Vegan Challenge – Day 18
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I realized something while reviewing a comment…. Honey Wheat bread…cannot be vegan. Unless it is made with non bee derived “honey,” which I seriously doubt. While it was very nice of ABC to reply to me, I am now suspicious. I will email the very nice lady back and inform her of their snafu and see what can be done to confirm their vegan choices.
I was talking to Grim today, per the usual, and one long and twisty chat window later I was inspired. At the end of the October Vegan Challenge I am going to write an article about my experience(s) and submit it to the Blount County Voice; there has got to be a place for veganism in the Blount County media and I’m gonna find it. If there is room for this :
First of all, I love KFC’s mashed potato bowls. They have chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, cheese and gravy all in one bowl. Those are all my favorite foods, so I love them all mixed together.
…there is room for me.
I truly feel blessed to live in a time and place where I have the luxury of refusing to eat certain things. I live in a land where there are 5 massive grocery stores within a short distance of my house. I can go to these places in air conditioned comfort and walk past things because I don’t want them or I don’t need them. It’s astonishing the things we take for granted. Everyday miracles like clean, running water…an abundance of food that can be good or bad for you and a bunch of us get to choose what, when and how much to eat…
At the risk of sounding like a bleeding heart liberal, the reality of our world is this: approximately 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five. (src: The Hunger Site)
Burma. Darfur. Cambodia. Tibet. The United States. I don’t know what to do some days.