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    Re: Poor vegan, cheap living

    I always dilute my shampoo and conditioner with water when it is about half empty... I don't like buying it, either, it is soooo expensive.
  2. Thread: Vegan Pets

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    Re: Vegan Pets

    Go to www.vegancats.com. It has plenty of info on vegan cats and dogs, as well as vegan cat and dog food that you can buy.

    However, you should NOT be feeding your cats a non-fortified vegan...
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    Re: QUIT-SMOKING Encouragement thread

    No offense, Kiran, but I think that you may be missing the point. You need to look at smoking from a smoker's point of view. For a lot of people, cigarettes are an outlet, something that will always...
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    Re: QUIT-SMOKING Encouragement thread

    I've been smoke-free since last October, and I think the most important factor in quitting smoking is your mindset. If you want to quit, you will, but if you don't want to quit, you won't. It's...
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    Re: Mc Donald's French Fries

    Ugh. First beef, now milk and wheat. Why can't they just use plain old vegetable oil? Better question, why do people continue to eat there when practices like this continue to be unveiled? They...
  6. Re: Vice President Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter

    I read some great quotes about this on fark.com...

    "He wasn't shot with a bullet, he was imbued with a freedom projectile!"

    "Cheney shot him based on the best available information at the time."
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    Re: Thai Food

    So... at pretty much every Thai place I've ever been to, a sweet and sour sauce with chiles and ground peanuts is served as a dipping sauce for the fried tofu. But I can't find a recipe for it...
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    Re: Escaped bear kills petting zoo worker

    What happened was this:

    The bear somehow escaped from its cage... I don't know how. So, the man was following it, trying to bribe it into going back into its cage with a bag of dog food. Somehow...
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    Escaped bear kills petting zoo worker

    What do we do next? Kill the other bear that was sitting in the cage, minding its own business. Maybe while we're at it, we should kill every bear in the world. I mean, they're dangerous, right?
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    Re: Soy milk & work colleague discussion...

    Pfft, soy intolerance. That's why we have rice milk and almond milk. Who needs soy?
  11. Thread: Ackee

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    Re: Ackee

    Nope. No Caribbean food markets either, that I know of. I think that ordering some is going to be my only choice... or I guess driving up to Chicago.
  12. Thread: Ackee

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    Ackee

    Does anyone here eat ackee? I had it years ago on a vacation to Jamaica, and I remember it tasting like what scrambled eggs would taste like if scrambled eggs tasted good. I've looked for cans of...
  13. Thread: Avocado

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    Re: Avocado

    I finally went out and bought some fresh avocados after reading this thread, and oh my... they were delicious! I got a bag of five avocados for about $4, but one of them was way too ripe so I had to...
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    Re: Any vegans "pet-free" for ethics

    I've had animal companions for most of my life, but I've never paid money for one, and I never will. I pretty much agree with Jane M... I think that rescuing animals is a very positive way to ease...
  15. Re: Yummy soup - gotta try it!

    Sounds great, and it's all ingredients that I normally have lying around the house anyway. Those recipes are the best!
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    Re: Soy milk favorites?

    Yeah, one of my vegan friends told me that she trys to avoid Silk as much as possible because the carrageenan might cause cancer. But I really hate the brands that don't contain it (like WestSoy),...
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    Re: Chai recipe exchange

    Hmm... I'm way too lazy to do the boiling thing, I always just sprinkle tiny bits of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg into my regular black tea and add soymilk. I'll have to try your method,...
  18. Re: Going to Brazil - Can I keep it vegan?

    Well, if you're going on a school trip, you'll probably have an escort or a teacher there who speaks Portuguese, right? Maybe you can ask him/her to help you out when you're eating, so you don't...
  19. Re: Fatboy Slim Admits He Fed Meat To Paul McCartney's Veggie Dog

    Okay, when I read the title of this article, I thought, "Wow, he fed the veggie dog meat on purpose? What a jerk!" But when I saw that he had left the meat out for foxes and the dog just happened...
  20. Re: Going to Brazil - Can I keep it vegan?

