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Into ngokukhetha ukudla kwe-vegan ukuthi uma abantu bethola ukuthi uyi-vegan, bazokubuza ukuthi "kungani?"

Lokhu kuza nezincazelo ezingezinhle neziqondile, futhi njengoba ozakwenu bezilwane bengakwazi ukuhlobana, uzobhekana nakho konke okuphakathi nendawo lapho ekugcineni usunezimpendulo ezicijiswe kahle, ama-anecdotes, nezindaba ongazaba.

Njengoba “kuyi-Veganuary,” isikhulu, noma mhlawumbe engekho emthethweni “ake sizame sonke ukuba yizilwane inyanga yonke,” ngicabange ukuthi ngizogxila endleleni yami yomuntu siqu ye-veganism, futhi mhlawumbe “ngaphakathi kwe-baseball,” njengokungathi, ukuqonda izici. ye-veganism okungenzeka ingaziwa kakhulu noma icatshangwe yilabo abafuna ukwenza ushintsho. Hhayi ukukudikibalisa noma ukukushumayeza, kodwa ukukukhombisa ngethemba ukuthi i-veganism, ngombono wami othobekile, ingashintsha impilo yakho.

INDLELA YESITALA

Eminyakeni emihlanu noma eyisithupha edlule (nakuba kuzwakala njengesigidi) ngaya kudokotela wami ukuze ngiyokwenza umsebenzi wami wegazi waminyaka yonke kanye nokuqokwa ngokomzimba. Hhayi ukuthi ngamangala ukuthi wangitshela ukuthi ngikhuluphele kakhulu, empeleni, bekuwumthwalo omkhulu kunawo wonke engake ngaba nawo, kodwa ukuthi imiphumela yami yamanje ikhombisa ukuthi nganginesifo sikashukela, ngisendleleni yokuba nesifo sikashukela, futhi uma ngingazange ngibe nesifo sikashukela. Ukuzilolonga bese undiza ngendlela efanele isifo sikashukela kungaba isiqiniseko.

Ngingafuni ukuba nesifo sikashukela, ngokusobala, futhi ngingafuni ukuphuza imithi kuze kube phakade, ngafuna isixazululo esihlukile esangiholela encwadini kaPenn Jillette (kaPenn noTeller) ebizwa ngokuthi. "Presto!: Ngenze Kanjani Amaphawundi Angaphezu Kwe-100 Anyamalale Nezinye Izinganekwane Zomlingo." Encwadini uchaza ngezinkinga zakhe zokuba umlingo okhuluphele ngokweqile, onezinkinga ezinzima zenhliziyo ebezingadinga ukuthi ama-stints asebenze ngendlela evamile, futhi, engafuni ukwenza lokho, ukuthola ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni ngokusebenzisa ochwepheshe bezempilo kanye nokudla, izinzuzo eyalungisa kokubili isisindo sakhe nezinkinga zenhliziyo.

Le ncwadi yashintsha impilo yami. Uma unesithakazelo nhlobo ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni, ngingancoma kakhulu ukufunda incwadi, ukucwaninga izindlela zakhe, nokuzama izindlela zokupheka. Akukona kakhulu mayelana ne-"veganism," lelo gama elinezincazelo ezithile ezihlotshaniswa negama, kodwa "isitshalo," igama elikhululekile kunoma yikuphi ukuhlangana kwezombusazwe noma okweqisayo, okungenani, ngokwale ncwadi.

Ngonyaka olandelayo ngomzimba wami, ngangehlisa isisindo, futhi ngiphuma endaweni eyingozi yesifo sikashukela, ngakho, yebo, leyo ncwadi yashintsha ukuphila kwami.

ISIKHATHI SE-VEGAN

Ngake ngadla ukudla okusekelwe esitshalweni futhi ngifunda lonke ulwazi engangiluthola, isici samalungelo ezilwane sangena singena ngokunyenya, futhi ngokungena ngiqonde ukungena ngaphakathi. Hhayi nje ubudlova obusobala, ukungaphathwa kahle, nokuxhashazwa izilwane ezibhekana nazo. ukukhiqiza ukudla, kodwa izici ezimbi ngokwedlulele nezingenampilo zokusebenzisa imikhiqizo yezilwane ngezikhathi ezijwayelekile zisemizimbeni yethu. Ngeke ngisho amaqiniso noma izibalo lapha, ziwusesho olulula lwe-Google, kodwa ziyamangaza futhi kungazelelwe lokho kwaba yingxenye yokudla kwami ​​kanye nokukhetha kwabathengi engingeke ngisakwazi ukuziba.

Ukugxuma kokuqala kwakunzima, ngeke ngiqambe amanga ngalokho. Ukushintsha ngokuphelele ukudla okungenamsoco kube okusha sha okwakudinga ukuqapha njalo, ngoba imikhiqizo yezilwane yengezwa ngokunyenya emikhiqizweni eminingi INDLELA ocabanga ngayo, kwakuwumsebenzi othile. Kodwa lapho sengiyitholile, futhi ngazi ukuthi yini okufanele ngiyibheke, ukuthi ngingayithola kuphi, nokuthi ngingadla kanjani, yaba umkhuba omusha, futhi manje, sekuyinto nje.

Futhi cishe akukaze kube lula ukuba yi-vegan kunalokho okuyikho kulezi zinsuku, noma okungenani uzame ezinye izinto. Ngihlala ngibabonga abantu ababephethe ithoshi le-vegan ngeminyaka yawo-'80s,'90s ngaphambi kokwanda kobisi lwamantongomane, "inyama" yezitshalo, noshizi, kanye ne-"Vegenaise," i-mayo esekelwe esitshalweni.

Ubuwazi ukuthi ama-Oreos angama-vegan?

Kulula ukuthola ukudla okumnandi kwe-vegan ezindaweni zokudlela zamaShayina nezindawo zokudlela zamaNdiya, i-chana masala (i-chickpea curry nerayisi) isidlo sami esikhulu esiyintandokazi. Uma uqala ukucabanga ngakho njengento engaphansi kohlobo lwento ethi "lokho okumele ngikulahle", ube nengqondo "engizoyidla", umhlaba uyi-oyster yakho.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, izitshalo zinambitheka kahle. Ngempela bayakwenza.

Futhi angiphuthelwa ngempela ushizi.