Disclaimer this blog is not outwardly funny, but rather is a commentary and a call-out!
This weekend was full of festivities as the Persian New Year came in full throttle. Unfortunately, most of the traditional foods of Nowrooz contain animal products. The only things that do not are the rice (which is delicious), and the cookies (i hope....because i ate A LOT of them....and they are the size of your pinky nail...who could resist?).
This got me wondering about the last time I was vegan and i celebrated a holiday which had traditional foods. Last thanksgiving, i had already been vegan for almost four months and was in the real swing of veganism. Don’t try to sneak whey into my diet, i would catch you and... be VERY upset with you!
Anyways...
That thanksgiving we had all the regular Thanksgiving items: stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc. And as for the main highlight of the meal: turkey for the carnivores (everyone except for me) and tofu for the vegans (that should probably not be pluralized). And for this special occasion, I whipped out my tofu specialties: Szechuan and Teriyaki! Everyone loved the tofu and it was gone halfway through dinner. I was so happy and proud! Even when everyone could have stuffed their faces with tofu, they chose not to, and opted for the animal-product-free product. Who wouldn’t be proud?
So if everyone loves vegan food...then why don’t people love vegans? I mean, Cindy Lauper always said: “vegans just want to have fun” (i would prefer if no one commented on my abuse of quotation marks). SOOO...there should be a holiday in which vegans can have fun and eat vegan food and have it be the traditional food of that holiday.
On that note...vegans and all vegan allies unite! Let’s make a day! Let’s make a menu! And
LET’S EAT!
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