December 2011
235 posts
I meant to post this yesterday but I posted it to...
I’m on a church retreat and I won’t be able to post any problems, and I’ll probably only be able to answer questions very rarely. Sorry, enjoy the rest of your holidays!
caitlin-faith asked: To the person asking about polenta: It's a regular meal in my house and you can put pretty much anything in it :D My mom makes a recipe where you substitute veggie broth for water in the recipe, add in celery, corn, and chopped peppers, and let it cook in the crock pot for a few hours. We serve it with roasted vegetables. It's absolutely delicious.
Anonymous asked: How should I convince my mother to cook vegetarian-appropriate meals?
r0llercoasteroflife asked: Actually, I feel tons better just having typed it out and knowing that somebody was there to read it. I have a horrible habit of unloading in people's ask boxes! I'm strange, I know! Haha. You don't have to reply or post it at all. Thank you though! :)
december-11th-1992 asked: Did you really lose followers because of the religion question you answered?
onlyposers-die asked: yup, skittles don't have gelatin anymore
thathealthyveggiekid asked: i read sore that skittles were currently vegetarian, but i could be wrong
r0llercoasteroflife asked: *Disclaimer: I understand if that was too personal or deep to post on the blog. I've just had a rough day and needed to type it out. I'm sorry for unloading it on you.
beautifulpropaganda asked: To the anon from UK- I know skittles have cochineal here in the US, so they probably have them in the UK too :/
thathealthyveggiekid asked: have you ever had polenta? i don't know what to put it with? any ideas?
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sltheoneandawesome asked: This is a response to the anon who was talking about labels. Personally I agree. I know that I eat fish, so I'm a pescatarian, not arguing. But most people who aren't interested in vegetarianism don't know what it is and I don't bother with explaining it. So when I meet people I say that I'm a vegetarian, just because it's simpler. I'd rather ask for a vegetarian...
Anonymous asked: I understand both sides with the "I can't eat meat" debate. I've been a vegetarian close to 10 years, two thirds of my life. I once accidentally ate meat at a party and threw up. I know it wasn't placebo because I only found out that it was meat after I'd thrown up. When I asked my doctor, she said my stomach had lost the enzymes needed to digest meat properly. So I...
dreamandincolor asked: Okay this will probably sound really stupid, when it says "enzymes" on the ingredients does that mean its a meat product.. I just read a previous question that you answered and now I feel bad because I didn't know what it was before :(
Anonymous asked: Hey, I don't know if this might just be the UK, but I heard somewhere that red skittles have cochineal in them? The website wasn't particularly helpful as I don't know what the different E numbers are, and I was wondering if anyone knew for sure. :)
Anonymous asked: I'm not a fan of labels. Its like when a girl who had previously thought she was straight starts dating girls. Everybody is on her case about her labeling herself as something besides straight, when she may not know or care; she may just kind of go with the flow of things and like who she likes. I think the same applies to eating habits. If you call yourself a vegetarian, then you should be...
Anonymous asked: cheese with rennet in it?
aeon7782 asked: That is an interesting discussion by the anons. I know a lot of omnivores who claim that they CAN NOT live without eating meat. Of course we all could eat whatever we want to, but that is not the purpose of this blog. If people decide to be vegetarian and want to do it in a strikt way, i think it is great that they can ask and they have someone who will answer!
purplebeards asked: Um, actually,"I can't eat meat" Is fine. Because people can say whatever the heck they want about their diet. Also, human bodies do actually struggle to digest meat so "I can't eat meat" can actually be true. Stop spitting fire because people use different phrases to you anon.
Anonymous asked: It kind of upsets me how many times the people that ask you questions, and yourself, say "I can't eat meat" - guys, you're vegetarian, not meat-intolerant. One of the beautiful things about vegetarianism is that it's a choice, that you get to break away from society's stupid way by the power of your determination. You CAN eat anything the fuck you want, but you...
Anonymous asked: Oh, and also: there's not set of rules. there's no "you can't eat gelatin", fish oil, rennet - sure you can, man, it's your life, you make the damn rules. You can eat fish, too, then just call yourself a pescetarian. and if you eat gelatin, for instance, just call yourself a not very strict vegetarian - no meat, no fish, but you make an exception for gummy bears. Stop...
Anonymous asked: Clinkers are a type of chocolate/lolly, they are coloured on the inside shaped like little eggs and are coated in chocolate. They are made by Pascall, but I am from Australia so maybe they aren't that well known in other places :)
bitchiwasinproximity asked: Hey, just so you know, this is my favorite blog, and the only one I check regularly! Keep up the good work!!
Anonymous asked: what kind of religion are you
Anonymous asked: I don't know if you had heard this one yet but the other day I was so disappointed to discover that Clinkers have gelatin in them! :(
thechemicaldestiny asked: I have been vegetarian for 3 years, I don't eat meat, fish, eggs, or soup with chicken broth/chicken starch in it. Is there anything else i shouldn't be eating? Like fish oil? Can I eat that?
