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Into malunga nokukhetha ukutya kwe-vegan kukuba xa abantu befumanisa ukuba uyi-vegan, baya kukubuza "kutheni?"

Oku kuza kunye neengcinga ezingalunganga nezilungileyo, kwaye njengoko abanye abantu bezilwanyana banokunxulumana ngokuqinisekileyo, uya kujongana nayo yonke into ephakathi ukuya apho ekugqibeleni ube neempendulo ezihonjiswe kakuhle, ii-anecdotes, kunye namabali okwabelana ngawo.

Kuba “iyiVeganuary,” igosa, okanye mhlawumbi ingekho semthethweni “masizame sonke ukuba zii-vegans inyanga yonke,” bendicinga ukuba ndiza kugxila kwindlela yam yobuqu ye-veganism, kwaye mhlawumbi “ngaphakathi kwe-baseball,” ngokungathi kunjalo, ukuqonda kwimiba. ye-veganism enokuthi ingaziwa okanye ithathelwe ingqalelo ngabo bafuna ukwenza utshintsho. Hayi ukukukhathaza okanye ukushumayela kuwe, kodwa ngethemba lokubonisa ukuba i-veganism, ngombono wam othobekileyo, unokutshintsha ubomi bakho.

INDLELA YEZITYALO

Kwiminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu edlulileyo (nangona ivakalelwa njengesigidi) ndaya kugqirha wam ukuze ndisebenze igazi lonyaka kunye nokuqeshwa komzimba. Ayikuko ukuba ndothuswa kukuba wandixelela ukuba ndityebe kakhulu, enyanisweni, yayiyeyona nto inzima endakha ndanayo, kodwa ukuba iziphumo zam zangoku zibonisa ukuba ndandinesifo seswekile, ngokuthe ngqo kwindlela eya kwisifo seswekile, kwaye ukuba andikhange ndibe nayo. t ukubumba kwaye ubhabhe isifo seswekile ekunene kuya kuba yinto eqinisekileyo.

Ndingafuni ukuba nesifo seswekile, ngokucacileyo, kwaye ndingafuni ukuthatha amayeza ngonaphakade, ndafuna isisombululo esahlukileyo esandikhokelela kwincwadi kaPenn Jillette (kaPenn noTeller) ebizwa ngokuba "Presto!: Ndenze njani Ngaphezu kwe-100 yeeponti zanyamalala kunye nezinye iintsomi zomlingo." Kule ncwadi uchaza iingxaki zakhe zokuba ngumlingo ogqithise ngokugqithisileyo, ukuba neengxaki ezinzima zentliziyo ezinokuthi zifune ukuba i-stints isebenze ngokuqhelekileyo, kwaye, engafuni ukwenza oko, ukufumanisa ukutya okusekelwe kwisityalo ngokusebenzisa iingcali zempilo kunye nokutya, izibonelelo eyalungisa ubunzima bakhe kunye neengxaki zentliziyo.

Le ncwadi yabutshintsha ubomi bam. Ukuba unomdla wokutya okusekelwe kwizityalo, ndingancoma kakhulu ukuba ufunde le ncwadi, uphande iindlela zakhe, kwaye uzame iindlela zokupheka. Ayisiyonto ininzi malunga ne "veganism," elo gama lineentsingiselo ezithile ezinxulumene negama, kodwa "isiseko sesityalo," igama elingenalo naluphi na unxulumano lwezopolitiko okanye olugqithisileyo, ubuncinci, ngokutsho kwale ncwadi.

Kunyaka olandelayo emzimbeni wam, umzimba wam wawuphantsi, kwaye ndiphumile kwindawo eyingozi yesifo seswekile, ke, ewe, loo ncwadi yabuguqula ubomi bam.

I-VEGAN IXESHA

Emva kokuba nditye ukutya okusekelwe kwizityalo kwaye ndifunda lonke ulwazi endinalo, umba wamalungelo ezilwanyana wangena, kwaye ngokungena ngaphakathi ndithetha ukungena ngaphakathi. Ayilulo nje ubundlobongela obucacileyo, impatho embi kunye nokuxhatshazwa izilwanyana ezijongene nazo. ukuvelisa ukutya, kodwa eyona miba mibi ngokugqithisileyo nengekho mpilweni yokutya iimveliso zezilwanyana rhoqo inayo emizimbeni yethu. Andizukuchaza iinyani okanye amanani apha, alukhangelo olulula lukaGoogle, kodwa ayamangalisa kwaye ngequbuliso abe yinxalenye yokutya kwam kunye nokukhetha kwabathengi endingakwaziyo ukuhoya.

Ukutsiba kokuqala kwakunzima, andizukuxoka ngaloo nto. Ukutshintshela ngokupheleleyo ukutya okulungeleleneyo kube yinto entsha kraca eyayifuna uqwalaselo oluthe gqolo, kuba iimveliso zezilwanyana zongezwa ngobuchwephesha kwi-WAY imveliso eninzi kunokuba ucinga, yayingumsebenzi othile. Kodwa ndakuba ndifumene ukuxhoma kwayo, kwaye ndazi ukuba mandijonge ntoni, ndiyifumana phi, kwaye ndingayitya njani, yaba yinto entsha, kwaye ngoku, injalo.

Kwaye mhlawumbi akuzange kube lula ukuba yi-vegan kunokuba kunjalo namhlanje, okanye ubuncinci uzame ezinye izinto. Ndihlala ndinombulelo ngabantu ababebambe itotshi yevegan ngeminyaka yee-'80s,'90s phambi kokwanda kobisi lwamandongomane, “inyama” esekwe kwisityalo, kunye neetshizi, kunye “neVegenaise,” imayo esekwe kwisityalo.

Ubusazi ukuba i-Oreos yi-vegan?

Kulula ukufumana ukutya okumangalisayo kwe-vegan kwiindawo zokutyela zamaTshayina kunye neendawo zokutyela zaseIndiya, i-chana masala (ikhari yechickpea kunye nerayisi) sesona sidlo sam ndisithandayo. Xa uqala ukucinga ngayo njengento engaphantsi kwe "into ekufuneka ndiyinike" uhlobo lwento, ibe yinto "endiyidlayo" engqondweni, ihlabathi liyimbatyisi yakho.

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