Taco Bell

[Guest guest]

I came about Taco Bell's faq page pretty randomly, and I found this Q & A very

impressive in that it was very helpful to both vegetarians and vegans.

 

*Are there any items on your menu that are prepared without meat?*

 

*A:* Several Taco Bell items do not include meat as an ingredient. Popular

ones include the classic Bean Burrito, 1/2 lb. Bean Burrito Especial,

7-Layer Burrito, and Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes side item (the last two feature

sour cream, which contains a very small amount of gelatin which is naturally

animal-based). Of course you can also request that any item on the menu be

prepared without meat or sour cream. The enzymes used in the production of

our cheese, tortillas, and flatbread are not from an animal source.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Taco Bell can pose an ethical issue for vegetarians who don't eat meat

out of compassion for animals, since they're owned by Yum! Foods which

also owns KFC, the target of PETA for its cruel slaughtering

practices. Taco Bell has also allied with the beef industry to promote

beef eating....

[Guest guest]

For me, after moving to being a vegan from an ethical and moral basis I began to

also be more and more aware of a lot of other things that I needed to do from an

ethical basis. Annoying as hell though...it keeps growing, being ignorant was

sure easier. In wanting to preserve life one ends up seeing how one must not

participate in the destruction of it through one's own actions. So, to preserve

the earth's life and the future generations I have had to stop buying

non-organic products as much as possible which includes GMO foods of course.

However, the Lotus Garden restaurant that I brag about, although totally vegan,

is not organic I believe. Have I given it up? No. No matter how hard one tries

how can one live totally in line with the idea of doing no harm? Amy? ~PT~?

Shawn? Bron? Anyone? Maybe that is a question for the new year.

linda

 

 

southernflower

I realize that some vegetarians do not eat the way they do for ethical

reasons, but others of us who do are helped by such information. :>)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

You may want to stay away from Long John Silvers (do they even have an

option for vegetarians?) and A & W Root Beer products as well.

 

S.

 

On 1/9/06, southernflower wrote:

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> As far as that goes, I wouldn't eat at Pizza Hut either, for the same

> reasons that Tom shared about Taco Bell.

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> I realize that some vegetarians do not eat the way they do for ethical

> reasons, but others of us who do are helped by such information. :>)

>

> Bron

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[Guest guest]

, " linda " <lindai81@c...> wrote:

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> For me, after moving to being a vegan from an ethical and moral

basis I began to also be more and more aware of a lot of other things

that I needed to do from an ethical basis. Annoying as hell

though...it keeps growing, being ignorant was sure easier. In wanting

to preserve life one ends up seeing how one must not participate in

the destruction of it through one's own actions. So, to preserve the

earth's life and the future generations I have had to stop buying

non-organic products as much as possible which includes GMO foods of

course. However, the Lotus Garden restaurant that I brag about,

although totally vegan, is not organic I believe. Have I given it up?

No. No matter how hard one tries how can one live totally in line with

the idea of doing no harm? Amy? ~PT~? Shawn? Bron? Anyone? Maybe that

is a question for the new year.

 

I don't believe you can, Linda. You'd still be eating spiders in your

sleep.

[Guest guest]

--- Amy <sandpiperhiker wrote:

 

> In wanting to preserve life one ends up

> seeing how one must not participate in

> the destruction of it through one's own

> actions. ...

> No. No matter how hard one tries how can

> one live totally in line with the idea of

> doing no harm? Amy? ~PT~? Shawn? Bron?

> Anyone? Maybe that is a question for the

> new year.

>

> I don't believe you can, Linda. You'd

> still be eating spiders in your sleep.

 

I agree. When you walk, you step on things.

When you sleep, you roll over on things,

small things but they are there. You

unknowingly swallow things. Anything

created through manufacturing may have

somehow harmed something.

 

Even if you go off and totally live off

the land (which I think is a very, very

difficult task), you still are harming

something directly or indirectly. It's

just the way of things. The best one

can do is to think about and consider

one's actions and try to live as in

balance with everything else on the

planet as one can and still . . . live.

 

Every once in a while I try to think about

pantheism, that all is one. " The universe

as a divine body is " in " the divine soul,

rather than the reverse (Plato). Posits that

deity is a divine organism that is inclusive

of lesser organisms. God is more than, and

includes, nature and humanity, and therefore,

contraries must be united to express truth. "

So, if we're all one, the facets may change

but all remains. However since I'm not

sure about this I'll try to do what I can

to be nice to all of those other facets.

 

Gary

[Guest guest]

Some Buddhist monks wear masks to avoid inhaling insects, and they go

barefoot or wear soft slippers to avoid harming worms, bugs, etc. Some

even have a small, soft animal hair or yack tail brooms (from dead yack,

they also harvest the bones for beads and tools once the yack dies of

natural causes). They carry the broom with them to brush the ground in

front of them as they walk to avoid stepping on insects.

meg

[Guest guest]

You bring up a good point, Linda.

 

There are things people can do like avoiding said restaurants (ok so I'm

using the term " restaurant " loosely with Taco Bell, lol). However there are

also things that are manufactured using animal parts (for lack of a better

word) that exist in the houses that we live in, the cars we drive in and the

roads we walk on (or so I've read).

 

So I guess if one is on an ethical treatment of animals path, then you do as

much as you can or will. ...or I suppose you make the choices that feel

right to you.

 

And I think that what is right for a person in that path is for them. I've

seen so many people talk about how they are doing more than this person (as

if it were a competition). I've also seen vegans judge vegetarians for

various reasons.

 

I guess every bit counts whether one tries to limit every animal ingredient

in their diets or products or whether one is a Flexitarian.

 

.....and see, even " Taco Hell " brought up an interesting topic.

 

S.

 

 

 

....and yes, every once in a great while I order a 7 layer burrito or nachos

bell grande " with no meat " (even though I have to repeat " with no meat " 12

times as they think I'm mentioning another product or are in great shock

that i'm dissing the meat and 86'ing it)..

 

 

 

 

 

On 1/9/06, linda <> wrote:

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> No matter how hard one tries how can one live totally in line with the

> idea of doing no harm? Amy? ~PT~? Shawn? Bron? Anyone? Maybe that is a

> question for the new year.

> linda

>

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> southernflower

> I realize that some vegetarians do not eat the way they do for ethical

> reasons, but others of us who do are helped by such information. :>)

>

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, I *do* stay away from LJS (and no, there are no veg options of

any sort) and I will add A & W to my short list, as well.

 

:>)

Bron

 

 

On 1/9/06, subprong <subprong wrote:

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> You may want to stay away from Long John Silvers (do they even have an

> option for vegetarians?) and A & W Root Beer products as well.

>

> S.

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> On 1/9/06, southernflower wrote:

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> > As far as that goes, I wouldn't eat at Pizza Hut either, for the same

> > reasons that Tom shared about Taco Bell.

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> > I realize that some vegetarians do not eat the way they do for ethical

> > reasons, but others of us who do are helped by such information. :>)

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> > Bron

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