The Grapevine (OFF TOPIC CHAT) Part II

I got a gift receipt so it'll be going back asap.

I got the usual "would you not have a bit of Turkey and ham? " to which i replied "and have a heart attack and end up on disability like you? No thanks "

Awkward silence for the rest of the day.

Subtle :pac:

my mother gave me this weird card that just says on the front.....

"In a last minute bid for a vegetarian Christmas, mum hid the turkey!"

I don't get it?

Good for you! I'm sure you won't struggle at all, its easy once you start

On tea, I find soya and hemp milks the best. Nut and rice milks tend to separate a little when I use them in tea.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Not for a year and a half now, used to be for a few years.

Oh really? A colleague told me it was and googled it and found some articles on it but didn't think to look at the date. Yay! There's other brands of almond milk but never saw anyone else doing affordable hazelnut milk.

Edit: There current parent company is still involved in dairy production. Organic dairy so not as bad but still, think I will stick to almond breeze from now.

Zwillinge wrote: »

Hey all o/
I just wanted to pop in here and say Happy 2015
I've been vegetarian all my life, but decided to give Veganuary a go so shall be Vegan for January. And take it from there.
So far, milkless tea - not bad!
Thought I'd say hello since I'll be lurking and nosing into recipes and ideas

Hello!

....she says ages later, I've just been sorta curbing my internet use lately!

Were you raised vegetarian? How's it going with veganuary, have you been using their site, I had a quick look about, seems pretty helpful, nice recipes and stuff on there. I'm not fussy at all with coffee because I like black coffee so any milk in that is good for me, but I've been having coconut in coffee a lot lately after zombienosh said it, it's yummy. I make hot drinks a lot in a pan, heat up whatever milk you want, then throw in a shot of coffee/few squares of dark choc/chai teabag and then take it off before it boils and whisk it. Soy milk froths up the best though, almond and coconut dont really. With tea I am fussy, really has to be the non fresh soy milk, the others are too thin for tea imo, and I find the milks in the fridge always have a weird taste, a stronger taste anyway. I also only buy the unsweetened ones, the sweetened ones just have a weird taste to me.

Oat milk is so delicious as well, I get "oatly" in the supermarket in the NL for about €1.75, I saw it here though and it was a lot dearer The chocolate oatly heated up is the nicest hot choc, I would drink glasses of the plain one on its own, its a really nice hearty taste.

I'm in Ireland for a few days, I am just eating all around me haha, I had the vegan mexican salad in staple foods one day, that was yummy but I wish there wasn't just a little decoration of black beans and sweetcorn around it, I would need a whole can of beans with that, it was filling and there was loads of guacamole, just the baked falafel salad had not only falafel but also tons of hoummous. They made me a very nice cappuciano that was a mix of soy and coconut so that it would still froth well. I had govindas yesterday, that place has improved a lot (abbey st anyway), there was only one thing there that wasn't vegan and even the tomatoey paneer dish had tofu now instead of paneer which was awesome, a small plate that they will heap up for 5.75, you can't really beat that. I'll probably try sova tomorrow. Is there any other place I should eat? happyfood at the yoga hub looks nice, anyone ever eat there?

I also got a present of the vegan stoner cookbook, the book is so nice, with all the illustrations and really nicely laid out, different stuff than they have on the site too, there's a bunch of handy stuff at the back like measurement conversion charts, a list of how to's, list of vegan substitutions. A few pics to show you.......

https://imgur.com/a/xDJIr

It's nice right!

I also have a moodley manor box here to eat my way through, I'll probably be bringing that stuff back with me though, I can only eat so much

Zombienosh wrote: »

There's literally a weekly thread on vegan/veggie bashing in AH, and it's never started by a veggie.

I'd love to get involved in that (lie) but quite frankly, I have better things to do with my time, such as drink beer (truth).

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Drinking sounds better though.

Stop forcing your beliefs on me wah wah wah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!