Interrogation Room - alexa

[Epignosis]

Would you like my advice on marriage?

[thellama73]

Always disappointed in me, llama

Metric or imperial?
Imperial

Not this time! Yay imperial!

I knew you'd get one right eventually.

[zeek]

Would you like my advice on marriage?

Don't do it?

[Epignosis]

Would you like my advice on marriage?

Don't do it?

That's not a proper answer to my question.

And the best advice I can give is this: Be a good forgiver. And never treat your spouse worse than you would a stranger. That's easy to do, but if you can just keep in mind, "I would never treat a guest like this," it helps to keep your attitude in check. Life isn't perfect though, so be a good forgiver.

Best wishes.

[Marmot]

What are your favorite bands?

I don't really listen to much music, but I like the Ramones, Rage Against The Machine and The Offspring.

This list isn't bad at all. It could certainly be far worse.

[Marmot]

Always disappointed in me, llama

Metric or imperial?
Imperial

Not this time! Yay imperial!

I knew you'd get one right eventually.

[zeek]

Would you like my advice on marriage?

Don't do it?

That's not a proper answer to my question.

And the best advice I can give is this: Be a good forgiver. And never treat your spouse worse than you would a stranger. That's easy to do, but if you can just keep in mind, "I would never treat a guest like this," it helps to keep your attitude in check. Life isn't perfect though, so be a good forgiver.

Best wishes.

Thank you, that's very good advice. To amend my answer: yes, I'd like your advice.

Do you have any for wedding planning?

[Epignosis]

Hope that the venue doesn't cancel on you two weeks before the wedding?

Seriously, I didn't really plan anything. Eloh did.

[Roxy]

zeek! I hope you feel welcome here and I am happy to have an old Losty STV buddy on this site.

What is your "must have" snack when going to or watching movies?
Do you love rootbeer?
What will you give your fiancee for Valentines Day?
Are you wearing a kilt when you get married?
My advice even though you are not asking
Never go to bed mad is very cliche but is also so true. Don't ever stop sharing your thoughts and always try and see the other side of the argument - all seem easy to say but they can be hard to follow through with. Follow through - remember happy wife=happy life!
Can we ask anymore questions?

[zeek]

What is your "must have" snack when going to or watching movies?
I don't eat at the cinema.

Do you love rootbeer?
Never tasted it.

What will you give your fiancee for Valentines Day?
We don't celebrate it cause it's a sham. Our anniversary is the 18th so we celebrate that instead. I'm cheaply pampering her this year because we have to save for the big day.

Are you wearing a kilt when you get married?
No, although I do have a lot of Scottish heritage.

My advice even though you are not asking
Never go to bed mad is very cliche but is also so true. Don't ever stop sharing your thoughts and always try and see the other side of the argument - all seem easy to say but they can be hard to follow through with. Follow through - remember happy wife=happy life!
Very sound advice. I've always followed "never go to sleep on an argument."

Can we ask anymore questions?
Please do. Let's make it more personal. Push the boat out.

[bea]

What are you most afraid of?
What are you embarrassed by?

[zeek]

What are you most afraid of?
Honestly, being a lonely old man wasting time until I die.

What are you embarrassed by?
My family. They have no filter between brain and mouth, and most aren't very bright.

[Bass_the_Clever]

I see that you have caption america as your avatar. Is he your favorite superhero? Also who is in your top five superheros and top five super villains?

[zeek]

Superheroes
1. Batman
2. Captain America
3. Iron Man
4. Hulk
5. The Vision

Supervillains
1. The Joker
2. Magneto
3. Ultron
4. Apocalypse
5. The Riddler

[Zombarella]

Do you have a pet? What kind?
Cake or pie?
Have you ever driven a three-wheeled car?
Gwyneth Paltrow or Scarlett Johannsen?
Would you ever wear cowboy boots to work?
So which one is it? Blink or Silence in the Library?

[zeek]

Do you have a pet? What kind?
No pets. I had an injured pigeon for two days last year, his name was Percy.

Cake or pie?
Cake, by a mile.

Have you ever driven a three-wheeled car?
I have not.

Gwyneth Paltrow or Scarlett Johannsen?
Scarlett

Would you ever wear cowboy boots to work?
That would be both impractical and unprofessional for me to do.

So which one is it? Blink or Silence in the Library?
Ermm... Blink. Loved how unusual it was for a Doctor Who story.

