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"Pete C." > wrote:

> Serene Vannoy 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.

> Meat is plant based food, the meat eats the plants and we eat the meat.

The next step in the cycle is that we die and are buried in the ground.
Our bodies rot, and produce compost that makes the plants grow. The
question isn't where the process stops, but where in the cycle we want
to be. I personally am going to try to prolong the "living" part.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA