tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post5176714941584844906..comments2023-06-14T05:10:07.234-07:00Comments on Little Happinesses: life without milk. and other hippie goodnesslittle happinesses:http://www.blogger.com/profile/00645406300267032741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-50478262824961244792009-02-18T12:40:00.000-08:002009-02-18T12:40:00.000-08:00i tried the vegan thing once while in santa cruz (...i tried the vegan thing once while in santa cruz (most probably one of the few cities where it is VERY easy to maintain this lifestyle) and found myself feeling like James feels...more hungry than usual.<BR/>i ended up putting nuts in a lot more things i feeling more satisfied...also i ate HUGE amounts of tofu. and made lots of rissoto. (THAT, i can live with)<BR/>anyway, long story short...i am not vegan. it didn't last very long. i missed cheese the most.<BR/><BR/>btw, garden burgers are pretty easy to make on your own so you don't have to buy overly packaged versions. there are good vegan/vegitartian websites that will tell you how. You can make a bunch and freeze them so you can have them anytime!<BR/><BR/>good luck on your vegan quest!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144480024024071118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-52482509245561589942009-02-15T10:15:00.000-08:002009-02-15T10:15:00.000-08:00Honestly, I don't really know how the dairy vs bee...Honestly, I don't really know how the dairy vs beef breakdown all works out. I imagine because you can keep getting milk from a cow whereas you can only get beef once before you have to replace the cow, it helps on the dairy side...but even so, you still have to contend with all the rBST/rbGH, totally unnatural diet fed to cows, all that bullshit unless you're really careful. <BR/><BR/>There's also the whole thing in that China Study book (by T Colin Campbell, which I haven't actually read but have heard a lot about) about how animal products can help trigger cancer. Of course, on the other side, you've got your books like the Paleo Diet and whatnot that tell you that you should eat lots of meat and veggies. Who really knows, right? <BR/><BR/>So I guess there's the nutritional argument--where it seems like you kind of just have to decide what you believe in, since there are so many competing factors--and the ethical/resource argument, which I don't know enough about for dairy. Clearly this whole how-to-eat thing is a work in progress:)little happinesses:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00645406300267032741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-21066487331235391652009-02-15T09:59:00.000-08:002009-02-15T09:59:00.000-08:00Way to go with the veganism, although I wouldn't e...Way to go with the veganism, although I wouldn't equate dairy with beef. For a given amount of space and cattle, you can support much more people on a dairy-based diet than beef-based.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-68569753464532579742009-02-13T23:19:00.000-08:002009-02-13T23:19:00.000-08:00heh. Climbers indeed. I was pretty stoked when Ale...heh. Climbers indeed. I was pretty stoked when Alex started introducing vegetables into his diet, even if it did take putting them into other shit like ramen (or pasta or mac-n-cheese, I guess, in his case) at the beginning:)little happinesses:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00645406300267032741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833987307941661338.post-84795032234472128042009-02-08T15:13:00.000-08:002009-02-08T15:13:00.000-08:00Good news about veganism: the vegan chocolate chip...Good news about veganism: the vegan chocolate chippers at Whole Foods are WAY better than the regular. <BR/><BR/>Plus, when you buy them, you can feel smug.<BR/><BR/>Lots of luck with this endeavor; it's admirable. I've been trying very hard to feed myself and Brad with mostly local and in-season foods lately...it's been hard to ween him off ramen. Climbers.KatieGirlBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02016320685724162946noreply@blogger.com