[S~V~S]

When you get married, will she move in with you, will you move in with her, or will you get a place new to you both (assuming you do not already live together, in which case, Never Mind )?

[zeek]

We already live together We moved into a new houe together about two three years ago.

[bea]

What do you hope to get as wedding prezzies?

Are you registered anywhere?

[zeek]

I have no idea. Her parents have told us they're paying for our honeymoon. That was right after we told them we were going to the Maldives!

[Spacedaisy]

Any last questions? We've got one hour left before we change victims...

[bea]

zeeeek!

Did you know you are one of my favorite people on this forum?

What do you do to pay the bills? (I'm pretty sure I asked this and somehow missed the answer)

Do you have a mafia nemisis? if so, who is it?

Who do you most want to have BTS with?

fav type of role? Civ? Baddie? or Indy?

what is your favorite type of Inidan food?

what is your favorite traditional English dish?

what is your favorite boozey drink? non boozey drink?

what is the most adventerous thing you've ever eaten? (no you other jerks reading this *inuendo* is not the correct answer. *looks all mean*)

[zeek]

Did you know you are one of my favorite people on this forum?
Oh you

What do you do to pay the bills? (I'm pretty sure I asked this and somehow missed the answer)
I'm an AM at a supermarket (not one of the big evil ones tho.)

Do you have a mafia nemisis? if so, who is it?
MP

Who do you most want to have BTS with?
Bea and Snowy

fav type of role? Civ? Baddie? or Indy?
I'm better as a civ I think but I pray to be a baddie every game.

what is your favorite type of Inidan food?
I don't like Indian.

what is your favorite traditional English dish?
English dishes aren't really English. But let's say Shepherds pie.

what is your favorite boozey drink? non boozey drink?
Jack Daniels. Coke.

what is the most adventerous thing you've ever eaten? (no you other jerks reading this *inuendo* is not the correct answer. *looks all mean*)
Snails. They were horrible.

[Spacedaisy]

*sheepish look* so I got sidetracked and forgot to switch this over. Our next member to be interrogated will be.....

CANUCKLEHEAD

[Marmot]

May I call you Canucklegoose?

(It's a combination of knuclehead and silly goose).

[juliets]

Canucklehead!

I've all ways wanted to know how your future career in 17th century lit (it is 17th century right? If not please correct me but my questions still stand.) will fit together with your dance career. How will you do both, or do you intend to do both? What is it about 17th century lit attracts you (as opposed to another century)?

[Canucklehead]

Hihi, everyone! I'm super excited to answer all your probing questions! I'll be captive on a train for 13 hours very shortly, so fire away and I'll start spilling my guts as soon as I'm settled on board!

Ask anything. I have no filters and no boundaries, and I'm a chronic over-sharer.

[Marmot]

Do you like baseball? Soccer?

What are your three favorite novels released in the last 20 years?

Where is the train taking you?

What's your favorite smiley here at the Syndicate?

Do you know any other Syndicaters in real life?

What part of Canada do you call home? (You live in Canadia right, or am I completely off the mark?)

Do any animals live in your home with you?

[juliets]

Canuck I believe you may have missed my questions - they are right above your hello post.

[S~V~S]

Canuck, do you still dance, or have you devoted your life to literature?

[Canucklehead]

May I call you Canucklegoose?

(It's a combination of knuclehead and silly goose).

You may. In fact, I insist.

Do you like baseball? Soccer?

What are your three favorite novels released in the last 20 years?

Where is the train taking you?

What's your favorite smiley here at the Syndicate?

Do you know any other Syndicaters in real life?

What part of Canada do you call home? (You live in Canadia right, or am I completely off the mark?)

Do any animals live in your home with you?

1) I enjoy watching both, but am not very knowledgeable about either. I'm especially fond of our local Triple A team, the Durham Bulls, who really know how to put on a fun ball game. Their mascot, Wool E Bull, is legit the greatest mascot in all of professional sports.

2)I'll caveat this statement by saying that I am waaaaay out of touch with contemporary fiction, but I think I'd have to say Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, and Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson are the three that come to mind first. They're all astonishingly good.

3)Home from Disneypottermagicwizardworldland!

4) This one: and this one:

5) No one.

6) I don't currently live in Canada, since I'm working on my PhD at an American institution, but I was born and raised on Vancouver Island, and then lived in Toronto for ten years after I graduated high school.

7) Yes! I share my house (and bed) with the world's greatest black lab mix (Kenobi), a very fat and very old orange cat (Lucifur), a very skinny and insane orange cat (Stephen), and a cranky 5 year old tortie cat (Cassie), and my man friend (who is just as cute as all the pets).

