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Probably taste like all vegan food
What city do you live in ? I can give you some amazing recommendations in Sydney that would really surprise you :)
He's not interested. Don't try enlightening people like that, not worth your time
@WinstonWithAY: Hey Winston, I'm just going to name some for anyone who wants to give good food a try :)
The Hold (Manly) - everything on their menu has a non-vegan and vegan dish. The burgers are amazing!
*Ra Ra Ramen (Redfern) - amazing creamy ramen, non vegan options too
*Gathered Kitchen (Broadway) - awesome pastries and pancakes
*Gigi's Pizzeria (Newtown) - awesome woodfired pizza
*Gelato Blue (Newtown) - I honestly don't think anyone could tell it's vegan
Golden Lotus (Newtown) - Pretty good Vietnamese food
Mark & Vinny's (Surry Hills) - Awesome Italian food with vegan and non-vegan options, really good gnocchi and lasagna
Soul Burger (Randwick, Broadway, Parramatta) - nice burgers, especially their fried "chicken"*Must try first!
There are so many more restaurants I'd recommend but too ceebs to post
I'd HIGHLY recommend you guys to try the Sydney Vegan Market at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park: Facebook it. It's held once a month. Free parking, free entry, heaps of food to try so you can have a bit of everything and see how good vegan food is, especially the desserts! It is slightly on the pricey side, although everything in the city is, but it's a great starting place for people to try and a big eye opener.
For asian food in the Cabramatta/Canley Vale, try An Lac, An Nhien, and Veggie House :D
Yes for Western Sydney please, if you know any
If your in Perth, feel free to take me up on my offer to cook for you. :)
Free meal. I'm in. Thursday/Friday would be great, my partner has no time to cook with two under 2 on those days :p
Vegan shoe… mehhhh
What the (profanity) is a vegan shoe?
Vegetarian sausages taste like old shoes.
Is that it?Technically, aren't all shoes without leather "vegan". I'm not aware of any other animal products involved in the manufacture of plastic, rubber, and canvass.
So basically, vegan shoes are those really cheap shitty ones from kmart that cost about $6.
Some rubber and plastic might be derived from dead dinosaur oil so that wouldn’t be very vegan
Glue is something often overlooked: many are made from animals, while many are synthetic. Companies don't often disclose which they use :) quick google search and this came up https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/02/what-do-horses-have…
And my personal stance on being plant based is to reduce my impact on the environment and animal cruelty as much as possible and practical, e.g. I still drive a car as it's the most effective way for me to get to work etc, but I take public transport as much as possible for uni.
While you're right - how much extra consumption (in terms of man hours, time, energy, etc) is spent on certifying something as vegan? And does the benefits of ensuring you're consuming only vegan products (they might be vegan already - you just can't be sure) exceed the wastage caused by the certification process which adds no value other than marketing and PR?
cheap shoes are just cheap shoes, they can be made from leather , fabric, rubber etc but they are bad because they are poorly put together e.g. get a Vans canvas slip on shoe for ~60 bucks and compare that to a 10 dollar canvas pair from Kmart or Target
Vegan shoes have been available in materials like Lorica (or other materials with leather properties) for decades and those shoes last for decades if looked after too.
you can get them in non leather styles if you want but as with shoes generally you need to try a few on or do a bit of reading before ordering if you want quality.BTW K-mart was one company that in the rounds a couple of years back couldn't clarify vegan shoes in their shoe lines cause they said the factories everything came from had discretion about using animal based glues and stuff if they want to.
if you haven't sought out vegan shoes to know about the quality and the range then its best to accept you might not know whats available
wat……..?
Edit: (trying to be more polite)
Ridiculous
- Are they still made in China?
- Is the one for one concept that said kid across the world gets the EXACT same pair as the one I buy? Or do I pay $80 for a shoe and TOms just gives them some sort of junk shoe?
I just use lettuce leaves and spring onions.
Smart use of the spring onions - they provide good cushioning.
I put these on for flying kicking cows
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST BUT I HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT DUE AND I WANT TO PROCRASTINATE lmao !
