Raw dining in beef country (WAS: Omaha Resources)

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

vegigran

Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:36 PM

Re: [Raw Food] Omaha Resources

 

Hi Alicia,

I'd like to tell you there are a lot of raw food restaurants here in Omaha, but

I'm afraid this

is " the heart of beef country " . People here do great just trying to be

vegetarians. Health

restaurants open, but soon close from lack of interest. I have noticed that more

restaurants are

including some vegetarian choices, but not raw, except for their salads. We do

have two Wild

Oats and a Whole Foods Store here and even our local grocery stores carry a nice

selection of

organic foods. McFosters Restaurant is about the only one that I know of that

has stayed in

business. I've ask them to put some raw vegan selections in their menu, but last

time I was

there all they had was salads and some veggies with dip. They do serve carrot

and wheatgrass

juice. Wish I could be more positive but I've just not found too many

like-minded people in

these parts. A couple of years ago, I put up some notices in some of the smaller

HFS (which have

gone out of business since Wild Oats) for anyone that would like to get together

a group

interested in raw veganism. I got NO response! So other than a few groups on the

internet, I'm

basically just a " hermit " .

 

Sharon

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Just a personal experience...a number of years ago, I was involved in some

investments managed

by a group out of Peoria, Illinois. Faced with considerable success, a group

from among the

investors decided to fly to Peoria and take these fine folks out for dinner.

 

So there I was, at dinner in a steak house in Peoria. I scanned the menu and

found some salads

and a side of " steamed vegetables " . So I asked the server whether various

items could be

omitted form or added to the salad, and after inquiring in the kitchen, she said

yes. And I also

asked whether the steamed vegetables were parboiled in advance, or steamed to

order. Answer:

steamed to order.

 

So I ordered one large chicken-something salad, hold the chicken, hold the

tortilla strips, hold

the cheese, extra extra tomato (or something like that). And I ordered a side of

the steamed

vegetables, unsteamed, and served atop the salad.

 

When dinner was served, I received a huge plate piled high with mounds of

wonderful veggies.

Everyone else at the table received a plate of the same size. And on each of

there plates was a

small piece of meat, a potato or veggie, and the obligatory parsley sprig. In

other words, a LOT

of plate was showing. They all looked, I said nothing at all, and we continued

our conversation

about how wonderful life can be.

 

Just one person's experience.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Good story Elchanan! Thanks for sharing it.

 

Sharon