Canucklehead!

I've all ways wanted to know how your future career in 17th century lit (it is 17th century right? If not please correct me but my questions still stand.) will fit together with your dance career. How will you do both, or do you intend to do both? What is it about 17th century lit attracts you (as opposed to another century)?

The 17th century is fascinating to me for many reasons, but I'm particularly interested in the way that the literature of the period (lyric poetry in particular, but also drama and other forms) wrestles with and thinks through notions of community, sacramentalism, and the hermeneutic limits of the (literal and metaphorical) body in the wake of a religious reformation which attempted to fundamentally disrupt people's understanding of and relationship to these things.

I see my academic interests as overlapping with my artistic interests in oblique but tangible ways, and for me one practice really feeds and informs the other. At the moment, I'm focused mostly on getting through my program, and choreography is taking a back seat (both because I have no time, and because the dancers I want to work with are back in Toronto), but I do still occasionally create solo work for myself. Lots of stuff that will never see the light of day, and some stuff that I've presented at small venues and informal showings and the like.....but yeah. To answer your question, these are not really intuitively compatible careers.....if I continue to do both professionally once my degree is done, it will be because I work my ass off to make it work. At this point, it's all very up in the air, on both fronts.
On second thought, maybe I'll just open up a combination antiquarian bookstore/champagne bar.

Canuck, do you still dance, or have you devoted your life to literature?

See above! I'm in the studio about 3 days a week usually, which is a drastic reduction from pre-grad school me, but is enough to keep my toes in the water and keep my technique at a not entirely embarrassing level.

[Epignosis]

The 17th century is fascinating to me for many reasons, but I'm particularly interested in the way that the literature of the period (lyric poetry in particular, but also drama and other forms) wrestles with and thinks through notions of community, sacramentalism, and the hermeneutic limits of the (literal and metaphorical) body in the wake of a religious reformation which attempted to fundamentally disrupt people's understanding of and relationship to these things.

You don't have any idea what you're talking about, do you?

[Canucklehead]

The 17th century is fascinating to me for many reasons, but I'm particularly interested in the way that the literature of the period (lyric poetry in particular, but also drama and other forms) wrestles with and thinks through notions of community, sacramentalism, and the hermeneutic limits of the (literal and metaphorical) body in the wake of a religious reformation which attempted to fundamentally disrupt people's understanding of and relationship to these things.

You don't have any idea what you're talking about, do you?

No, not really, which is why I'll be spending 6 years of my life reading and thinking and writing about these questions and trying to figure it out. What's the point of studying things you already understand?

[Epignosis]

The 17th century is fascinating to me for many reasons, but I'm particularly interested in the way that the literature of the period (lyric poetry in particular, but also drama and other forms) wrestles with and thinks through notions of community, sacramentalism, and the hermeneutic limits of the (literal and metaphorical) body in the wake of a religious reformation which attempted to fundamentally disrupt people's understanding of and relationship to these things.

You don't have any idea what you're talking about, do you?

No, not really, which is why I'll be spending 6 years of my life reading and thinking and writing about these questions and trying to figure it out. What's the point of studying things you already understand?

I like this person.

[juliets]

I'm totally in awe of you Canuck thanks for answering my questions.

[bea]

outside of 17th century lit, do you have any other favorite literary periods and why?
What are your favorite forms of dance and why?
What do you love to do just for yourself?
What do you love to do to spoil other people?
What is your favorite comfort food?
Do you cook at all? If so, what do you make for "company"?
What is your favorite boozey drink? Non boozey drink?
What did you want to be when you grew up at age 5? 10? 20?
What would we be surprised to learn about you?
What is your favorite word?
What is your guilty pleasure?
What is a typical Thursday look like in your world?

[Canucklehead]

outside of 17th century lit, do you have any other favorite literary periods and why?
- If I wasn't an Early Modernist, I would probably be doing early 20th century. The "High Modernists" (Eliot and Joyce and Stevens etc) have always appealed to me, and I'm fascinated by literary responses to the calamity of the First World War.....there's also a chance I might have been a Medievalist in another life, and studied the writing of the female mystics (Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe) cuz those bitches be crazy.

What are your favorite forms of dance and why?
- Ballet, because it touches the limits of perfection of the human body in motion; modern, because it takes that perfection and deconstructs it into things that are more beautiful and eloquent than perfection could ever be.

