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    Re: so who says vegan diet isnt healthy

    I'm quiute an old lady now and have been married for over 35 years (to a vegetarian), but I really can't see how any woman a vegan man would like to have a relationship with could possibly be turned...
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    Re: so who says vegan diet isnt healthy

    I wish I knew! I also wonder how some people who claimed to have become vegan and then gone back to eating animal products because of "weakness" and bad health manage to mess up as they do.
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    Re: so who says vegan diet isnt healthy

    Being healthy is great!

    I get that kind of stuff all the time. I have a lot of guy friends that think I must be weak and frail due to my veganism. But I'm stronger and in better shape than all...
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    Re: Seitan Sausages and Burgers in the UK?

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    Basic Wholefoods, an independent store in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, South East London stocks the Wheaty Seitan Steaks.:)
  5. Thread: Sheese

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    Re: Sheese

    Hello Noodle,

    That's the first time I knew feet were vegan!! Seriously though, Scheese is pretty awful. It's the vinegar - there's far, far too much of it.
  6. Thread: Sheese

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    Re: Sheese

    Oh I hate this stuff, I wrote a review of it for Goodness Direct but funnily enough they didn't include it on the website. I wrote that it looks like a hockey puck, it actually bounces (we tried),...
  7. Thread: Sheese

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    Re: Sheese

    I'd agree about that. All Sheese products I've tried so far have been TOO STRONG!! (although I have to say that they make a good vegan cheese sauce). My local supermarket (Sainsbury's) have started...
  8. Thread: Polsoya

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    Polsoya

    Hello All,

    I have just eaten some soya sausage and soya frankfurters (which were delicious, by the way!) made by this Polish company.

    Due to curiosity, I looked them up on the net, only to...
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    "Vegan Vittles" by Joanne Stepaniak

    It's really difficult to choose a favourite cookbook, but one that comes pretty
    close is "Vegan Vittles" by Joanne Stepaniak.:dizzy:
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    Re: Favourite Vegan Food Products - UK

    My favourite food products are:

    Viana Smoked Tofu, Engevita, Swedish Glace Ice Cream, Linda McCartney sausages, Vegebanger, Vegemince. Alpro Soya Dessert, miso and tamari/shoyu, most Redwood Foods...
  11. Thread: Yagga

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    Re: Yagga

    Maybe my previous reference to Yagga's sliminess was a bit far fetched, Harpy. To be fair, I suppose that I was just not expecting to encounter the tactile sensation of copious vegejel on opening...
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    Re: homemade seitan

    I call it 'sigh-tan'. I don't want people to think I'm a devil worshipper! And I definitely won't be buying a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.:umm_ani:
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    Black Bean Vindaloo

    Does anyone have a recipe for this? Is it a wise choice of dish or does anyone have a sad tale to tell about the aftermath?
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    Is Smoked Tofu Safe?

    I really love smoked tofu and regularly buy a brand with a really dark 'crust' and robustly coloured interior. It is really delicious. However, I'm very concerned at reports about the...
  15. Re: Anna Wintour gets smacked in the face with a tofu pie

    I nearly lost my smoked tofu lunch laughing! It's really made my day.
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    Re: Favourite Vegan Food Products - UK

    Mayola is really nice, Gogs. Can't say I'm really all that into Fry's, although I do buy their products. The Realeat "Veggiebanger" sausage is back, reformulated without hydrogenated vegetable fat....
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    Re: Favourite Vegan Food Products - UK

    I feel much the same. Somehow I don't like its spongy texture, but I have just got my new copy of Veganomicon and there are some good recipes there with it as an ingredient, so I might get some baby...
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    Re: Favourite Vegan Food Products - UK

    Sainsbury's do a pack of two large naan breads which are vegan too. You need to watch out for the "Taste the Difference" ones, though, as these are not vegan. The vegan ones are really delicious...
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    Re: The problem with the term 'dietary vegan'

    I am absolutely in agreement. Anyone heard of the Vegan Police? Their website is www.vegan911.com.

    I think that if an individual can honestly say that s/he is doing all that s/he can to avoid...
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    Poll: Re: Which milk is best?

    Have you tried oat milk? 'Oatly' is really nice. Avoid 'Oat Supreme' - it's horrible. I think there is also a 'chufa milk' from some weird and wonderful plant. I bought some around a year ago, I...
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    Re: What did you eat today?