The crazy, shove it down your throat vegan social justice warrior stereotype is so widely used as a basis for hate to be on anything that is vegan. Do people really know vegan people like that in real life, or is it just the bad examples on the internet? I've been plant-based for nearly a year and a half now and I've never met anyone like those stereotypes, but a lot of people in the plant-based community cop flack for it just because people have jumped on the vegan-hating bandwagon. I started by accidentally really, and I'm doing it for as long as is convenient/practical for me. Learnt a lot about where our food comes from and how badly the animals are treated.
My personal stance is that because we live in a 1st world country and have the opportunity to be educated and make a choice, we can make decisions to REDUCE our impact on animal welfare and the environment. E.g. I still drive a car because it's very convenient, and I need it to get to work and it's practical. I've got to wear shoes to protect my feet even if it has some plastic in it and there is pollution in producing it etc. But we can be practical AND compassionate. I can choose a shoe made with no animal products to reduce my contribution/support of a company practice which harms animals unnecessarily. Reduction in animal product use would do good for the environment and reduce animal cruelty. I don't expect myself, or anyone else to completely eliminate it, but there is a LOT that people can do to reduce their animal product use, while still being practical. E.g. using synthetic glues in all shoes instead of animal based glues. As long as it works, the consumer doesn't care where it comes from, so why not choose a cruelty free option.
We eat animals products because it tastes good, not just because it's from an animal. There are a lot of good plant based alternatives that actually taste good e.g. Bio Cheese/ Fry's schnitzel/Linda McCartney sausage rolls etc. Plant based foods have come a long way and there are some amazing restaurants and recipes out there. The stereotypes just hold people back from trying them out and being surprised. Also, just like there are bad restaurants all around, there is also bad vegan food. But people hate on anything vegan without really giving it a proper shot. A lot of food we love is already "accidentally" vegan such as Oreos, Maggi Noodles, most cereals, chips, KFC/Maccas/Hungry Jacks fries etc.
Also, it's interesting to note that the human body doesn't need animals products to survive and thrive. Literally the one thing that is missing is Vitamin B12, which can be obtained by supplements (tablets, sprays) or in Vegemite/fortified foods.
I believe in the backfire effect, so it's important to me to try to maintain logical, respectful and calm conversations with others when they ask me about veganisim/being plant based.
This deal isn't too bad, TOMS' one for one program is helping others, and the sales make it easier for people to justify buying them, the RRP is ridiculous. Even some of these sale prices are too much :S Also, most styles are really feminine imo I'd consider the sneakers!
A thought.. Perhaps "plant based" (your words) people should purchase/use goods where there is a component of it that is not the reason for the death of an animal but does use resources efficiently.
You say (for example) use synthetic glue.
If we are already killing the animal for meat, why not use the rest of the animal as efficiently as possible? Making more profit per animal is more likely to allow a push to humane treatment of the animal (whilst alive) than devaluing the carcass.
If we were breeding animals specifically & only to make glue, that would be different. Make synthetic glue and spare the animal. There is a caveat - if the 'big picture' of how the synthetic glue was made was even worse than using the animal. I don't know if this would ever be the case, I'm just raising the point. There are some pretty callous manufacturing/fabrication processes, eg: turning bamboo into fabric (rayon) involves a crazy amount of chemicals, which themselves have to be manufactured and disposed of, then you are left with 0% bamboo anyway. There are some great processes out there too, there is a mechanical fabrication process (the machine is not cheap and nobody seems to use them) which means you can actually have a 100% bamboo shirt if you try. Responsible manufacturing certainly has area for innovation, most "eco" companies are not as eco as they think.
Personally I don't think we should waste anything if use/re-use is more efficient.
(A different example: you could argue that eating that chicken egg (provided it is free range) will create a shift towards humane treatment of chickens. Acknowledging, of course, that there is bad "free range" and there is good "free range".. so you need to be an informed purchaser when you buy that egg!)
I agree that wastefulness is inefficient, but I guess there is no real transparency about the industry and their practices. Like you mentioned, being informed is important, but for most people, they have to inform and learn themselves, which is an effort people don't usually spend time doing.
It's probable that increased efficiency and increased profits would go to the pockets of the stakeholders and business owners, since they already don't care too much about the treatment of the animal, or think that their current treatment is okay. They are already exploiting animals as a means of profit and would see the increased popularity as support for what they're doing. So buying their product doesn't tell them that we don't support their animal slaughter in the first place, but supporting a vegan product does.
