Is anyone going to have a vegan Thanksgiving meal. Or is the thought of not getting meat too depressing?

I've had vegetarian holiday dinners before, but not vegan.

i would love to have a vegan meal at thanksgiving..

i want some form of dead animal on my plate this Thanksgiving.

This person cannot do without meat

Vegan pie is tasty...

it is-the differnce between one vegan cook and another can be monumental-some are so awful i can out do them and trust me im a rank amateur

It's Thanksgiving right?

I'm supposed to giving thanks.

Thanks for the turkey.

The Native Amercians and Pilgrims weren't vegan, so I feel I must be true to the spirit of the holiday :D:nice:

The Native Amercians and Pilgrims weren't vegan, so I feel I must be true to the spirit of the holiday :D:nice:

They also respected the animals they killed, and didn't grow them in slaughterhouses, I don't feel I need to kill anything to fill my belly, it's no "holiday" for the dudes getting decapitated and cooked..:|

Vegan Thanksgiving ?

What's that mean ? Tofu-Turkey ? Soy bean Stuffing ? Jellied Alalfa sprouts ? WTF ?

They also respected the animals they killed, and didn't grow them in slaughterhouses, I don't feel I need to kill anything to fill my belly, it's no "holiday" for the dudes getting decapitated and cooked..:|


I have plenty of respect for the animals that grace my table. I may have no control over how they died, but I have the proper respect. I am grateful for their sacrifice every single day that I may eat. :nice:

This person cannot do without meat

Neither can this carnivore. :D

I went out and bought an organic free range turkey with no hormones, no antibiotics. Minimally processed with no brine or salt solution added. @1.29/lb and hubby was mildly annoyed at how much I spent. :nice: So it's all good.

I went out and bought an organic free range turkey with no hormones, no antibiotics. Minimally processed with no brine or salt solution added. @1.29/lb and hubby was mildly annoyed at how much I spent. :nice: So it's all good.

1.29 is a good price for that product

1.29 is a good price for that product

I thought so. I just couldn't pass it up. After seeing the % of broth solution that those regular turkeys were shot up with, I was annoyed to say the least. I don't pay for broth darnit! I'll brine my own turkey!!! :shakefist

A vegan thanksgiving is easier to do than people think it is...ever heard of turkeyless turkey? You can actually make that at home without buying it and it doesn't contain tofu. The main ingredient is 'seitan' and its wheat gluten thats largely used as a meat substitute in vegan dishes. The rest of the menu is easy and pretty much the same as any regular thanksgiving meal(albeit with some alternative ingredients) like, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables, pecan pie, butternut squash soup...etc

When I was a personal chef, I catered to an entirely vegan family. Vegan isn't that hard to do...it just sounds strange.

they sell a product "mock duck" made out of seitan-it even has the dimpled skin=i have no idea how they do that-but its pretty good and there's a vegan cheese made out of wheat which is a passble substitute..

Vegans are stupid. They're an affront to nature.

End of Story.

its just a challenge-im glad for vegans-i cant have dairy and they have the best nondairy stuff going-stop the hate Xach

Is anyone going to have a vegan Thanksgiving meal. Or is the thought of not getting meat too depressing?

I don't do thanksgiving, for a few obvious reasons, but I do vegan xmealzx pretty well.

Nothing depressing about not eating meat. As a vegan, I know what I'm eating, which makes me happy, and I know that I have a lower chance of heart diseases etc. Also, I'm not eating dead animal. Which I like.

This person cannot do without meat

Yes, you really can. Try it. It's not hard, especially in the West. A lot of people make comments like this without even considering the options.

it is-the differnce between one vegan cook and another can be monumental-some are so awful i can out do them and trust me im a rank amateur

Indeed, but, of course, the same applies to all cooks.

Vegan Thanksgiving ?

What's that mean ? Tofu-Turkey ? Soy bean Stuffing ? Jellied Alalfa sprouts ? WTF ?

****ing hell, what do you think it means? It means a meal without animal products. Put whatever the **** you want in it. There's a lot of diversity in vegan cooking, whatever your redneck kneejerk reaction might be.

In the US, you can buy premade tofurkey (soy-based fake turkey). I've never tried it.

However, each Christmas, I have seitan mock turkey, with macadaemia nut stuffing. It is awesome.

I went out and bought an organic free range turkey with no hormones, no antibiotics. Minimally processed with no brine or salt solution added. @1.29/lb and hubby was mildly annoyed at how much I spent. :nice: So it's all good.

HAAAPPPY MEAT!

...****, I hate my species.

A vegan thanksgiving is easier to do than people think it is...ever heard of turkeyless turkey? You can actually make that at home without buying it and it doesn't contain tofu. The main ingredient is 'seitan' and its wheat gluten thats largely used as a meat substitute in vegan dishes. The rest of the menu is easy and pretty much the same as any regular thanksgiving meal(albeit with some alternative ingredients) like, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables, pecan pie, butternut squash soup...etc

When I was a personal chef, I catered to an entirely vegan family. Vegan isn't that hard to do...it just sounds strange.

Rocking. Mixing a bit of tofu into the seitan recipe can make it a bit moister though.

Vegans are stupid. They're an affront to nature.

End of Story.

And modern farming isn't?

What's going on...Snouter's being open-minded, and Zach's being a bit of a cock. This ain't right. What happened, buddy?

Peace guys!

When you sit there and bash vegans you are no better than when vegans bash meat eaters.

Your WOE choice do not not make you morally superior. It's a choice. Pure and simple. No better or worse than anyone else. Extremism in any form is not healthy and being miltant about things sure isn't gonna win friends and influence people. The religious extremists have already used that playbook and look how well that has turned out? :rolleyes:

I have nothing but respect for those who choose not to eat meat. I have nothing but respect for those who choose to eat meat. The only people I have no respect for are those who get all holier than thou about it.

