"Does this mean you're not going to wear your leather jacket any more?"
The implication being that I might have decided to eschew all animal products, just because I'm trying not to eat them any longer.
Well, as a matter of fact, I'm not gonna wear it any more.
Because in a moment of desperation, of uncontrollable lusting for flesh... I ate it last night.
It was delicious.
But I'm a bit nervous about the chemicals used to process the hide...
I don't think it was organic.
If anyone needs a zipper for a leather coat, let me know. Once I wipe the saliva off of it, it should be good to go...
I'm joking, obviously.
Hell, people. It's only been a few days.
How sad would it be to already be freaking out because I haven't eaten meat, eggs, nor dairy for five whole days?
Wendy's laying next to me at the moment, and I can attest that she has not changed in appearance to look like a roasted chicken.
For anyone that did not visualize either a Bugs Bunny cartoon, or a Seinfeld episode after reading that - You Tube, people.
Penguin....is prak-tick-ally chicken......
Joking and rambling aside, the original question was not without validity. I know many folks tie it all together for themselves.
I just doubt that I will be one of those people.
This is an issue of living healthy, and of self-discipline for me.
In other words, though I am a big fan of them, any feelings of solidarity with the rest of god's creatures did not weigh heavily in my decision making process.
Certainly not heavily enough for me to chuck coats and shoes and belts that I already own, as some kind of misguided statement...
Had an awesome dinner tonite. Wendy cooked vegetables in a spicy marinade, and we had fajitas. Guacamole from scratch. And a tasty IPA from Trader Joe's. Their house brand, I think.
I'm a fan of their private label beers. Inexpensive, but generally tasty.
And as the wife and daughter finished, I was already pre-heating the oven for this:
Banana Bread
(Recipe courtesy of Veganomicon)
Pre Heat to 350 (Natch!)
2-3 bananas
1/4 apple sauce
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
To simplify all the usual wordy recipe instructions, I've summarized for you:
In a big bowl, smoosh the bananas like you mean it.
Add the rest of the items in the first section
add the flour, then the rest of the stuff.
Stir it real good, obviously.
dump it in a greased 9x5 loaf pan
it says cook it 45 -50 minutes, but both times I've made it so far, we were good right at 45.
My daughter likes this recipe, because no raw eggs means we don't worry about the odd fingerful of batter that might not make it into the loaf pan....
You end up with a moist, dense, heavy loaf of banana bread.
It's gonna be great with coffee in the morning...
Yummy vegan vittles!
ReplyDeleteIt is difficult to avoid animal products from all aspects of your life. I remember reading back in the day that some vegans did not own a camera because pig byproducts were used in the film developing process. The advent of digital photography saved the day for these people.