Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Hello Folks, I just got home to (close to) Boston from a quick trip to Iowa. Am reading through my email & found an invite to this group. Sure - why not? I've been thinking I should enlarge my social circle lately. Let's see, a questionare eh? 1. What is your name or what may we call you? John works fine. 2. How long have you been a vegetarian, or how long have you been interested in vegetarian cookery? I have been vegan since 1991. I was a wholefoods, brown rice, hummusy kind of guy and then I met a vegan fellow who told me things I had no idea about before. I held out for eggs for a few weeks (I was a bigtime baker and couldn't imagine baking without eggs) but I learned the error of my ways pretty fast. 3. What country are you in now? USA - at this point I live in Massachusetts, near Boston. I've lived in Western MA (in Amherst/Northampton area), Vermont and New Hampshire as well. 4. What city, town or region? Near Boston, a town called Needham. 13 miles from Boston - about 40 minutes by bicycle. I may move to the people's Republic of Cambridge within the year, or close to it. Depends on where my bf Donn ends up when he moves out here from Iowa in a few months. 5. What age are you (just roughly, very roughly!)? I'm 36. Exactly. I've been 36 almost a month now - my birthday is August 1. 6. Why did you join this group (apart from receiving an invitation! *lol*)? As I said, I'm interested in doing more social stuff, and hearing good spicy vegan recipes sounds great! I love spicy foods. 7. What kinds of (vegetarian) foods or cuisines interest you most? Foods made from wholefoods (I'm not into white flours or rice at all, and I think peeling most vegetables is a stupid waste of nutrients & time) - stuff that doesn't have dozens of ingredients or take a huge amount of time & preparation to make. If I have to spend more than 30 - 45 minutes working on a meal it had better be very good & for a 5 course dinner party! 8. Is there anything you'd like to tell the group? I like all kinds of food, and for a quick & easy spicy bean dip, all you need is a food processor (if you don't have one - get one!), a few cans of kidney beans (they work best, you can use navy or garbanzo beans in a pinch) some fresh jalepeno peppers (you can freeze these in a plastic ziploc bag to have 'fresh' peppers on hand) and some vinegar (cider or wine vinegar) Just rinse the beans well (this reduces their gassiness. fats are caused by complex sugars in beans and other foods we don't digest that bacterea in our intestines ferment into methane & a flavorful mix of other organic compounds) and when you rinse beans this washes away some of these complex sugars. So, rinse the beans, then blend them in the processor with some chopped jalepeno pepper (how much is up to you & how hot you like it) and a splash or so of vinegar. Don't overdo the vinegar - a little adds a nice taste, and if you overdo it, there's no way to undo it short of adding more beans! You can add a little salt, garlic & other spices too if you like. I just adore bean dip! That's all for now - time to go edit my http://www.veganjohn.com site. I have some political & queer news to add to it now. I've been away 4 days and have fallen way behind on current news! Cheers, John W Beck ===== http://www.veganjohn.com http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/ Get A Veg* Starter Pack From Veganoutreach Drive a vegetarian car! http://www.greasecar.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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