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Understanding Vegans

Cooking for the vegan is more or less likeand looks better. They say that the
cooking for any other ethnic or religiouselimination of salt, grease, animal fat, and
group which restricts certain things fromso on keeps their palette clean enough to
their diet. A little creativity will win youtaste the real essence of fresh fruit and
some big points with your vegan customers,vegetables.
and furthermore will help conquer a niche
market. Vegans often mourn the lack ofVegan  Cuisine...
restaurants that cater to their needs.
Providing some imaginative menu entries forOne wonders where vegans would be without
vegan customers will make a happy patron whosoybeans. Soy forms a big staple in the vegan
spreads good word of mouth to their vegandiet, in the form of soy milk, soy meat
friends!substitutes, and tofu. It is interesting that
vegans work so hard to create so many things
Understanding  Vegans...out of soy beans that look, smell, and taste
just like the meat and animal products they
Vegans are vegans for any combinations ofare trying to eliminate. Anyway, soy
these  reasons:substitutes will be a big part of any large
vegan banquet, particularly because soy is so
_Health_ The vegan diet includes wholeeasily fortified with other vitamins and
grains, beans, soy products, olive oil, freshnutrients.
fruits and vegetables, nuts, and fresh
spices. Resultantly, they argue, their dietInternational cuisine holds many wonders for
is very high in protein, vitamins, beneficialthe vegan dietary spectrum. In particular,
monounsaturated fats, and antioxidants andMediterranean, Middle Eastern, Southern
other micronutrients, while being moderate inIndian, Thai, Mesoamerican, East Asian, and
sodium, calories, and saturated fats. InEast African cuisine have a rich tradition of
addition, they automatically exclude thoserecipes and dishes which happen to be
scary food contamination problems that strikevegan-friendly. This is due in part to some
their meat-eating counterparts, such as e.parts of the world having birthed their
coli  and  mad  cow  disease.culture in a regional area that doesn't have
a handy livestock animal nearby, or just
It should be noted that there are essentialbeing  poor  grazing  grounds  to start with.
vitamins missing from the vegan diet, most
notably B12, iron, and calcium, which theyBut also, many cultures of the world have a
must supplement by other means.wealth of native crops which lend some
Vitamin-fortified foods or vitamininteresting flavors to the cuisine. At least
supplements  are  usually  used.here, you can be a little envious of vegans -
some of them are gourmets in their own right,
_Ethics_ Probably the biggest concern is forand can regale you with tales of Indian
animal cruelty. Vegans typically wish tocurry, rice pilaf, almond deserts, salsa,
exclude any and all forms of ""animalbaba ganoush, seven-grain bread, and various
exploitation"" - not just meat and leather,other cultural specialties. Particularly in
but even the products that you can obtaincontrast to the typical North American and
from an animal without killing it; becauseEuropean Union homogenized diets, which
even milking a cow or shearing a sheep forsometimes seem to consist entirely of
wool is still exploiting an animal for ahamburgers and fries or chips, the vegans
human's benefit. This is a belief, when held,certainly  get  a  wider  variety of flavors.
which varies in degrees of commitment from
philosophy  to  religion.A chef can see this as an artistic challenge
to be creative within a strict set of rules,
_Environmental Responsibility_ The typicaland studying some vegan recipes and the menus
environmental impact talks about methane gasat vegan restaurants should give you a host
from domesticated animals being as bad forof  inspiring  ideas.
the ozone layer as emissions from car
exhaust, and about how it takes this manyMeat substitute will usually be some form of
acres of land to sustain one cow where thetofu. Tofu comes in textures ranging from
same acres could more efficiently be used tosoft, which is about like yogurt or jello in
raise  crops,  and  so  on.consistency, to very firm, which is more like
a hard cheese. Tofu is marvelous because it
_Religion_ While religions which specificallycan  take on the taste of virtually anything.
require veganism are rare, several sects of
Buddhism still require strict adherence toMake tofu bacon by slicing thin strips of
non-violence, including killing an animal.hard tofu and frying in a skillet with
Parts of different philosophies, whichvegetable oil, adding a couple drops of
usually focus on reducing the impact one'sliquid smoke flavoring. Or grind hard tofu
life has on the Earth, also suggest orinto a good hamburger and chili substitute.
enforce  vegan  beliefs.The medium-texture tofu can be used for a
cheese substitute. And soy, itself, can be
_Aesthetics_ It can certainly be argued, ifmade into anything from milk to yogurt to ice
you've been inside a slaughterhouse, that thecream, some of it tastes as good if not
factory-like process of butchering animals isbetter than its animal exploiting
unpleasant in smell and appearance. Veganscounterpart.
also boast that their food just plain tastes



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