Vegans of BYC!!

[Callender Girl]

I am a veggan -- but I ONLY eat eggs from my own girls. I am not taking advantage of them. Laying eggs is a natural process for them, and I am quite sure they don't care whether I eat the eggs or throw them in the trash. I take B12, but eggs are a major protein source for me.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I'm also a veggan
I occasionally eat eggs from my ducks, but only from them.
I do feed back a ton, but they aren't super keen on egg, it's the shells they love. So I usually use the egg and give the shells back.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

I don't understand the whole fake meat thing.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

Ben & Jerry's is one of the brands

Owned by Lever Brothers consumer products, IIRC.

So is Burts Bees!

 

[BelovedBirds]

I don't understand the whole fake meat thing.

What don't you understand about it?

 

[Pollo Blanco]

What don't you understand about it?

Why someone would want to eat a heavily processed product of any type, especially one that is supposed to resemble something that they've decided that they shouldn't eat.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Why someone would want to eat a heavily processed product of any type, especially one that is supposed to resemble something that they've decided that they shouldn't eat.

Because it tastes good
Not all vegans eat meat substitutes, but when they do, it's because it tastes nice, they're well aware that many of these products aren't healthy. Just like the rest of the population when they eat junk food

We don't avoid meat because we dislike meat, vegans avoid it because of the source. Many of us love the flavour and try to replicate it

 

[Pollo Blanco]

I am a veggan -- but I ONLY eat eggs from my own girls.

Eating eggs means that you're not truly vegan.

Never forget being behind someone in the grocery store that had a very unprocessed cart of groceries. I asked them what they would be making with the gallon can of stewed tomatoes. They replied that they were vegetarian.
I said "really?" because I was staring at the family pack of chicken parts. They must not have understood what I was looking at, because they replied, "Well, except for the beer"

 

[Pollo Blanco]

Because it tastes good

Of course it tastes good!
It's chemically engineered and focus group tested!

I bet it doesn't taste better than my Bulger and cabbage dumplings with artichoke hearts and fresh tomato marinara.

Everyone tends to eat based on habits (mostly), ethics (sometimes), and health almost lastly, due to so many myths about what constitutes a healthy diet.

My goal is to eat healthy and ethically, which means avoiding heavily processed foods.

Once you begin to avoid artificial flavors, they will become objectable as hog belly is to a vegan.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Because it tastes good

My brother loves some of the plant meat stuff. Especially the faker chicken KFC had for a while. He far preferred it to the real chicken there. One of my friends really likes the Impossible whopper or whatever it is. I stick with the real stuff, but mainly just because I can't deal with the differences in texture and taste like most people can