I think I just threw up - Page 5

ragandbone · #61 11-17-2005, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

So your butters and healthy jelly are safe here. I was a vegan before, I got way used to eating crap...

mmmmm, soy butter on toast...

Perhaps, in your childhood you were familiar with some of the vegetarian staples of the 70's: TVP, nutritional yeast, brown rice, tamari, miso. All those yummy shades of brown and yellow. Everything in the local vegetarian restaurant menu said it had a "nutty flavor".

amber · #62 11-17-2005, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ragandbone

Perhaps, in your childhood you were familiar with some of the vegetarian staples of the 70's: TVP, nutritional yeast, brown rice, tamari, miso. All those yummy shades of brown and yellow. Everything in the local vegetarian restaurant menu said it had a "nutty flavor".

No.
We weren't veg, just poor.
I am soooo very well aquainted with Lentils, though, you wouldn't believe. And stew. So much stew. And of course the stew and lentils always were cooked with a hamhock.
And rice/chicken/gravy. We had that a lot.
Also, almost all my snacks were apples and carrots.
Sorry!
I only discovered those things in my adulthood. And I hate brown rice. I love Miso soup, though!

ragandbone · #63 11-17-2005, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

No.
We weren't veg, just poor.
I am soooo very well aquainted with Lentils, though, you wouldn't believe. And stew. So much stew. And of course the stew and lentils always were cooked with a hamhock.
And rice/chicken/gravy. We had that a lot.
Also, almost all my snacks were apples and carrots.
Sorry!
I only discovered those things in my adulthood. And I hate brown rice. I love Miso soup, though!

Well you just described my childhood menu (poor, single mom) except we had eggs a lot because those were cheap too, and white beans with hambone, not lentils. I still like rice and gravy.
I had all that veggie food when I became vegetarian, at 13. I stopped calling myself vegetarian at around 25 or 26.

amber · #64 11-17-2005, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ragandbone

Well you just described my childhood menu (poor, single mom) except we had eggs a lot because those were cheap too, and white beans with hambone, not lentils. I still like rice and gravy.
I had all that veggie food when I became vegetarian, at 13. I stopped calling myself vegetarian at around 25 or 26.

Well then!!!
Lentils are more nutritious than white beans, nanny nanny!

JK.
yeah, eggs. No. We had them, but not to excess.
My mom wouldn't by any processed meat, either.

No bologna sandwiches for me! (nitrates & nitrites!).
Apparently I only had tuna or cheese sandwiches...PBJ a lot....but only natural PBJ, with all the oil on top...
Another thing that was against the rules was processed cheese slices. Only real blocks of cheese for us. And - never, ever, ever ate margarine. Only real butter. And only whole milk. And never non dairy creamer.
Isn't childhood weird?
When we went to restaurants, my mom would say "Is this real milk? I'm allergic to non dairy creamer...." (for coffee)

It was fun right then to learn that I could just lie about small inconvenient things...

Also included in that category was answering the phone and saying "oh, I'm sorry, she's in the tub!"

Pardon me, these things make me laugh now...

ragandbone · #65 11-17-2005, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Well then!!!
Lentils are more nutritious than white beans, nanny nanny!

They are indeed. You will live longer, lentil eater.

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Originally Posted by amber

Isn't childhood weird?

We had only real dairy, and Raw milk (and that is expensive now!). I once went to some afterschool event and told the organizers that I wasn't allowed to have Kool Aid, and they all felt sorry for me.

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Originally Posted by amber

When we went to restaurants, my mom would say "Is this real milk? I'm allergic to non dairy creamer...."

It was fun right then to learn that I could just lie about small inconvenient things...

Also included in that category was answering the phone and saying "oh, I'm sorry, she's in the tub!"

Sorry, these things make me laugh now...

Very clever, and infinitely useful Of course, everyone knows I talk on the phone in the tub, so that wouldn't work for me. I have used the allergy thing to get better plane food though.

I am going to go eat some almond butter and retire for the morning. yawn.

night all.

skcin · #66 11-17-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

I am also a big fan of their water and other fluids.

Hmmm...um....so....er....what are these "other fluids" you speak of?

sparky · #67 11-17-2005, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Hmmm...um....so....er....what are these "other fluids" you speak of?

I knew someone nasty would grab that one, and you did not disappoint me.

In addition to providing you with a double entendre, I was trying to save time in typing. I like their flavored fizzy water, the french market berry lemonade, the orange flavored french market stuff, rice milk, random beers, and fruit and vegetable juices. So damned good.