Thanks for the info on the bamboo fabric, I hadn't really researched it before. I definitely believe there is more room to grow to become more eco friendly, but I also think it's important to support the businesses that have taken the first step in that direction, and showing other companies that we support more environmentally responsible practices and want to reduce animal cruelty/exploitation. So assuming the synthetic glue is not worse for the environment, the reason I'm less likely to buy a product with horse glue is because it supports the company's current practices. If we all bought the horse glue products, the business might see it as support for their product and they would continue what they're doing. What we want to do is let companies know that we, as consumers, want less harmful products. If we support this idea, it could lead to change in the industry. If the demand for the product decreases, they could reduce supply, possibly reducing the number of animals killed for their products, which is a win. They might even adopt the use of vegan glue to capture the market demand. If vegan products become more popular and in demand, it would be an incentive for businesses to create products and profit from a cruelty free model. Support for reducing animal cruelty and exploitation is probably more effective at changing animal treatment than simply making them more profitable for wasting less. Patagonia is a great example of a company shifting their practices to reduce their impact on the environment and animals in general.
Another example might be food wastage at home. Just say we bought too much steak and there are leftovers that the family doesn't eat, there might be too much, we might get bored of the dish and just don't want to eat it anymore. Obviously it's better to eat it all and not let it go to waste, but the most likely thing to happen is it gets thrown away. The solution wouldn't be for me to eat it to save it being wasted, but to encourage my family to buy less next time. So they purchase less, consume the same amount, but are reducing their overall animal product consumption. Imagine every household did this. There would then be much less steak needed to supply the country. It would be a waste of money for the company to continue oversupplying this product, so they would reduce their supply to match the demand, meaning less cows are slaughtered overall. Now to step it up even further, imagine my family wanted to eat less meat overall for health/ethics. This would amplify the effect.
This is a really simplistic look at it, but there is still a lot of merit in it.
We would want people to know where their food comes from, how it's made, and the effects of it, so that they can make an informed decision. We also want more vegan options out there so there is more choice for the consumer. There is already quite a lot out there, but demand for it needs to increase so more options can be created. People are more likely to change to vegan food primarily for it's taste, the environmental impact and animal cruelty reduction is just a big bonus. Companies just need to know that their consumers want it, and want it badly enough that they would support vegan products over non vegan products when given the choice. Greater demand for vegan products would also increase competition and lower prices, making it easier for people to incorporate vegan items in their life.
You mentioned breeding animals specifically for a product. Milk is a good example. We don't need another animal's milk to survive, but we have it because it's become a staple in our lives. Lactose intolerant people can live their whole lives without dairy. We've just grown up with it, that's why it's so popular. But unless the demand for milk decreases, cows will continue to be impregnated forcibly, have their newborns taken away from them and be milked, repeat. My friend had no idea that cows needed to be pregnant and have babies to produce milk lol. So they're impregnated again and again and milked just for us. Bonsoy is the best soymilk I've had that doesn't taste too much like soy and is really creamy. That's the alternative I use for my brekky. If there was more demand and research for vegan milks, there's a possibility for a product to come out and emulate milk. People like the taste of milk, so could switch easier in that case. The benefits of milk may be outweighed by the cons https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you…, especially if people can get calcium from dark leafy green veggies and legumes.
And if people have a healthier, cruelty free and more environmentally friendly option, that would be better for the planet and the animals. For me, Bonsoy doesn't taste like milk, but it's creamy and nice with my cereal/oats/oreos etc. Is it cheaper? No, but I get it on sale and if we support vegan milks it might lead to cheaper prices in the future, we just have to start by support them and not supporting the dairy industry. Bonsoy has less fat and more protein than the regular milk at home, less calcium, but get my calcium elsewhere.
Once upon a time vegans were just people that couldn't eat particular foods because it made them sick. Now half the vegans are just plain stupid
that was never the case actually ( that "vegan" had anything to do with food intolerances ) .
its been a lifestyle choice motivated by a certain idea of ethics ( which is not to endorse or disparage it, I don't care for that) since ~1944
pm when they make a vegan flesh light please.
Watermelon
Better be organic.
Any bargains?
Are they good for crossfit?
Can you eat them too ??