Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Hi Carolyn, It is interesting that San Francisco and Arizona are on your must see cities. San Francisco is my favorite city in the U.S. as I haved lived in the bay area previously. It is quite a melting pot of cultures there. Arizona is interesting because of the native american history of that area, but I would highly recommend Sante Fe, New Mexico also for the native american history, but also because of the artists and artisans. Or you can come visit San Antonio where I currently live, part of the legacy of the Spanish colonization of the southwestern/ northwestern (including San Francisco) and now part of the U.S. Lot's of people disagree with some of PETA's choice of publicity tactics, but they definitely do a very good job of exposing the truth. I also became vegan after picking up a PETA's Animal Times newsletter while living in Europe. What is quorn?? Cheers! Marisa Carolyn <adc143 wrote: === Questions about you ===1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)? Carolyn2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)? In my 40's I'm afraid - but earlyforties :-)3/ Do you know many vegans in real life? Nope :-(4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before that? 15 years a strict veggie, only ever really eating dairy/eggs when they werepart of something, or when eating out, for ease. But decided it was time tostop messing around about a month ago so am now committed to veganism butstruggling a bit. Giving up quorn is the hardest for me - I didn't eat itfor so long because it wasn't approved by the Vegetarian Society, but whenthey ok'd it I started eating it and it is a staple for me, so that isprobably what I am struggling with most - not bothered about not havingeggs, cheese, milk as I rarely ate them anyway, but quorn is difficult forme.5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would beuseful to explain why you joined this list)? Purely ethical reasons. Always felt it wasn't right to eat animals, was a long time member of PeTA,but it was only when I left my (extremely carnivorous!) ex-husband that Ibroke free and became a veggie - this coincided with an article in a PeTAmagazine about a cow with a fractured pelvis that had been left to die inthe road by the man (???) transporting her to the abattoir and she had triedto crawl to the shade but was unable to do so. It broke my heart and fromthat moment on I have never eaten meat, fish, or any of the by-products ofslaughter. But it never felt like I was doing enough and veganism was whatI always aspired to - and to be honest, it has been simply lack ofconvenience that has stopped me, but I have decided that a littleinconvenience is not much to pay for doing what I feel is right for mepersonally.=== Questions about your area ===6/ Whereabouts do you live? Liverpool7/ How good a place is it for vegans? Judging by the last couple of times Ihave gone out for meals, absolutely rubbish! === Questions for fun ===8/ Which is your favourite type of bean? I love all beans - butter beans,chickpeas, and pinto beans are probably my favourites. I sprout anything Ican lay my hands on including beans and chickpeas with varying successdepending on whether I remember to rinse them often enough :-).9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit? The States, westcoast, Oregon and Washington State. Two places I have to visit before I dieare Arizona and San Francisco.10/ What types of film do you like? Hmmmmmmmm, hard one. I guess rights ofpassage/inspirational films such as "Dead Poets Society", "ShawshankRedemption".11/ What was the last meal you ate? Baked potato, beans and red cabbage(fresh, steamed)12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person? Night owl, total insomniac.Hate mornings.=== Questions for dull administrative purposes ===13/ How did you find out about this list? Did a search on vegan lists on and ploughed through the multitude till I found you!=== Other comments ===14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please feel freeto do so. Can't think of anything right now but I am sure I will after I press send:-). Thanks for letting me join.Thank you for completing a profile.BEFORE REPLYING PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE CHANGED THE ADDRESS AS NOTED ABOVE.~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard.---------------------------Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline>Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Hi Marisa Lucky you having lived in SF! There are so many places in the States I would love to visit, but mostly I have spent time in Oregon and Nebraska, witha few road trips thrown in through Kansas and Missouri. Unfortunately I am broke so unless I win the lottery a trip in the near future is only a pipedream :-(. Quorn is " mycoprotein " , a sort of mushroom/fungus that they use to make fillets, and " meat " balls, and mince etc - doesn't sound very appetising but I find it much nicer than the other " substitutes " . It is low fat and vegetarian as it uses free range eggs (now, not always). It has become something I eat quite regularly and that is the only thing I am really struggling with cutting out at the moment. I was already an obsessive label reader, now I am even worse! Anyway, looking forward to being part of the group! Carolyn , Mary Reta <marisa.9497@s...> wrote: > Hi Carolyn, > > It is interesting that San Francisco and Arizona are on your must see cities. San Francisco is my favorite city in the U.S. as I haved lived in the bay area previously. It is quite a melting pot of cultures there. > > Arizona is interesting because of the native american history of that area, but I would highly recommend Sante Fe, New Mexico also for the native american history, but also because of the artists and artisans. Or you can come visit San Antonio where I currently live, part of the legacy of the Spanish colonization of the southwestern/ northwestern (including San Francisco) and now part of the U.S. > > Lot's of people disagree with some of PETA's choice of publicity tactics, but they definitely do a very good job of exposing the truth. I also became vegan after picking up a PETA's Animal Times newsletter while living in Europe. > > What is quorn?? > > > Cheers! Marisa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Hi Carolyn, If you are looking for a substitue for Quorn, there are plenty of other options (I make a lot of pasta meals with fake meat