Miami Vegan Blog

It is such a disappointment. I liked those nuts. I reckoned that I could quite easily get through my vegan week - not just meat and fish-free, but dairy, egg and honey-free - if it involved a snack as tasty and satisfying as this one. Nuts could be my friend. Nuts could be my salvation. High in protein. Rich in luscious fats. All a big boy with a taste for the animal could need. At lunchtime on that first full day I had stood in the kitchen scoffing the macadamias, as my wife Pat pleaded to be allowed to try them.

'You can't have these,' I said, with a solemn shake of the head. 'They're only for vegans.'

'Oh go on.'

'Are you a vegan?'

'Well no, but...'

'Then you can't have them can you.' And I popped another in my mouth.

'Sod you,' Pat said. 'I'm going to make myself a ham and cheese bagel.'

I told her to go right ahead; that all those animal and dairy fats wouldn't make her feel good, either about the planet or herself. If you've led a life like mine, rich in shame and filth, there are few opportunities for being sanctimonious and you have to seize those that offer themselves quickly. Which was what I was doing when I examined the ingredients of this bag of nuts and noticed that, in among the listings for sunflower oil and salt and lemon and coriander leaf was a reference to lactose from cows' milk. Apparently it works as a thickener for flavouring powders.

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Oprah's 21-day cleanse will/has have/had an effect on many people. More people are introduced to what vegans eat, and more people are willing to try veganism for a week, a month or forever. That's great in my eyes. Some people will stay, some people will go, some people will become vegetarians, some may venture into raw veganism. It's such a beautiful experiment, with rippling consequences of the fruit variety. What does that mean? I have no idea, it's fun to just make up words and sentences that mean absolutely ..... yeah. So anyway, please email me if you have questions about the vegan diet. I'll be more than happy to help you along.

Ciao,

~inga~