greetings

[Guest guest]

=== Questions about you ===

 

1/ What is your name (or what do you like to be called)? my real name

is Melissa though hardly anyone calls me that anymore, and I am more

widely known as Silver DD (though you don't need to add the DD), so,

take your pick!

 

2/ How old are you (a rough idea will do)? I'm currently 40

 

3/ Do you know many vegans in real life? none

 

4/ How long have you been a vegan, and how long vegetarian before

that? I have been vegetarian for approximately a little over a month.

I backslid on several occasions and had chicken, and then felt

terribly guilty afterwards. haven't had any meat since.

 

5/ Why did you become vegetarian/vegan (if you are neither it would

be

useful to explain why you joined this list)? I am not a vegan as yet,

which I will explain in a minute. I made a promise to Krishna to stop

eating meat and eggs and anything with animal products by the end of

this year. however, this is an ongoing process, and I am in the

process of researching which foods have animal products in, and which

don't - and not simply animal products, but GM as well. until I have

done all the research I can do, I cannot be 100% vegan and say I am,

if there is a chance that this might not be true.

 

 

=== Questions about your area ===

 

6/ Whereabouts do you live? Southampton

 

7/ How good a place is it for vegans? I suppose it's like any other.

plenty restaurants have vegetarian dishes, though I don't exactly eat

out, so I wouldn't know how dedicated any of them are. there is ONE

all vegetarian restaurant in town, and close by, but I think they are

more a psychic/alternative therapies cafe that offers veggie goodies

on a small scale.

 

 

=== Questions for fun ===

 

8/ Which is your favourite type of bean? hmmm..I'd have to say french

cut green beans

 

9/ What is your favourite country, or region, to visit? I've always

wanted to visit India.

 

10/ What types of film do you like? Bollywood/indian for the most

part. or a real good gripping action/thriller. I am looking forward

to seeing apocalypto.

 

11/ What was the last meal you ate? I made 2 falafel wraps. they were

made from 2 chapatis spread with hummus, 2 falafels in each kind of

squashed or flattened, and some salad on top of that, rolled up and

enjoyed.

 

12/ Are you a morning, evening or night person? evening, although I

am up mon - fri at the crack of dawn.

 

 

=== Questions for dull administrative purposes ===

 

13/ How did you find out about this list? I went in search of new

groups on yahell so I could learn to make the transition from

omnivore to veggiesaurus a little easier.

 

 

=== Other comments ===

 

14/ If there is anything else you want to add to the above please

feel

free to do so. I'm a 40 year old single mother of 3, who recently

promised to give up smoking as well as eating animal products. I have

succeeded at both (the smoking 100% anyway), though I still have some

ways to go on the food end. my aim here is to be totally vegan, and

also incorporate alot of rawfoods into my diet too. one thing in

particular I was looking for here besides menus/recipes, was to know

which products from major grocery stores have hidden animal

ingredients, or hidden GM ingredients. and also, if there are any

people living either in or near my area, that may know of organic

shopping/food co-ops etc, or places which do mail order of specialty

veg food items. any advice here would be a godsend. I haven't checked

files or anything yet, so if things like this are there already, then

whoops! I'm checking now..thanks ahead of time

 

YS

Silver DD