Blessèd Sith

Lifes pretty good. Work is BUSY again. BUSY. And I did a fundraiser (for Lucy the Elephant with Zoo Check Canada) a month ago. My life is all fun and exciting XD AR is going well. I'm just busy all the time O_O

So, how's life, work, cooking, and ARA? Do anything fun and exciting lately?

I used to hate being a cook, and I liked being a Chef and then I hated that too... I was actually going to get out of the industry. But I had to keep working to pay the bills... but now I love work

Life? <___< I, uh, don't really have one... One of my friends and I are plotting to spread the vegan gospel XD We're going against Breast Cancer, and instead of "find a cure", we're going for "here's a preventative so you don't have to get cancer in the first place". All those medical orgs are there for are grants and money X___X You don't get money by finding cures, because then they don't need anymore research, which means the cashflow dries up. No one makes money of healing; so anyway, yeah, I can go on tangents for hours about the corruption of the medical community and the government, but suffice it to say, we're gonna get in contact with naturalpaths and stuff, and preach healthy living for a healthy life ^___^

And that is my life. Cooking and ARA o__O

What? You actually love your work now? Did you hate it before or something?

Nobleee BEEEAAAN it issss then:D

Chili Fries? Now that sounds very good....and a very interesting make indeed:D

So, anything else happening in life lately?

Yip, and I work my balls off ^____^ They love me and I actually (finally) love work. If you happen to be in Southern Ontario, lemme know... lol.

And yes, Noble Bean. Best one out there.

Oh, and I made chili fries today for special (and I'm running it tomorrow) They were AWESOME. Chili, guac, sour cream (we made ourselves and yes, totally vegan and yes totally DELISH), diced veggies and tomatos. SOOOO good. I had an order for dinner <___< mmm...

So, you've been with them since they came in, eh? That must be quite fun indeed:D Perhaps someday I may see it, though chances are really low, you never know:D

So, "Noble Bean?" Okay, that sounds good indeed:D I shall make a note on it:D

I've worked there since it opened; I got my resume in a few weeks beforehand, when it was still in demolition. Total coincidence: I happened to be walking down the street handing out resumes. I saw the shut down restaurant, but there was a small paper in the door, so I went up on the patio. When I read that a vegan restaurant was opening there soon, my jaw hit the floor. So yeah, been there since the start (in my city -- it used to be in a different city but they moved here). Its been 2 months, so far.

Oh, for the tempeh, get "Noble Bean", if you can. It works the best ^__^

The wings and chicken caesar sound quite good indeed, I may attempt to make them sometime, perhaps very soon, as I am very hungry at the moment:D So, how long have you worked at this particular restuarant?

Alright, cool ^____^ And I'm not offended. Believe me, I deal with actual a$$holes who are actively ANTI vegan/animal rights, and I'm quite well versed in that I just wanted to make sure you actually understood, because most people are completely in the dark o__o And I'm glad you've learned stuff

Too bad you can't come to the restaurant; its in southern ontario. However, you can make some of the food on your own. The wings and chicken caesar are easiest: they're actually easier than using "real" chicken.

(It's your profile, no need to apologize. In fact, I feel a need to apologize}

I stand corrected . . . greatly:) I've also probably made a fool of myself in some of my posts, and for that, I apologize, I didn't mean to offend you if I did. It was meant in good humour. So, no hard feelings?

Though, I must admit, I've learned quite a bit as a result of this, and for that, I am quite thankful:D I have yet to sample your food, but no doubt about it, you are indeed an excellent cook!

(MASSIVE multiple posts, sorry, but please don’t hate and read them o_o)

I hate the opinion excuse, I really do.

Actually, you get vCJD (Creutzfelt) if you eat just one prion. All it takes is one infected piece of meat; one burger can do it. (A prion is a mutated protein; you cannot destroy them). The amount you eat has nothing to do with it. And you don't know whether it was vCJD or Alzheimers until AFTER death, when they dissect the brain. (In fact, there's a contingent that says that they're the same disease, and Alzheimers *is* BSE)

If you are a carnivorous omnivore, that means you're an obligate omnivore, which means you're a) a feline or b) have a digestive tract 1/3 that of a human c) have an acidic body rather than alkaline [alkaline is human] and d) will only eat meat. No bun for your burger, no cookies, no chips, no french fries, etc., etc.

I DON'T want to sound like a bitch, but I won't stay silent when something needs to be said. (I'm not preaching, but I want *my* side of the story explained, and why I feel and think the way I do and I hope you at least understand why). I'm trying to be as neutral as possible when I say: if "it tastes good" is a permissible reasoning, what other "good" reasonings may we give for our actions? Feels good? I wanted to? I like it? Why stop there? Why not bring back slavery because "it's easier"?

It only counts as an opinion when all those involved have their invested interest weighed. You've only looked at what you want, not the animal. Thus, it is not an opinion, but oppression. Is cannibalism permissible for the reason that human flesh tastes good (according to history, human flesh tastes better than animal)? If I say that I'm of the state of mind that rotting human flesh (humans ARE animals) tastes good under certain conditions, like cooked, does that make it ethical?

Cooking the meat doesn't change the fact that it is rotting. And because our digestive tracts are so long, guess what happens when its sitting in your body, being processed? Yeah, its STILL rotting.

Now, for the actual food: I can duplicate nearly everything. At work, my specials have been:

"Chicken" wings (spicy, mild, smokey mustard, "honey" garlic -- I'm not running them at the moment, but a table tonight begged me to do a special order of wings for them)

Seared "salmon" on fresh organic asparagus, potato pancakes and apple compote, with corriander drizzle.

Sauteed asparagus and "pork" on apple-potato gratin bake, with parsley oil. (I had left over compote and used it up ^___^)

"Chicken" caesar sandwich.

And the steak.

The chicken caesar is easy. You just need to make vegan caesar (blend soft tofu, nutritional yeast, salt and pepper, 2-3 tbsp capers, a whole lotta garlic and mustard. Then blend with canola oil. Just like actual caesar. As for the chicken strips, all you have to do is get tempeh and cut it into strips and bred it like you would chicken fingers (I like using beer batter [tbsp yeast and bottle of beer together; add tonic water, flour, tumeric and paprika; mix until gloopy and it should still have chunks. Let sit until it starts getting bubbly -- then its good] to coat them, then rolling them in panko [japanese bread crumb]. Toast some whole grain bread, put some avocado on one slice, butter on the other, put the fried "chicken" on the avocado, slather with caesar, top with tomato and put the buttered bread on top and EAT. So good. And you aren't getting all the feces and ARSENIC that's in chicken.)

The steak... I dunno if I'm willing to give THAT one up. It tastes like steak.

What most people seem to forget is that you aren't tasting "meat". You are tasting the cooking, you are tasting the seasoning, and you are tasting the sauce (like you said, it tastes good cooked. What if you can get the same TASTE without the flesh? Isn't that what -- you yourself -- have said you want?). That's what REALLY got my dad when he became vegan. That it all tasted the same, because it all IS the same. He's getting the same sauces, the same foods, everything; just without the meat. All the same tastes are there. And if you have your meat bloody, well, you're tasting iron, which can be duplicated (as I do with the steak, but I won't give away how).

I was off red meat for 9 years before I became vegan (I still ate chicken and fish during that time), but just before I became vegan, I decided to "return to meat" for my career. And I was so digusted by what I was tasting, I think it traumatised me. Steak tastes like chewing on chainlink fences.