substitutes in, so have tried quite a few, both good and inedible!). These are my favourites: Redwood Cheatin' Bites - five flavours of soya-based meat lumps. So good you can eat them cold if you have a mind to. Quinova Chunks - rather an odd taste, but fine if you like Quinova. Realeat VegeMince - a life saver for all your old recipes which required mince Veggiemaster Vegan Chicken-free Tender Lumps - I haven't eaten chicken for many years, but as far as I can remember, these taste exactly the same! Hope this helps, John > > Carolyn [adc143] > 11 November 2004 15:14 > > Re: Hi Carolyn > > > > > Hi Marisa > > Lucky you having lived in SF! There are so many places in the > States I would love to visit, but mostly I have spent time in Oregon > and Nebraska, witha few road trips thrown in through Kansas and > Missouri. Unfortunately I am broke so unless I win the lottery a > trip in the near future is only a pipedream :-(. > > Quorn is " mycoprotein " , a sort of mushroom/fungus that they use to > make fillets, and " meat " balls, and mince etc - doesn't sound very > appetising but I find it much nicer than the other " substitutes " . > It is low fat and vegetarian as it uses free range eggs (now, not > always). It has become something I eat quite regularly and that is > the only thing I am really struggling with cutting out at the > moment. I was already an obsessive label reader, now I am even > worse! > > Anyway, looking forward to being part of the group! > > Carolyn > > > , Mary Reta <marisa.9497@s...> wrote: > > Hi Carolyn, > > > > It is interesting that San Francisco and Arizona are on your must > see cities. San Francisco is my favorite city in the U.S. as I > haved lived in the bay area previously. It is quite a melting pot > of cultures there. > > > > Arizona is interesting because of the native american history of > that area, but I would highly recommend Sante Fe, New Mexico also > for the native american history, but also because of the artists and > artisans. Or you can come visit San Antonio where I currently live, > part of the legacy of the Spanish colonization of the southwestern/ > northwestern (including San Francisco) and now part of the U.S. > > > > Lot's of people disagree with some of PETA's choice of publicity > tactics, but they definitely do a very good job of exposing the > truth. I also became vegan after picking up a PETA's Animal Times > newsletter while living in Europe. > > > > What is quorn?? > > > > > > Cheers! Marisa > > > ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, > there may be another side to the story you have not heard. > --------------------------- > Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> > Un: send a blank message to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Hi John Thanks for this, I used to eat Realeat products before quorn became "vegetarian friendly" so I will now definitely go back to them - I had not realised they were vegan so this is really useful info for me. Haven't tried Cheatin Bites but I will see if our Holland and Barrett does them - not sure about the Quinova chunks as I am not a huge fan of Quinoa but I know it is really good for you so I keep trying, and will give these chunks a try if I see them. Never seen Veggiemaster Tender Lumps but I will look out for those too.Thanks again for your suggestions, which I am sure will help me a lot with trying to find vegan alternatives to what have been my veggie staples for over 15 years. Carolyn John Davis [mcxg46] 12 November 2004 10:13 Subject: RE: Re: Hi Carolyn Hi Carolyn,If you are looking for a substitue for Quorn, there are plenty of otheroptions (I make a lot of pasta meals with fake meat substitutes in, so havetried quite a few, both good and inedible!). These are my favourites:Redwood Cheatin' Bites - five flavours of soya-based meat lumps. So good youcan eat them cold if you have a mind to.Quinova Chunks - rather an odd taste, but fine if you like Quinova.Realeat VegeMince - a life saver for all your old recipes which requiredminceVeggiemaster Vegan Chicken-free Tender Lumps - I haven't eaten chicken formany years, but as far as I can remember, these taste exactly the same!Hope this helps,John> > Carolyn [adc143]> 11 November 2004 15:14> > Re: Hi Carolyn>>>>> Hi Marisa>> Lucky you having lived in SF! There are so many places in the> States I would love to visit, but mostly I have spent time in Oregon> and Nebraska, witha few road trips thrown in through Kansas and> Missouri. Unfortunately I am broke so unless I win the lottery a> trip in the near future is only a pipedream :-(.>> Quorn is "mycoprotein", a sort of mushroom/fungus that they use to> make fillets, and "meat" balls, and mince etc - doesn't sound very> appetising but I find it much nicer than the other "substitutes".> It is low fat and vegetarian as it uses free range eggs (now, not> always). It has become something I eat quite regularly and that is> the only thing I am really struggling with cutting out at the> moment. I was already an obsessive label reader, now I am even> worse!>> Anyway, looking forward to being part of the group!>> Carolyn>>> , Mary Reta <marisa.9497@s...> wrote:> > Hi Carolyn,> >> > It is interesting that San Francisco and Arizona are on your must> see cities. San Francisco is my favorite city in the U.S. as I> haved lived in the bay area previously. It is quite a melting pot> of cultures there.> >> > Arizona is interesting because of the native american history of> that area, but I would highly recommend Sante Fe, New Mexico also> for the native american history, but also because of the artists and> artisans. Or you can come visit San Antonio where I currently live,> part of the legacy of the Spanish colonization of the southwestern/> northwestern (including San Francisco) and now part of the U.S.> >> > Lot's of people disagree with some of PETA's choice of publicity> tactics, but they definitely do a very good job of exposing the> truth. I also became vegan after picking up a PETA's Animal Times> newsletter while living in Europe.> >> > What is quorn??> >> >> > Cheers! Marisa> >>>>>>>>> ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author,> there may be another side to the story you have not heard.> ---------------------------> Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped?> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline>> Un: send a blank message to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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