccoli, brussel sprouts, oats, and wheat germ as well. The fact is, its basically economically inefficient and implausible to maintain a purely vegan diet… lets not freak about it

By: Deepa

Deepa — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:17:27 +0000

Manish, it’s bad enough you’ve turned my stomach off baked goods. Did you have to print the whole list?

By: dh

dh — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:15:52 +0000

To the person who complained about the ingredients in soymilk. Silk soymilk has “Filtered Water, Whole Organic Soybeans, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Calcium Carbonate, Sea Salt, Natural Flavors, Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2, Riboflavin (B2), Vitamin B12.” (source: http://www.whitewave.com/index.php?id=34) I don’t see any ingredient that is a “biohazard”. I’m not promoting silk soymilk, merely attempting to dispel your notion. Please don’t spread FUD if you don’t know what you’re talkign about.

buddy… if you and your kids have been imbibing the stuff – good for you man – rock on. Dont take it personally – i just dont like processed stuff. to each his own.

By: observer

observer — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 03:43:49 +0000

To the person who complained about the ingredients in soymilk. Silk soymilk has

“Filtered Water, Whole Organic Soybeans, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Calcium Carbonate, Sea Salt, Natural Flavors, Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2, Riboflavin (B2), Vitamin B12.” (source: http://www.whitewave.com/index.php?id=34) I don’t see any ingredient that is a “biohazard”.

I’m not promoting silk soymilk, merely attempting to dispel your notion. Please don’t spread FUD if you don’t know what you’re talkign about.