Mama Vegan, Papa Vegan, Day 4

[teaberryblue]

It’s lucky today was the halfway point, because I don’t know how much more of this my mom can do.

When I called, they were eating dinner, which was Vegan pulled pork from “It’s All Good,” a company that makes ready-made vegan products. I have had their beef skewers and thought they were delicious.

Sharon: This wouldn’t be my favorite meal. Daddy likes it more than I do. I don’t like the texture. It’s kind of rubbery.

John: Pork is rubbery!

Sharon: I’m counting down. I’ve kind of had enough. It was fine. But I’m basically eating the same things every day. I would be more adventurous, but I don’t have time to be more adventurous.

John My food today was similar to my food yesterday, but I’m saving the world and doing greater things for everybody so I feel good.

Mary (a family friend) asked us to go to dinner tomorrow and have birthday cake for their son tomorrow night and I said, “we are so screwed.” I explained to her that I was vegan for the week. I told her that I would come over, but I just wouldn’t eat any cake, and she said, “but we’re getting Baskin Robbins ice cream cake, are you sure you don’t want any?” And I told her I couldn’t eat it.

I think it’s good. I think it’s delicious. It’s got pulled pork sauce, so it’s nice and tangy. I think your mother is turning religious, she says this is like Lent.

Mirrored from Antagonia.net.

Comments

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

I think that the most surprising aspect of this experiment to me is that your mother, who is the more food-adventurous of your parents, is having more difficulty with the challenge.

I had food today with trace dairy in it for Mike's birthday. It hit me pretty soon after I'd eaten it and I've been feeling pretty ick since. My nose is stuffy, my throat feels tight, and my innards have been complaining. And what's really bizarre is that for so long I just accepted these conditions as normal.

[fannyanns.livejournal.com]

I think it's hard to completely adjust your lifestyle without any markers of how easy or hard it's going to be.

in terms of strategies, your dad's is dead-on: find stuff you like, even if it's restricted, eat the stuff you like/can eat, bam! It would be really frustrating to me to start a new thing and not be able to cook/spend time cooking researching and actually eating. (that's a struggle - with half-hour lunches and hour-commutes each way, your time at home to relax, cook, research, etc is limited.)

still, it's awesome that your parents are doing this.

if I were to go vegan/vegetarian, I wouldn't have the first clue how to start: I haven't heard of half the stuff you all are talking about. and the stuff I have heard of? (eg tempeh) I'm not sure what it is (vegetable? something like a tofu paste? I'm lost).

kudos though. :)