Today the Vegetarian gods showered me with me vegetarian research blessings. I found three veg restaurants, downloaded the "Vegetarian Curry Bible," bought my first surou or veg meat and just had dinner at one of the aforementioned veg restaurants. I also picked up several pamphlets (in Chinese) on vegetarianism to show curious Chinese friends.
Whoooo. What a day. It was a veggie-a-thon-extra-ordinaire.
Not to mention I have also come across interesting new material on "acid/alkaline dieting." Might have to look more into that.
But all excitement aside. I felt the urge. Colonel's constant advertising, at the bus stop, in the elevator, in fat kid's hands, taped to my door... they all had something to do with it. I had just finished work. My old habit would be after a long tiring day to stop by KFC to pick up a Mexican chicken wrap ($1.50 or so) and eat the day away. The fumes wafted out of the KFC smoke stack (another advertising ploy) and into my big shnoz.
I sniffed. And then sniffed again.
And I kept sniffing as I took the road back home. A tall glass of soy milk was the consolation prize. I thought to myself as I drank down my capuccino flavoured soy "I need to find better consolation prizes or this whole thing isn't going to work!"
But, it has been 11 days. I have done a fair bit of research. I cook more at home now. My diet and eating is more on schedule. People are getting curious.
Vegetarianism eh?
Ah yes. 19 more days to go. I will either be a well informed meat eater by that time or an even more avid vegetarian. It is to be seen.
Ou.yang.
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Eeeep. KFC is one of the worst restaurants when it comes to the ethical treatment of animals.
When I was younger my family always had KFC on special occasions. Then I saw a video about factory chicken farming and will never, ever, ever purchase anything from KFC. Even if I wasn't a vegetarian I still wouldn't purchase my chicken from there.
If you want to curb your pull towards KFC I would suggest watching a video on factory chicken farming, which is where 100% of KFC gets it's chicken.
It might smell good, but it's NOT good for your body.
Hey, I hear you Jane. At the start of my veggie-a-thon experimento I watched a whole whack of PETA vids, including all their stuff on KFC.
Pretty horrifying stuff. My pull towards KFC was from my "old unknowing self" who just stuffed things down his gullet without thinking twice.
It feels good to be a conscious eater. My body seems happier. :)
What is surou?? like 'tempeh'???
Is 'surou' something like 'tempeh'???
I'm not sure what tempeh is! Surou is the fake meat. The stuff that is made out of tofu but the texture is similar to that of meat. I'm not sure how to call it in English.
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