The eggplant/marinara sauce I made for the spaghetti -- is "meaty." (Left out the zucchini, peppers -- even extra tomato -- all of which tend to make it more vegetably." If it tastes good I eat it... (Kale and potato make a great soup by themselves.) Neat-o.
I'd love to visit this restaurant. I'm a vegetarian. I have a free range chicken farm and sell eggs (and also eat eggs myself.) Vegans will hate me but my reasoning is: Most people will not go vegan any time soon and I think it's important to provide these people with animal products that eliminate as much suffering from the production process as possible, even if not all.
On my farm, we will kill the chickens in the end. I also know the male chicks were killed in the hatchery in the beginning. But the 30 hens and a rooster that live on our farm are treated like pets and have the happiest life you can imagine for a chicken. When I quit my farm, our customers won't stop eating eggs. They will just buy them from a less humane place.
Dear vegans, please don't tell me that reducing the amount of suffering by 90% makes no difference. You are not helping anyone with that approach, and certainly not any farm animal. Most people don't want or can't go vegan (some people will eat extra meat only because they hate vegans). It makes sense to find ways how to produce animal products for them in a humane way rather than ignore them and condemn them. Vegetarian restaurants help reduce overall meat consumption. Vegetarian diet is more viable for many people than vegan. Dear vegans, please accept this fact and stop being so self-righteous. There really is a difference between a hen who spent her life in a tiny cage in a windowless barn and a hen who spent her life chasing bugs outdoors.
On my farm, we will kill the chickens in the end. I also know the male chicks were killed in the hatchery in the beginning. But the 30 hens and a rooster that live on our farm are treated like pets and have the happiest life you can imagine for a chicken. When I quit my farm, our customers won't stop eating eggs. They will just buy them from a less humane place.
Dear vegans, please don't tell me that reducing the amount of suffering by 90% makes no difference. You are not helping anyone with that approach, and certainly not any farm animal. Most people don't want or can't go vegan (some people will eat extra meat only because they hate vegans). It makes sense to find ways how to produce animal products for them in a humane way rather than ignore them and condemn them. Vegetarian restaurants help reduce overall meat consumption. Vegetarian diet is more viable for many people than vegan. Dear vegans, please accept this fact and stop being so self-righteous. There really is a difference between a hen who spent her life in a tiny cage in a windowless barn and a hen who spent her life chasing bugs outdoors.
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I'm vegan and I totally agree with you. Please continue providing a humane environment for chickens for those will consume them, no matter what. Thank you for caring!
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How long does a well cared for chicken live? Since you have a farm, why not let your chicken 'pets' live out their natural life span? Chickens don't take up much space or food. They will continue to peck at the bugs and keep your farm that much more tidy. Sounds like that would be a humane gesture in exchange for all the eggs these gals contributed to your livelihood and diet. The larger issues of sustainability, human psychology will be debated on. As noted, these posts started about a new restaurant. Then, the topic got serious. It should be. The planet can only take so much. Have you seen the headlines? The retaliators who dig into bigger and bigger big macs will live with their choices in due time. Looks like there will be a turning point imposed on meat lovers. The point when feed lots can't source corn. The corn plants dried up.
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There are many reasons people go vegan or vegetarian. I recently developed a reaction to cheese so I brought out my vegan cookbooks and am loving the results. It's a whole different world of tastes, freed from the overpowering that dairy and meat can add. I applaud any restaurant that expands the options for every type of food lover there is.
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why is it that anti-vegetarians always shove themselves into (and poor vegetarians down) on these sort of articles. I don't think there is a rampant group of vegans commenting on the other 99.9% of articles about meat and food w/ meat about vegetarianism? So why is it whenever you see a thread about vegetarians or vegan food, there's always some loudmouth (I can't hear him/her, but I'm assuming) trying to tell you how the world works? I was happy to see one chef make one restaurant that is veggie. but always on these discussion boards, the non-veggies just can't seem to keep their mouths shut.
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The over reaction might be from folks who feel threatened. They don't have to eat vegan/vegetarian foods or dine at a vegetarian restaurant if they don't care to. Sounds like a lot of discomfort with this subject. This is just a restaurant review! The anger may be directed to the fact that veggies are good for you, damn it! They fear those mighty veggies! Deep down they admit their lifestyle is harmful but can't control their urges to dive into another big mac. Here and there, there may be a few folks who may feel a pang of guilt about the cruelty they cause.
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If you are an animal lover, as your base for being vegetarian, it is hypocritical. Every bite of dairy you eat results in an animal being slaughtered. It's either vegan or all in, if you are speaking from a moral perspective.
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Each one to his/her/its tastes. But I am one of those who distrust vegetarianism in all its forms, as a diet contrary to evolution of the human species -- panphagous or omnivorous. For the theologically minded, St. Augustin considered the vegetarian diet ungodly.
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Funny, I consider slaughtering animals unnecessarily to be contrary to the evolution of the human species. Evolution, not stasis. Us vegans aren't dropping dead from nutritional deficiency, but meat eaters do regularly drop dead from clogged arteries.
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"We vegans", but otherwise I entirely agree with you. Well said.
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If something is both cruel and unnecessary, then the only decent thing to do is boycott it.
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I know the chef, he's a vegan, and it looks as though the menu is vegan as well. Is this accurate?
The article mentions fried eggs are on the breakfast menu, so that's not vegan.
He uses eggs, so it's not vegan.
article mentions a dish made with eggs
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