Poll of the Day > Today marks two years of veganism

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Literally talking about how your poop smells better

I cannot

Doctor Foxx posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Might go on a date with a vegan soon, idk, would be nice

That date is tomorrow heck

Bet they'd like to-f-u on your date...
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Mad_Max posted...

Bet they'd like to-f-u on your date...

Going for dinner tomorrow at a vegan pizzeria that makes their own cheese in house

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TheWitchMorgana posted...

lol, veganism. i only eat big macs and fried chicken. my diet is very good

Compared to a vegan, it probably is. Oh you will get sick from it eventually, but so will they.
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Conner4REAL posted...

Compared to a vegan, it probably is. Oh you will get sick from it eventually, but so will they.

There are healthy and unhealthy vegans just like there are healthy and unhealthy omnivores/carnivores

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Doctor Foxx posted...

Mad_Max posted...

Bet they'd like to-f-u on your date...

Going for dinner tomorrow at a vegan pizzeria that makes their own cheese in house

I think you're legally required to call it "cheese" or like Ch' ease or something.
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Mead posted...

There are healthy and unhealthy vegans just like there are healthy and unhealthy omnivores/carnivores

Yeah this is true

I'm gonna get my cholesterol checked soon, curious how that has changed over 2 years.

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i had an impossible burger from burger king...but it wasnt vegan because of the mayonnaise. Or I assume. because they put ketchup and mayo their burgers by default, so i assume this did but i can't recall.

next time ill ask for no mayo, to have a true vegan meal...assuming nothing else has meat in it somehow. lettuce, bun, onions, tomato, fries.

BK tomatoes are 40% meat

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ninja_lootz posted...

I think you're legally required to call it "cheese" or like Ch' ease or something.

nah this place just calls it vegan cheese

argonautweakend posted...

i had an impossible burger from burger king...but it wasnt vegan because of the mayonnaise. Or I assume. because they put ketchup and mayo their burgers by default, so i assume this did but i can't recall.

next time ill ask for no mayo, to have a true vegan meal...assuming nothing else has meat in it somehow. lettuce, bun, onions, tomato, fries.

Yeah, the mayo they use is normal mayo. They also cook it on the same grill as the meat if that is of any concern for you for any reason. All the ingredients are vegan save the mayo.

The beyond meat burgers at A&W here don't come vegan and you have to ask for no mayo.

If I get one and I'm taking it home I hit it with some hummus

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I had no idea it uses normal mayo. I thought it was bad enough it shares the same grill as beef. Everyone is talking about that and not the mayo. Looks like I definitely shouldn't go out of my way to try it.

final_lap posted...

I had no idea it uses normal mayo. I thought it was bad enough it shares the same grill as beef. Everyone is talking about that and not the mayo. Looks like I definitely shouldn't go out of my way to try it.

You could get it without mayo...
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I've just gone low meat over the past 6 months or so. I limit myself to a pound of meat in a week. I did cut out pork and beef entirely though.
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Meat's too cheap around here and meat substitutes are not. (Though they are finally getting more feasible than before.)

And if one more person tells me to 'just eat red beans' I'm going to lose my mind I swear. (Not a jab or assumption about OP, but something I've encountered SO MUCH) I can eat fish without a bunch of fancy seasoning and stuff. Cooking and eating beans just seem to have a... for lack of better descriptor..Flat taste. No matter what I do. That strong and flat bean taste is still there.

I've been poor enough to have to live off of beans and rice before. I'd starve before I went back to that. They're a too much work for so very little pay off.

I have cut out most meat but I have to think about my health. I'd kinda like to do so, but it's not in the cards for me.

Curse those beans!

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Mead posted...

Curse those beans!

Nah just I'm not gonna live off them again.

Other people can if they want though. lol

ChaosAzeroth posted...

Nah just I'm not gonna live off them again.

Other people can if they want though. lol

I just felt like you needed some anti-bean support

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final_lap posted...

I had no idea it uses normal mayo. I thought it was bad enough it shares the same grill as beef. Everyone is talking about that and not the mayo. Looks like I definitely shouldn't go out of my way to try it.

Dude just order it without mayo

That's how I ordered my burgers before going vegan too

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I hate special ordering in general.
By the same logic I could order the beef whopper and ask them to hold the beef. On paper, that works too.

final_lap posted...

I hate special ordering in general.
By the same logic I could order the beef whopper and ask them to hold the beef. On paper, that works too.