What do you love to do just for yourself?
- Walk up mountains with a pack on my back, sleep in the woods, keep going.

What do you love to do to spoil other people?
- Write them notes that describes what I love about them; bake them cupcakes!

What is your favorite comfort food?
- My grandmother's blackberry pie, though I have yet to create a gf/vegan version that compares to her original. I'm working on it, though!

Do you cook at all? If so, what do you make for "company"?
- I cook lots, and I loooooove cooking for other people, and having people over to eat and drink and laugh (plus, making delicious vegan food for others is like subtle vegan evangelism ). I make a pretty fantastic wild mushroom risotto which is an easy go-to, but I also like experimenting with vegan versions of classic dishes. They don't always resemble their inspirations in the end (because I'm not a fan of using meat substitutes to mimic the animal products in regular recipes, and because I rarely stick to the rest of the recipie either ), but it's usually delicious. I'm especially good at soups. My take on french onion soup is to die for, I've been told.

What is your favorite boozey drink? Non boozey drink?
- I'm a gin and tonic girl when I'm feeling liquor-y, a cider girl when I'm feeling beer-y, and a coffee girl when I'm feeling anything else.

What did you want to be when you grew up at age 5? 10? 20?
- marine biologist, ballerina, choreographer

What would we be surprised to learn about you?
- I'm INCREDIBLY shy in real life. Like, ridiculously shy.

What is your favorite word?
- hoary.

What is your guilty pleasure?
- bad television (Shark Tank, Dance Mons, Top Chef, Master Chef)

What is a typical Thursday look like in your world?
-Wake up, walk the dog with the boy, feed the menagerie, go for coffee with the bf, work (either at home or at my library carrel) for 3 or 4 hours, take te dog out for a play in the yard, more work until 6ish, when the boy gets home from work we take the pup across the street to the park for a romp, then dance class at 7, dinner with the bf around 8:45/9, watch some bad television (or an episode of "The Wire", which we're currently makin our way through), walk the pup, feed the menagerie, get into bed, do a cryptic crossword or two until the boy falls asleep, mafia/random internetting until I fall asleep.

[Epignosis]

What is your favorite section of "The Waste Land?"

[thellama73]

What is your favorite word?
- hoary.

Amazing choice. I love that word too.

[Canucklehead]

What is your favorite section of "The Waste Land?"

I can't remember what section it occurs in ("A Game of Chess", maybe?) but I have always loved the rhythms of the bar scene ("When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said, I didn't mince my words, I said to her meself" etc etc) with all the "Hurry up, please! It's time!" And the Ophelia call outs ("Goodnight, ladies" etc). I choreographed a piece for my company which used as its main sound score a recording of Eliot reading The Waste Land, and that scene was one of the major climaxes of the piece. I also love the "If there were water, and no rock/ if there were rock and also water" sequence from the final movement...and "These fragments I have shored against my ruins" is one of my favourite lines in all of poetry (and was the title of my piece).

And now I want to read The Waste Land again. It's been too long.

[Canucklehead]

I like this person.

I'm totally in awe of you Canuck thanks for answering my questions.

Amazing choice. I love that word too.

Hooray!

Bonus fact: I am zealously covetous of the approval of others. Disastrously so.

[Ricochet]

Are you male or female?

[Canucklehead]

Are you male or female?

Female

[Elohcin]

It's nice to see this thread up and running again. Canuck, you seem like a fascinating person

So where do y'all wanna meet for Ephraim's bday?

Everyone else -- This is funny because I've seen Epi and Eloh on each of their oldest kids' bdays this year.

You are more than welcome to come visit for his birthday! May 9th.

[Spacedaisy]

Canuck, what game that you've played did you most enjoy?

What was your first mafia game?

Who is your nemesis?

Do you prefer to be a civ or baddie?

Favorite role?

What did you enjoy most at the amusement parks?

[Canucklehead]

Canuck, what game that you've played did you most enjoy?

What was your first mafia game?

Who is your nemesis?

Do you prefer to be a civ or baddie?

Favorite role?

What did you enjoy most at the amusement parks?

LC/BR's first Recruitment Mafia at TP was the most fun I've ever had mafiaing. I had a great team, and didn't stop laughing the entire game, even though we ended up losing. I'd love to reread that game if The Piano ever comes back from the ether...

