[100% veg*n ] Vegetarians and little white lies....

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

Re: the vegetarian Coke thing - It's an attention thing. You see, when

these people go out with vegans, suddenly they're not the centre of

attention anymore - the vegan is. So they feel like they have to make a

fuss to focus the attention back on themselves.

 

As far as your Mum refusing to eat vegan cakes, why not cook her some

cakey things that are naturally vegan. For instance, there's a recipe on

my vegan website for traditional Australian Anzac biscuits which are

very yummy and vegan - the recipe is here:

http://www.veganforlife.org/recipes.htm#sweets

 

Then if she queries it, give her the recipe! She'll see it's all

" normal " ingredients, then next time you can try her on a cake with

vegan substitutes.

 

Another good way to encourage people to try vegan foods is to emphasize

the " low fat " aspect. People then feel like it's food they can cope

with, and most people (women especially) have positive feelings towards

low fat foods. Doesn't matter if it's packed with sugar! :-)

 

Daharja XXX

 

Cheryl Chooljian wrote:

 

>

> > Whenever I bake cakes and I ask my family to taste them, my mom

> usually

> > goes, " No thanks..it's vegan. " She acts as if I've added poison or

> > something!

>

> Argh! My family's pretty decent, but my boyfriend's can be

> intolerable. Once his brother refused to drink a Coke at a restuarant

> because he thought it was 'vegetarian Coke' or something.

>

> o...k.

>

> - Cheryl

 

--

Leanne Daharja Veitch

--

http://www.geocities.com/daharja

http://www.veganforlife.org

http://www.moonspellcoven.com

--

" We must be the change we wish to see " - M K Gandhi

--