What? I mean you could but that's really not the same as substitutions people do all the time

Most people I know ask for something to be removed. Whether it's pickles or onions or ketchup, or even swapping to a gluten free bun. It's a good move to get fresher food. I just don't like mayo so I have requested my burgers without it my entire life.

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Doctor Foxx posted...

final_lap posted...

I hate special ordering in general.
By the same logic I could order the beef whopper and ask them to hold the beef. On paper, that works too.

What? I mean you could but that's really not the same as substitutions people do all the time

Most people I know ask for something to be removed. Whether it's pickles or onions or ketchup, or even swapping to a gluten free bun. It's a good move to get fresher food. I just don't like mayo so I have requested my burgers without it my entire life.

This. Ordering without mayo isnt really special ordering. Its pretty common to get something not on your burger. Not everyone eats the same stuff on their burger. Then stuff they put on is basically a template. So, that is someone does say what they want, they have something to work with...
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Congratulations Foxx, proud of you.

Doctor Foxx posted...

Going for dinner tomorrow at a vegan pizzeria that makes their own cheese in house

Then how is it a vegan pizzeria?

final_lap posted...

I had no idea it uses normal mayo. I thought it was bad enough it shares the same grill as beef. Everyone is talking about that and not the mayo. Looks like I definitely shouldn't go out of my way to try it.

Mayo doesn't belong on a burger anyway.
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Revelation34 posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Going for dinner tomorrow at a vegan pizzeria that makes their own cheese in house

Then how is it a vegan pizzeria?

They make vegan cheese.

I know, it's a difficult concept to grasp.
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Sarcasthma posted...

They make vegan cheese.

I know, it's a difficult concept to grasp.

cheese1
noun
mass noun

1A food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semi-liquid in texture.
grated cheese
as modifier a cheese sandwich
count noun a cow's milk cheese
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Revelation34 posted...

cheese1
noun
mass noun

1A food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semi-liquid in texture.
grated cheese
as modifier a cheese sandwich
count noun a cow's milk cheese

You know there's milk that comes from plants right

The word vegan is a qualifier that's pretty easy to understand

YeetingBees posted...

Congratulations Foxx, proud of you.

Thanks kindly

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Doctor Foxx posted...

You know there's milk that comes from plants right

You can call that milk all you like, but it isn't milk.
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

You can call that milk all you like, but it isn't milk.

It's plant milk, as opposed to dairy milk.

It is not dairy


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Doctor Foxx posted...

WhiskeyDisk posted...

You can call that milk all you like, but it isn't milk.

It's plant milk, as opposed to dairy milk.

It is not dairy

I can understand where theyre coming from. Milk was originally just for the white distance from mammals. With the new plant milk, it brings something different. But it does fit the normal definition of milk. So, they call it plant milk rather than just milk. Because it didnt fit under the normal definition of milk.

In the end, I guess you could call it plant cheese, vegan cheese, or fake cheese. But probably not just cheese...
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LinkPizza posted...

I can understand where theyre coming from. Milk was originally just for the white distance from mammals. With the new plant milk, it brings something different. But it does fit the normal definition of milk. So, they call it plant milk rather than just milk. Because it didnt fit under the normal definition of milk.

In the end, I guess you could call it plant cheese, vegan cheese, or fake cheese. But probably not just cheese...

I did indeed call it vegan cheese, as does the vegan pizzeria

I make a distinction to say animal cheese if it's not from plants

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Would you eat beef if it was artificially grown in a vat?
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Zareth posted...

Would you eat beef if it was artificially grown in a vat?

Not me personally for several reasons

I think lab grown meat might be good for people that feel they need animal flesh in their diets

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Doctor Foxx posted...

WhiskeyDisk posted...

You can call that milk all you like, but it isn't milk.

It's plant milk, as opposed to dairy milk.

It is not dairy

Plants don't have the mammary glands necessary to produce milk. Only mammals do.

Plant milk-substitute would be a more correct way to say it.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Zareth posted...

Would you eat beef if it was artificially grown in a vat?

Not me personally for several reasons

I think lab grown meat might be good for people that feel they need animal flesh in their diets

Or who still like the taste...
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ninja_lootz posted...

Plants don't have the mammary glands necessary to produce milk. Only mammals do.

Plant milk-substitute would be a more correct way to say it.

That's not wholly accurate. Pigeons and penguins feed their young crop milk. Some spiders feed their young milk. Mammals do it but it's not just mammals. Guarantee there's many more animals that do similar that we haven't observed quite yet.

Milk has been applied to plant based things for longer than I've been alive. Coconut milk or dandelion milk, anyone?

