The Grapevine (OFF TOPIC CHAT) Part II

All I remember is Walt Jnr saying they taste like bandaids and I'd kinda have to agree I'd sooner fry up some seitan from the jar or that braised tofu you get in holland & barrett. Or slice up this Frys sausage from nourish and fry it.

ohh I actually saw a thing in the asian supermarket on drury st when I was home, it looked like a block of bacon, it even had the kinda fatty streaks. It didnt really appeal to me, I stuck with the satay skewers, but might be worth checking out. They had a ton of vegan meat stuff there in the nearest chest freezers as you come in.

I cook the quorn sausages on Sunday mornings for a fry up with eggs ( I'm lacto/Ovo); they're ok. I don't live in Dublin, so I imagine that the selection of vegetarian foods are not available here. I read that seitan is not great ( appears it's from gluten and possibly allergenic)- although I have no knowledge other than what I read about it.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Seitan is fantastic, 80% protein and so tasty.

I personally think few of the people that think they are gluten intolerant are, most are self diagnosed and don't check if they have coeliac disease. Saw a test on forbes recently, most of the people that thought they had gluten intolerance didn't. :pac:
More likely it's people stopping eating tons of bread and that kind of gluten-containing product (FODMAPS) that makes them feel better. They start eating better in general.

There's also the fact if you cut something completely out of your diet for too long you can make yourself intolerant to it. I don't like eating too much gluten but that's mainly because I do think it affects my Crohn's and also I just feel like bread and stuff is kind of nutritionally useless so I don't bother buying it often (well that and if I did buy it I could easily eat six slices of toast in a go - love me some toast :P ). Not tried seitan. From what I know FODMAP is much more than cutting out gluten - a friend of mine was put on it for her IBS and wasn't allowed onion or garlic or soy and had to cut out/limit loads of different fruits and vegetables (I remember her saying she could have a max of 125ml of fruit juice a day). She's also wheat and dairy intolerant so she gave up in the end - said it was just too difficult. Trying to find somewhere for us both to eat out was quite difficult.

Hi everyone, Misa needs some good luck today, she's at the veterinary hospital for some tests, here she is yesterday rolling about....



Sadly we lost Spidey, her sister, last Thursday She had a congenital heart defect and she passed away very suddenly with no symptoms. She was just curled up in her favourite spot, the top hammock of the tree, when tar found her. I had only just seen her over 2 weeks beforehand and she was great and she gave me lots of cuddles as she always did. She had gotten a clean bill of health from the vet recently enough so it was really a shock. Misa is not the same now, I'm with her for a few days so she has some company, she really looked after spidey, sometimes she checks the hammock but she will not go in it. That day when tar got home from work, she walked him in and ran up the tree and sat beside Spidey It's hard to imagine what she went through, she was the one there when it happened, she's a smart kitty and she will most definitely be grieving. I'm just really hoping it is good news for her later, there's a chance she has the same condition. Hate to have to put her through the ordeal of vet visits but she was incredible in there this morning, she was so calm, she even had a kiss for the vet. That was until he said she'd have to stay in there all day, she was not happy that she wasnt going back into her own carrier, bit of a switch of mood then

She does have something going on with her heart too but it's not so bad, just something that will have to be watched and she will be on meds now for life. She's full of energy today anyway and she's being so affectionate. She was only supposed to be sedated to have some scans, nothing invasive, but they said they had to anaesthetize her because she wouldn't let them near her. I find that a bit mad that she would have to go under to have an ultrasound. ahhh it's so hard with animals, the simplest things can be so stressful when they don't understand what's happening.


I'm gona try this 3 ingredient mousse today.....http://www.lookbookcookbook.com/2012/12/chocolate-mousse.html ^_^

Ye I'm pretty sure my sister was at the last one, sounded really good, she got a nice bag there and sent me marshmallows anyway. And we had gone to the vegan street day in Dortmund which was kinda lame and she did say vegfest was a way different. Not sure about prices and stuff, I'd have to ask her about it again. But I'd say London alone would be reason enough to go, I've never been but they have awesome vegan stuff from what I hear from her, it would be a cool place to check anyway.

I heard it was pretty good, thinking of going myself this year too for a day anyway maybe. I'm sure the food prices are absolutely horrendous but like don't mind sticking it out for a day and I love bobbing around London for whatever reason so long as it's not raining.

The Brighton VegFest is on this weekend,I really want to go to one of these and eat everything.