Vegans of BYC!!

[BelovedBirds]

Eating eggs means that you're not truly vegan.

They said "veggan"
Which is a person who avoids animal products except for eggs

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"

Well the chicken could have been for someone else

 

[BelovedBirds]

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.

Well, I admire healthy diets, I just don't stick to one personally.
As long as I eat food, that's a plus, I don't particularly care that that food is, only where it comes from

So, processed beyond burger? Yes please!

 

[Callender Girl]

@Pollo Blanco, I respect that you have been a member of this community much longer than I have, that you are a premium member and a BYC friend.

However, I started to respond to one of your earlier posts today then I realized than you had posted a laughing emoji as a response to my year-old post about a neighbor who had fallen into his hog pen and was eaten by pigs. Not at all funny, honest.

At that point, I erased what I had started to post because I questioned your motives in participating in this thread. More so now after I saw more thread notifications. You clearly hold different viewpoints than many Vegans of BYC, and it's great to get involved if you're willing to learn what motivates people and why. Maybe I'm misreading your responses but it seems like you want to disparage folks who have ideas and viewpoints that aren't your own.

You also didn't need to point out that I am truly not a vegan because I eat my birds' eggs. I referred to myself as "veggan" for that very reason.

This thread, for the most part, has been pretty non-combative. I hope it stays that way.

 

[BelovedBirds]

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

Understandable
Yeah texture is my main issue, and it's a big issue with vegan foods I find

Even when it comes to tofu, I'm starting to eat that more and it tastes great, but the texture.... eh. Its kind of off putting. Same with egg, can't eat an egg on its own because of the texture

 

[Pollo Blanco]

@Pollo Blanco, I respect that you have been a member of this community much longer than I have, that you are a premium member and a BYC friend.

However, I started to respond to one of your earlier posts today then I realized than you had posted a laughing emoji as a response to my year-old post about a neighbor who had fallen into his hog pen and was eaten by pigs. Not at all funny, honest.

At that point, I erased what I had started to post because I questioned your motives in participating in this thread. More so now after I saw more thread notifications. You clearly hold different viewpoints than many Vegans of BYC, and it's great to get involved if you're willing to learn what motivates people and why. Maybe I'm misreading your responses but it seems like you want to disparage folks who have ideas and viewpoints that aren't your own.

You also didn't need to point out that I am truly not a vegan because I eat my birds' eggs. I referred to myself as "veggan" for that very reason.

This thread, for the most part, has been pretty non-combative. I hope it stays that way.

Time means nothing, but thank you all the same.
I can remember you from a time that you were over in the bird forums more, and you seemed much happier then.

It was you who made light of the fact that the man had been missing, and 'more missing' than was previously thought. Sorry if I thought that you were being witty, because that's how it appeared to me.

Nothing wrong with making emotional choices when it comes to anything; it's your life and you should live it in whatever fashion makes it fullest to you.

My eating choices have always been what is the healthiest and most ethical, in other words, it hasn't changed from the time I too was eating vegan.

My identity has nothing to do with what I eat, the clothes I wear, the car I drive, etc, etc.

So, in conclusion, I support your right to make all your own decisions and choices, as you should for me.

If i point out something that you do that I don't understand, don't take it as a personal attack, because I don't in any way feel that I am better than you by the choices that I make, than you feel better than me for the choices that you make.

Now, let's get back on topic by exploring Vegan Friendly coconut milk.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Time means nothing, but thank you all the same.
I can remember you from a time that you were over in the bird forums more, and you seemed much happier then.

It was you who made light of the fact that the man had been missing, and 'more missing' than was previously thought. Sorry if I thought that you were being witty, because that's how it appeared to me.

Nothing wrong with making emotional choices when it comes to anything; it's your life and you should live it in whatever fashion makes it fullest to you.

My eating choices have always been what is the healthiest and most ethical, in other words, it hasn't changed from the time I too was eating vegan.

My identity has nothing to do with what I eat, the clothes I wear, the car I drive, etc, etc.

So, in conclusion, I support your right to make all your own decisions and choices, as you should for me.

If i point out something that you do that I don't understand, don't take it as a personal attack, because I don't in any way feel that I am better than you by the choices that I make, than you feel better than me for the choices that you make.

Now, let's get back on topic by exploring Vegan Friendly coconut milk.

Vegan friendly coconut milk?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Vegan friendly coconut milk?

Isn't all coconut milk vegan friendly? It's made from meat.... but it's coconut meat.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Isn't all coconut milk vegan friendly? It's made from meat.... but it's coconut meat.

As far as I'm aware!

 

[Pollo Blanco]

Vegan friendly coconut milk?

Isn't all coconut milk vegan friendly? It's made from meat.... but it's coconut meat.

As far as I'm aware!

So, if we're claiming that we eat vegan for animal ethics, are we ready to learn?
Or do we just make fun of things we don't understand; ie, we're in a group for a group identity.

 

[BelovedBirds]

So, if we're claiming that we eat vegan for animal ethics, are we ready to learn?
Or do we just make fun of things we don't understand; ie, we're in a group for a group identity.

Did you just come here to pick a fight?
I'm not trying to be rude but it honestly feels that way.