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i wanna try spider milk.
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Do you prefer tofu or nut cheese?
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Nade Duck posted...

i wanna try spider milk.

How do I delete someone elses post

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Do you prefer tofu or nut cheese?

Like... Do I prefer to have tofu or nut based cheeses?

or are you asking about preference for some tofu cheese vs nut cheese

Because if it's the former, tofu all the way

If it's the latter I generally have preferred cashew cheese vs soy cheese

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Doctor Foxx posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

Do you prefer tofu or nut cheese?

Like... Do I prefer to have tofu or nut based cheeses?

or are you asking about preference for some tofu cheese vs nut cheese

Because if it's the former, tofu all the way

If it's the latter I generally have preferred cashew cheese vs soy cheese

Does tofu cheese have its own taste. I thought tofu normally got its flavor from the sauces it was in. So, I figured its cheese would be the same...
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Coconut milk or dandelion milk, anyone?

That sounds disgusting.
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LinkPizza posted...

Does tofu cheese have its own taste. I thought tofu normally got its flavor from the sauces it was in. So, I figured its cheese would be the same...

Cheese gets its flavor from bacterial cultures and fermentation.

Whether that's milk from plants or animals, meh, it's the cultures that do it

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Revelation34 posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

They make vegan cheese.

I know, it's a difficult concept to grasp.

cheese1
noun
mass noun

1A food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semi-liquid in texture.
grated cheese
as modifier a cheese sandwich
count noun a cow's milk cheese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan_cheese
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Mead posted...

I just felt like you needed some anti-bean support

Lol fair.

I don't hate them, and like I can eat them sometimes. Live off them as my main source of protien, like outside of being prepared in some way already? Nah. Soak to cook to end up not right no matter what I do.

I'm not anti-bean so much as anti wasting energy on something that's not enjoyable enough to eat to justify it. I'm pretty picky though. Textures especially, but I don't like food that's so bland no matter how many ways I've tried to dress it up.

That being said I do like some Black bean burgers or salsa. But they don't have that weird flat taste that all the cheaper options that I've been suggested do.

I'm mostly just ehh about people trying to argue that poor people can easily become vegetarian/vegan, suggesting red beans for every meal, and often getting really nasty and implying that someone is a terrible person for not doing that. Like I don't believe OP is like that? But I'll admit I'd like to be vegetarian and am always slightly on guard saying so after some of the stuff I've been told. Like it's a reflex at this point to be like don't tell me to do that I really can't do that. Not again. Never again.

That being said I'm not sure I could ever be vegan. We're finally getting more vegetarian options around where I live, and them not costing an arm and a leg. (Still kinda pricey though.) I have yet to see any sort of cheese stuff, but we do have milk substitutes. Also ice cream. I shouldn't be eating either tbh, I'm lactose intolerant. lol

Funny? story. Asked about not having bacon in something, they said it was fine. Wish they'd been honest and said no. Did not want surprise bacon. Was not happy. Just tell me no so I can pick something else. What if it was a food allergy guys? o.0

Beans are the best!
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ChaosAzeroth posted...

That being said I'm not sure I could ever be vegan. We're finally getting more vegetarian options around where I live, and them not costing an arm and a leg. (Still kinda pricey though.) I have yet to see any sort of cheese stuff, but we do have milk substitutes. Also ice cream. I shouldn't be eating either tbh, I'm lactose intolerant. lol

I said that vehemently before switching and I was wrong

There's vegan cheese everywhere now as well as vegan ice cream galore. Ben and Jerry's been on that for ages

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Kudos on maintaining such a diet. I can see myself going vegetarian for health reasons but going vegan would be a very hard sell for me.
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vegan cheese is something I will probably never like. always tastes like really bad American (which is already awful)

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Doctor Foxx posted...

There's vegan cheese everywhere now as well as vegan ice cream galore. Ben and Jerry's been on that for ages

Maybe in the future.
For now we just semi-recently got veggie burgers more available that aren't just basically potatoes. I have yet to see it around here. Definitely not in town, but we don't shop in town because the prices are awful.

Ben and Jerry's is good, and not overpriced don't get me wrong, but still too pricey for us. It's not feasible at this time.

We have been able to finally get more substitutes. Keep in mind I'm not a 'bread winner' so it's not fully up to me what we get to eat. That and their general concern for my health. Taking T supplements has seemed to up my need for protein, which is a massive pain.

InfestedAdam posted...

Kudos on maintaining such a diet. I can see myself going vegetarian for health reasons but going vegan would be a very hard sell for me.

When I think about why I do it it's not hard at all

It was an adjustment for sure

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