There are many WOE's that are perfectly fine and healthy. It's about finding your own personal balance for good health. Life is not one size fits all.

i like being holier than thou:(

i like being holier than thou:(Well let me be the first to piss in your wheaties then. :p

it might be fun to watch---hey i didnt type that wtf?

Turkey is meat.

It was MEANT to be meat ... not Tofu.

Meat is a REQUIREMENT for a true Thanksgiving day meal.

I bought a new dress today for Thanksgiving, and I'm proud to say I can shop in the kids section again. My waist is back down to 23.5" and I feel fantastic. I got a little fluffly for awhile but no more of that nonsense.

On another note, I put up my Christmas tree today. I know it's way too early but since half of the block already has lights up outside I thought it might be appropriate. And it already has gifts underneath it. I get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I stand by my little tree. And I'm sure in three weeks I'll be sick of looking at it. But for now it will be so delightful.:p

i want some form of dead animal on my plate this Thanksgiving.

that's it, I'm not letting you eat any of the turkey my gramma brings. :slap:

I will be eating dead animal carcass twice on Thanksgiving. Once at mom's, once with my wife's family. I will be stuffed full of animal corpse come night time and will fall asleep happy. I'll even bring some leftovers home for my dog. She deserves a Thanksgiving meal too. She really likes turkey and turnip. :)

I gathered all of my recipes for the vegan Thanksgiving Bonanza. Don't think I told the family it's vegan, they probably wouldn't have eaten it otherwise.
On the menu : raw broccoli salad, cream peas in puff pastry shells, whole wheat dinner rolls from scratch, Paula Deen's southern cornbread dressing, homemade cranberry sauce, and black beans. For dessert I make a pumpkin pie and hemp butter brownies.

I really looked forward to cooking all of this. If my mom did it then surely I can do something like this. Plus when I was a little girl I always wanted to be a chef so it always makes me happy to be in the kitchen. I just don't want to be a fatty.:nonono:

I gathered all of my recipes for the vegan Thanksgiving Bonanza. Don't think I told the family it's vegan, they probably wouldn't have eaten it otherwise.
On the menu : raw broccoli salad, cream peas in puff pastry shells, whole wheat dinner rolls from scratch, Paula Deen's southern cornbread dressing, homemade cranberry sauce, and black beans. For dessert I make a pumpkin pie and hemp butter brownies.

I really looked forward to cooking all of this. If my mom did it then surely I can do something like this. Plus when I was a little girl I always wanted to be a chef so it always makes me happy to be in the kitchen. I just don't want to be a fatty.:nonono:

That makes my mouth water, you don't have to worry about becoming a fatty, just think, look at all those cable shows they make now about "the 800lb. man", or "the woman who hasn't seen her feet in 20 years", they are all meat eaters who will eat stuff like 20lbs. of bacon a day. I've never met an obese vegan/vegetarian, plus for people that are into saving the environment, abstaining from meat products saves more natural resources and puts less emissions into the air every year then if you were to stop driving altogether. doesn't seem stupid to me?:|:hmm: That dead river, that melting glacier, it's those burgers and hot dogs that are the problem.:nice:

And modern farming isn't?

What's going on...Snouter's being open-minded, and Zach's being a bit of a cock. This ain't right. What happened, buddy?

Well, if Snout's going to steal some of my thunder...:p

Seriously, though, most vegans don't know what they're doing with their diet and they wind up becoming protein and iron deficient. I don't necessarily think that veganism is stupid, but a lot of vegans are. Human dentition evolved to allow us to easily consume protein in the form of flesh. If you're going to deviate from the evolutionary path, use the other nice feature that we evolved to have: intelligence.

Well, if Snout's going to steal some of my thunder...:p

Seriously, though, most vegans don't know what they're doing with their diet and they wind up becoming protein and iron deficient. I don't necessarily think that veganism is stupid, but a lot of vegans are. Human dentition evolved to allow us to easily consume protein in the form of flesh. If you're going to deviate from the evolutionary path, use the other nice feature that we evolved to have: intelligence.

And you're assuming meat eaters aren't deficient in nutrients? Or know what they are doing? I know plenty of vegetarians who have read about nutrition and diet out of health interests, people I know that are big meat eaters don't really care about what they eat, they just consume to fulfill their hunger, many times at a fast food joint. And judging by the health of society they aren't doing too well, magnesium is one of the most important nutrients that most people are grossly deficient in, and most people probably don't even know what it is.

Any diet can put people in a deficiency of one thing or another, which is why people need to educate themselves about proper nutrition, and I know the traditional "meat and potatoes" diet is one of the worst as far as nutrition goes. There's no real excuse these days when you can just pop a multi-vitamin anyways..

First of all, everyone's body is different, so sweeping remarks about health and diet are pretty stupid. I gained 18lbs while eating all vegetables and rice, I lost it all by stuffing my face with lean protein.

Second of all, who the hell has time to really think about this crap? 12 hour work days, on call rotations, college courses, finding time to jog, do laundry, clean house... etc... what I fuel my body with has to be quick, full of lean protein and have some green leafy stuff on the side.

Either way, in the end, you're going to die anyway. :p

And you're assuming meat eaters aren't deficient in nutrients? Or know what they are doing?
Nope. Most people are fantastically stupid. But a lot of the vegans I've met have gone vegan for "health" reasons, and then they ignore their health.
There's no real excuse these days when you can just pop a multi-vitamin anyways..
Except that the body absorbs nutrients better through natural sources than supplements.
:shrug:

Im going to be a vegetarian.....EVENTUALLY..lol

So Snouter did you actually have a thanksgiving without meat? Or were you just asking if anyone was having one?