My first game was Lost at STV. I subbed in mid-game as Vincent, and had no fucking clue what I was doing. Not much has changed, really

I don't know if I'm enough of a threat to anyone to actually have a nemesis

I prefer to be a baddie, but I think I'm better as a civ

Whatever role I was in the first RM was my fave...I think I was like king of the evil jellies or something? I have a really terrible memory, even for things I really enjoy and appreciate

The parks were a LOT of fun, and I loved seeing the looks of absolute wonder on the faces of my neices. Highlights inclufed both the big Harry Potter rides (coolest fucking experiences I've ever had on a ride. Unbelievable!), picking a wand at Ollivander's and wandering around casting spells and seeing them work (!), and getting a big hug from Goofy it wa such a fun weekend, and I'm super glad I'm enough of a giant dork/oversize child to really enjoy it.

[bea]

have you always been vegan?

If not - what do you miss most about not being vegan? (In my mind I can give up meat I think. I've mostly done it for years at a time except when eating at other people's houses - but omg - I can't live without cheese or ice cream!)

Why did you decide to live a vegan lifestyle? Do you find that you feel better health wise for doing so?

How do you get your nutriments (so many non vegan and vegitarian people yell about protien - how do you do it? )

What steps do you recommend for people moving from a meat eating lifestyle to a vegan lifestyle?

Really - how do you live without cheese and ice cream???!!! OMG!!

I'd like your wilde mushroom rissoto recepie. Because my mushroom rissoto recepie has chicken stalk in it - I'd like to learn the substitue - please pm me the recepie?

what exactly isthe break down of all the animals in the cunuck household?

[fingersplints]

Cheese and ice cream

[Canucklehead]

have you always been vegan?
Nope! I became a vegetarian when I was 11, and didn't go full vegan until I was about 19 or 20.

If not - what do you miss most about not being vegan? (In my mind I can give up meat I think. I've mostly done it for years at a time except when eating at other people's houses - but omg - I can't live without cheese or ice cream!)
I don't really miss many specific things, since it's been so long without them (10 years!) that any sort of cravings and desires are long since gone. I DO, however, still miss the ease of being able to order and eat anything/anywhere. I'm pretty adept at knowing where animal products might be hiding in dishes, and very used to being very patient and specific with waiters and restaurant staff who may not be familiar with my needs, and am very resigned to "dining out" in many situations being a long string of iceberg lettuce salads with no dressing. But, for example, Disney World and Universal were challenges (no butterbeer for me ). I can (and did) plan ahead and pack my own food, but this weekend I definitely missed the ability to just not give a shit and eat a pile of shitty park food.

Why did you decide to live a vegan lifestyle? Do you find that you feel better health wise for doing so?
This is a long story, but the short version is that my original choices to go veggie and then vegan were made for reasons that were neither healthy or focused on ethics. However, since becoming vegan, I've learned a great deal about the ethical and environmental aspects of food culture and food production, and these are the reasons why I've persisted, despite the challenges. So, while I didn't become a vegan for anything resembing a "good" reason, I've stayed one for (what I think are) good reasons.
"Health" was never really a part of it for me. Veganism is not inherently more healthy than an omnivorous diet, and one can certainly be a vegan and eat only shit foods. Oreos, most potato chips, and Cool Whip are all vegan, and I used to know a girl who built her diet out of those "vegan staples". Just like "regular" eating, veganism can be healthy if you make healthy choices, or it can be shit if you make shit choices. The difference is, that it is actually a LOT easier to make healthy choices as an omnivoire, simply due to availability of options and variety of nutrient sources.

How do you get your nutriments (so many non vegan and vegitarian people yell about protien - how do you do it? )
Protein isn't really too much of a problem for me. Nuts, nut butters, quinoa, beans, and legumes are all great protein sources, and I have at least one of these things with everything I eat. More probematic for me is vitamin B12, which does not occur naturally in plant sources. During periods of heavier-than-usual physical activity or stress, I'll often supplement with a vegan protein/nutritional powder....but yeah. I'm really bad about B12.