    Pina coladas aren't vegan? I thought they used coconut milk, not cow's milk...:confused:

    I've only ever made homemade ones, though, they only contained coconut milk, pineapple, and ice (well, and...
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    Re: Garlic-Kale Mashed Potatoes with Carrots

    Sounds great! I think I'll make it with some collard greens, since that's what I have in my fridge right now.
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    Re: I made my first vegan pizza

    Mmm, pizza. I visited my chef friend in Florida a few weeks ago, and she made my fiancé and I a spinach and mushroom vegan pizza with Vegan Rella cheese, and it was sooooo good! She made a homemade...
  23. Thread: Avocado

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    Re: Avocado

    I LOVE avocado! There's a Mexican restaurant on campus called La Bamba (or "Burritos As Big As Your Head") that sells a vegetarian burrito with fresh avocado that is AWESOME (after requesting no...
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    Re: chain restaurant vegan items

    I've read through that pizza hut ingredients list several times, and I'm fairly certain that the thin crust and the pizza sauces are vegan, but all of the thick crusts and breadsticks have whey in...
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    Re: stuffing is too dry!

    I have a recipe from my grandmother that is basically what you are describing, only it has about a cup of mashed potatoes in it as well, and I don't think it's too dry. So, maybe you could try adding...
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    Re: Vegan sugar?

    Wait, nevermind, here it is, and it wasn't on the PETA site.. silly me

    http://www.vegfamily.com/articles/sugar.htm
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    Re: Vegan sugar?

    Refined beet sugar is okay, if you can find a brand that specifies whether it is cane or beet sugar. Also, there's a list somewhere on PETA that lists brands of cane sugar that do not use bone char,...
  28. Re: Extreme cigarette smoke sensitivity/allergy, does anyone else suffer with this?

    Yeah, I know two people who are allergic to smoke. I think it's more common than you realize!
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    Re: Vegetable Broth

    Swanson sells both an organic vegetable broth and a regular vegetable broth in cans, if you want the premade kind. I think you can get them at wal-mart, but it's been so long since I've shopped at...
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    Re: Vegan friendly restaurants in USA

    I was kind of saddened by the lack of midwestern vegan restaurants on this thread, so I just thought I'd let everyone know that there is a vegan restaurant here in Urbana-Champaign called The Red...
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    Re: soymilk eggnog!

    The same thing happened to me! I thought it was wonderful, though. It was nice not feeling left out at my friends' "eggnog party".
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    Re: Vegetable smoothies - is that possible?

    I always throw things like carrots and spinach into my regular fruit smoothies to give it a little more nutrition, and you could probably do the same with broccoli or cabbage. If there's enough...
  33. Thread: Bodybuilding

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    Re: Anti-Vegan/Veggie Propoganda

    He's not a bodybuilder, but I just got an e-mail today about this vegan triathlete who is giving a lecture at our campus soon. You should send her to his website... www.brendenbrazier.com
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    Re: Pizza - Papa John's, Pizza Hut, Dominoes etc

    I have a lot of friends who work at pizza hut, and they told me that pretty much the only vegan-friendly things on the menu are the regular pizza sauce and the thin & cripsy crust. Everything else...
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    Re: Vegan Food for Christmas and Other Celebrations

    treehugga, I never use canned pumpkin in my pies, I either buy mine fresh or substitute fresh squash or sweet potatoes. I agree that pumpkin in a can is ICK.
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    Re: What is on your Holiday wish list?

    I just want to not go bankrupt from college debts and for my boyfriend's mom to stop hating me just because we live together. :(

    Wait, and also to be able to visit my friend who moved to Florida....
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    Re: Vegans not eating enough

    Actually, Tigerlily is right. It's just that men who have weight issues are less likely to vocalize them the way that women do, unless they are in the company of close friends or family (in my...
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    Re: The truth about McDonalds and children

    I don't think there are enough words in the English language to describe my utter contempt for McDonald's and all the other fast food restaurants that serve such fatty, processed sludge. Even back...
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    Re: thanksgiving dinner

    I'm taking some vegan green bean casserole to my grandparents' for Thanksgiving, as well as either some vegan chocolate or pumpkin pie, as they're both very omni-friendly.
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