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Hello, everyone,

 

It looks like I'm one of many newcomers. My name's Emma, I'm 48, and I know

very few vegans in real life, despite having been vegan for 23 years, and

vegetarian for 24. I certainly don't have any close vegan friends, and my

partner is an ex-vegetarian fish-eater. I became a vegetarian after reading

Colin Spencer's articles in the Guardian about what happens in abattoirs

(anyone else remember them?). I turned vegan after having a discussion with

my father about how inconsistent my vegetarianism was. My dad had worked on

a farm when he was younger, and he told me about how the cows used to low

pitifully after their calves had been taken away. He was rather taken aback

when he realised that he'd pushed me into veganism! Eventually, though, he

and my mother both became vegetarians. My dad even tried briefly to go

vegan, but it's a tough thing to start when you're in your sixties or

seventies.

 

I live in southwest London, which is probably as good a place to be a vegan

as you can get. To Sarah, who asked about restaurants in London, I can

recommend 222 in West Kensington <http://www.222veggievegan.com/>, Blah Blah

Blah in Shepherd's Bush, and the Gate in Hammersmith

<http://www.thegate.tv/>, in that order. Perhaps not very helpful if you're

coming from Bedfordshire, but I'm afraid I don't go north much!

 

I don't have a favourite bean; I just like to vary them a lot. The last meal

I ate was homemade muesli with cacao nibs, banana, mango and soya yoghurt.

And I'm not a morning, evening or night person. I'm an afternoon person; I'm

at my peak around ... lunchtime. And I can't remember quite how I found this

list. But it was probably a result of searching for something positive after

all the negative press attention that veganism has been getting lately. I

think I felt the need for a little solidarity.

 

Emma

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Emma

 

2008/6/17 Emma W <redaction:

 

> Hello, everyone,

>

> It looks like I'm one of many newcomers. My name's Emma, I'm 48, and I know

> very few vegans in real life, despite having been vegan for 23 years, and

> vegetarian for 24. I certainly don't have any close vegan friends, and my

> partner is an ex-vegetarian fish-eater. I became a vegetarian after reading

> Colin Spencer's articles in the Guardian about what happens in abattoirs

> (anyone else remember them?). I turned vegan after having a discussion with

> my father about how inconsistent my vegetarianism was. My dad had worked on

> a farm when he was younger, and he told me about how the cows used to low

> pitifully after their calves had been taken away. He was rather taken aback

> when he realised that he'd pushed me into veganism! Eventually, though, he

> and my mother both became vegetarians. My dad even tried briefly to go

> vegan, but it's a tough thing to start when you're in your sixties or

> seventies.

>

> I live in southwest London, which is probably as good a place to be a vegan

> as you can get. To Sarah, who asked about restaurants in London, I can

> recommend 222 in West Kensington <http://www.222veggievegan.com/>, Blah

> Blah

> Blah in Shepherd's Bush, and the Gate in Hammersmith

> <http://www.thegate.tv/>, in that order. Perhaps not very helpful if

> you're

> coming from Bedfordshire, but I'm afraid I don't go north much!

>

> I don't have a favourite bean; I just like to vary them a lot. The last

> meal

> I ate was homemade muesli with cacao nibs, banana, mango and soya yoghurt.

> And I'm not a morning, evening or night person. I'm an afternoon person;

> I'm

> at my peak around ... lunchtime. And I can't remember quite how I found

> this

> list. But it was probably a result of searching for something positive

> after

> all the negative press attention that veganism has been getting lately. I

> think I felt the need for a little solidarity.

>

> Emma

>

>

>