    B: Wholegrain miniwheats with soya and rice milks; apple.

    L: Pea soup; vegan hotdogs; bread and fruit spread; soya yoghurt

    Not sure about dinner; maybe a pasta dish from Joanne Stepaniak's...
  22. Thread: Veganomicon

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    Re: Veganomicon

    Sorry to hear about that, Kuro. I use "Harvest Direct Seitan Quick Mix" which I order from the Veganstore website. I've used this a lot in many recipes and it seems to work like a dream.

    It...
  23. Thread: Sheese

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    Re: Sheese

    Tofutii, that is, not Scheese. Scheese is a bit too strong for my taste, unless I'm making a sauce.

    I wonder why my first message has been reproduced 4 times?!!
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    Re: Sheese

    Me too. It is the very BEST vegan cheese!
  25. Re: Interesting piece on the BBC Green Website about veganism

    It seems that as long as some people can keep an issue at arms length by seeing it as a purely intellectual or academic question they are OK with acknowledging it, but when it comes to actually...
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    Re: Made my own Seitan - Help!!!

    One thing I forgot to add is that you need some good recipes to use it in. There is a very good one in Joanne Stepaniak's book "Vegan Vittles" - Pot Roast. In this you add flavourings (only natural...
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    Re: Made my own Seitan - Help!!!

    I always use Harvest Direct Seitan Quick Mix which I assume is basically a gluten flour and it always turns out really well with a good firm texture and not at all doughy.

    You can get this from...
  28. Thread: Spuds

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    Spuds

    Let me provide a tasty recipe using the much maligned but delicious,versatile and sustaining potato.

    The Very Best Oven Chips


    Approx 1 1/2lbs or 1 kilo of waxy potatoes (I use 'Vivaldi')...
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    Re: Where do I find a vegan lodger?

    I tried VegCom through London Vegan, and found a very good vegan lodger within 1 month.

    If you are not on line/living in London, try contacting your local v*gan group, e.g. Vegan Society branch.
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    Re: Quick Vegan Meals

    Hello Shroo,

    I really do sympathise, supermarkets are generally awful in catering for vegans - nearly all the veggie stuff is off limits for us, which is really frustrating. I find that I have to...
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    Re: Favourite Vegan Food Products - UK

    Has anyone out there seen Vegebanger? These have been unobtainable anywhere in the UK for around 3/4 months. I read somewhere that the product is being reformulated to exclude the hydrogenated...
  32. Re: Interesting piece on the BBC Green Website about veganism

    Yeah, we're obsessed with wonderful food alright, but WE are not the extremists. That's the other lot!
  33. Re: Interesting piece on the BBC Green Website about veganism

    Killing billions of our fellow creatures every year for nutrients we can get more easily, humanely and directly from plants, causing a deficit in world food production at the altar of meat that...
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    Re: Vegan diet 'help' for arthritis

    I suppose wheather or not a vegan diet helps people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis really depends on a lot of additional, individual factors.

    I have been a veggie for over 30 years and a...
  35. Thread: Mock Meats

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    Mock Meats

    It would be really good to get people's opinions on the consumption by vegans of so-called 'mock meats' made from soya and/or wheat gluten.

    I have been a vegetarian for over 30 years and a vegan...
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    Re: What did you eat for the first time today?

    For my lunch I had garlic and coriander naan bread (vegan of course!) topped with "Pure" non-dairy spread and caramelised onion houmous (mmmm...). This was my first time for this. I also had winter...
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    Re: Soy Linked with Cancer Article

    Thanks, Pisces, for bring up the issue of so-called 'mock meats'. I'm not sure that coagulated soya protein and gluten (or combination of both) actually taste like animal corpses (its over 30 years...
  38. Thread: Yagga

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    Re: Yagga

    It was quite disconcertingly slimy when I took it out of the packet.

    I liked the dense texture but felt that it was quite bland. It would be good with a tasty gravy or sauce but to be frank I...
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    Re: Which non-dairy milk can I use to make a cup of tea??

    Just on the subject of oat milk, Oatley is very good, but avoid Oat Supreme like the plague. Its ten different kinds of awful!!
  40. Thread: Veganomicon

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    Re: Veganomicon

    Writing in May 2008 I am now waiting for the damn thing to be published. My bookseller (Blackwell On-line) originally told me that I could expect it on 104.08. At the end of the month I contacted...
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