Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Serene wrote:
>
>> I'm doing a vegan-challenge thing in January, partly as a fun thing to do
>> with some of my veg friends, and partly as a palate cleanser after a month
>> of eating very meat-centrically. Three weeks eating only plant-based foods
>> (beans, grains, vegetables, fruits, and so on -- no meat, fish, eggs, or
>> dairy). It took me a while to make a menu I was happy with, but it's up
>> at my cooking blog ( http://serenecooking.livejournal.com/ ). I welcome
>> suggestions that aren't of the "You dumbass; eat meat!" variety.
>
> I'd want much greater variety for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Will you put
> soymilk on the cereal?

Or rice milk or cashew milk, both of which I like more than soymilk. (I
will probably eat different things for breakfast on the days when I feel
like cooking -- fried potatoes, tofu scramble, etc. -- but monotony
doesn't bother me, and having the basic plan for the morning helps,
because in the morning, I'm already at work by the time my brain turns on.)

> Speaking of soymilk and breakfast, there's a Chinese breakfast you might
> want to fit into your challenge: A log of deep-fried dough wrapped in a
> piece of soft bread, which you dunk into hot soymilk with sesame oil and
> scallion rings.

Wow. That sounds fatal. :-)

> You did write something which I think warrants more examination: "partly as
> a palate cleanser after a month of eating very meat-centrically." I dispute
> the implication that eating meat somehow muddies your palate.

It may not muddy yours; it does mine (metaphorically, at least). I feel
weighed down by it.

Serene

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