Anonymous asked: Sorry, why is gelatin a problem? (from a beginner vegetarian)
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locsgirl asked: I was lucky this time. I went to my aunt's place for Xmas, she cooked ham and green beans w/potatoes and macaroni and cheese. The green beans w/potatoes and the macaroni and cheese were meat-free and safe (she didn't even use meat juice). Plus, she baked an apple pie. She kept the meat away from everything, and didn't use the same cooking utensils when serving it. I wasn't...
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Anonymous asked: For dinner my mom made empanadas with meat substitute. My whole family ate it and Most of them didn't even know it wasn't real meat. My grandma even thought that I wasn't vegetarian anymore. If we went to a relative's house there probably would only be one dish without meat. It's sad, especially when I think of how when I'm grown up, my family probably wouldn't...
Anonymous asked: unfortunately, im not yet a vegetarian (my parents wont let me untill i move out) but i dont eat meat when they're not around. However for christmas dinner they made me eat it and after i felt very sick and its only been about a month since i last had meat. I was just wondering if this was normal for people who havent had meat in awhile or if its just all in my head and my sickness had...
beatlemania48 asked: I don't know how soon you'll see this, but I've got a problem. Some of my guy friends, for some weird reason, want to cook a lobster dinner. They said they'll get me "tofu or whatever" so obviously they're not trying to force me to eat it, but I think boiling lobsters alive is really cruel. They want to go the store, pick one out and boil it and everything :(...
suckmydickbitchitsmagic asked: I wish I could Admin for you, It looks like you're having a lot of people send in Q's. also this is the only kind of blog i'd admin for.
capntrips asked: Dr. Martins sells vegan boots. Try the Zappos website, and check off the box for "faux leather" under "materials". There are a ton of options!
Anonymous asked: hahaha so its really fun when you're Greek and you're at your aunt's house for Christmas and you just-so-happen to be a vegan. I think my Yia-yia (grandma) was ready to kick my ass when she found out I wouldn't eat lamb (which is what turned me vegetarian in the first place). :D
singing-melody asked: My aunt also thinks that vegetarians can eat fish, and I always have to tell her that no, I can't eat fish. I blame the Catholic church for that (my mom's side of the family is Catholic), since they say don't eat meat during Lent...but then say that fish is allowed. :/
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imaflesheatingdisease asked: I was asked about 12 times this holiday season if I eat eggs (while I'm eating potato salad that has egg in it) after having told my family that I'm pescatarian. No one in my family but my mom and dad seem to know the difference between Pescatarianism and veganism. >.< Silly family, y u no let me eat in peace?!
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we--4re--y0ung asked: I really want some Dr. Martens but they use whole grain leather D,X suggestions?
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Anonymous asked: What the hell. I've submitted many things to your blog via ask and you haven't posted any of them. Starting to think you don't think my comments or stories are up to your standards. What is this, a fucking Nazi Regime?
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starkidklaine asked: Christmas Dinner is the tradition "Roast Beast" in my house and my dad didn't make a substitute for me. I didn't eat Christmas dinner. *sigh* I'm hungry.
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rcmondschein asked: Here in Brazil people eat turkey, tender and atlantic cod. I know it is similar in Portual. I did a Nut Baking, almost a pie (really good) and to have something similar to salted codfish, I did potatoes with heart of palm and nori, so It had marine taste. Everything was good, my relatives told me my food were strange but when I forced them to try, everybody liked and ate all my food >.<
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dizzythoughtsandrecklesslives asked: Tofurkey for Xmass dinner sooo yummy!
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Anonymous asked: My family spent the entire time complaining about how abnormal I am and how I must be adopted. Because apparently I'm the only one who cares about the unfair treatment of animals...
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Anonymous asked: like many other people following this blog, I'm sure, my christmas lunch was picking at peas with my family lying to me and my sister about what had meat in it (which was everything) trying to get me to eat it, then them whining that I'm ungrateful and abnormal
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bitchiwasinproximity asked: I hope your Christmas goes better!! Mine was pretty good. How did Christmas dinner go? My family had ham, and I was supposed to have Tofurkey, but my mom forgot to put it in the oven...
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leheartlines asked: After so many years, my mum made a huge delicious salad for me! I used to do it myself, but this time she did and she was okay with me not eating what they eat! :D It is also my last Christmas with them... :P
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skellytonsss asked: I'm already fed up with my grandpa
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crazyvegetarianrunner asked: Ugh so with you on the family thing, I literally just broke up a fight by saying we should all sing Christmas songs- and then everyone starts arguing about the true words to the christmas songs. *sigh* hello in my room with music and a copy of the kind life on Christmas
So Christmas has been pretty good.
But I can genuinely only tolerate my family for so long. I’m locking myself in my room with the glee concert cd I got and some sweet potato pie in like, two seconds.
How was y’alls Christmas so far? Anyone else already fed up? Someone come talk to me~~
Merry Christmas to all of my amazing followers!
Busy day of family and blessings ahead of me, not going to be on tumblr. Have a blessed day and watch out for the turkey/ham/whatever! Love,
Madison
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Anonymous asked: I've been a vegan for a year and still til' this day every time I say I'm a vegan some douchebag feels the need to have a debate with me on it. Beyond annoying.