"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
...
> 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

Sounds like a dose or two of vegelax would solve your problem.