What steps do you recommend for people moving from a meat eating lifestyle to a vegan lifestyle?
I think the main thing is to do your research, and keep doing your research. There are animal products hidden in SO MANY processed and prepared foods where you might not expect them to be (Guinness, for example, is not vegan), and it can be really difficult (and often annoying) to be constantly reading labels or pestering your server with obscure questions about shrimp paste and oyster sauce and butter and whatever. I think when starting out, committing to cooking at home the majority of the time is really the best plan. Not only will you improve your repertoire of vegan dishes and really get to know how to build a satisfying plant-based meal, you'll spare yourself the hassle of being "that girl" in the restaurant until you're a little more confident with your options, and your justifications for your choices. I think one of the main things that de-converts new vegans is the scrutiny of peers and the stigma/hassle of being the annoying person who always has to ask a million questions about everything they eat. It can help to wait to face those challenges until you've got a good handle on the basics of living vegan.
The other thing I recommend is to set realistic expectations and limits on how far YOU want to take your veganism. Is it important to you that your partner/spouse/whatever also be vegan, or can you live with an omnivoire? Are you OK with them cooking meat in the house? Would you cook it for them? Are you going to veganise your wardrobe? Your household cleaning products? Your cosmetics and body care products? How quickly? Making these kinds of changes can be EXPENSIVE, confusing, and really limiting (trying to find functional vegan hiking boots, for example, is a fucking dead-end nightmare). Despite what shrill message boards and activist groups might want people to think, there is no "right" way to be vegan, and there is no "rule" that says you must be absolutely vegan in every aspect of your life. For example, I was a food-only vegan for the first 5 or so years. Then a few years ago I slowly began to make my consumer choices based on vegan criteria in other areas of my life as well. I no longer bring into my house any goods that contain animal products, or are tested on animals. The next step for me (which I'm doing research on right now) will be to stop buying things from companies who use animal products or engage in animal testing in ANY of their products (not just the ones I'm purchasing). But on the flip side, I'm not tossing out animal-based things that I already own. I have several pairs of leather shoes that I've had for years (my hiking boots, for exampe), and that I still wear. When they break-down, I will replace them with vegan versions, but I'm not going to throw away things I bought previously just to appease some sort of ideal of vegan saintliness.
The most important thing, i think, is to make the transition to veganism ACHIEVABLE for YOU, and that means understanding your limits. For me, while the food aspect was super easy (since I was already eating very little animal products), the other aspects have taking time and patience with myself. For some vegan purists, the fact that I live with an omnivoire would be utterly unthinkable for them. For other vegans, the fact that my partner has agreed not to cook meat in our house would be an audascious and draconian tyranny (he still brings cheese and dairy in, and eats poultry and fish if we're eating out). It's a super personal thing, I think, and the important thing for new vegans is that they are clear on what is important to them, and what they're willing to compromise on.

Wow. That was a long rambling answer!

Really - how do you live without cheese and ice cream???!!! OMG!!
Lulz. There are vegan cheeses, but they are generally TERRIBLE, but they're there if I'm desperate for pizza or poutine or something. As for ice cream, allow me to introduce you to the wonderful world of Coconut Bliss. That shit is legit more delicious than ice cream. For realz.

I'd like your wilde mushroom rissoto recepie. Because my mushroom rissoto recepie has chicken stalk in it - I'd like to learn the substitue - please pm me the recepie?
I don't really have a recipe....it's one of those things where I took a regular recipe and made some changes and substitutions and experiments. The biggest change is to use a really good vegetable stock instead of chicken stock (I like this one a lot, but if you're less lazy than me you could make your own), and skip the cheese that is in most risottos. I also up the wine content a fair amount (but that's more to do with me being boozy than being vegan ), and make sure that I'm using really good olive oil. I use a combination of fresh and dried wild mushrooms, and use the liquid from rehydrating the dried to "beef up" (lulz) the mushroomy-ness of the stock. I also add spinach at the stage when a regular risotto would add cheese, and top with toasted pine nuts, grated lemon zest, and a generous squeeze of fresh lemon. But the key thing, as with most vegan cooking, is just to make sure that the ingredients you're starting with are realy exceptional. Since there aren't any extra fats to round out the flavour, or any meat/cheese to take centre stage, the vegetables really need to shine. Because of this, I'm willing to spend the extra cash (which I'm not spending on pricey items like meat and cheese) for really, really good oils and spices, and spend the time going to farmer's markets and getting super fresh/delicious produce. It actually makes cooking way more fun for me when I can be like "This are the morrels that Joe forraged for and sold me this morning". Yumm!

what exactly isthe break down of all the animals in the cunuck household?
From oldest to youngest:
Lucifur (orange tabby, 16 years, originally my bf's)
Stephen J Dedalus (orange tabby, 12 years, originally mine)
Cassandra Geraldine (tortie cat, 5 years, originally my bf's)
Kenobi (black lab mix, 2 years, got him once we'd already moved in together)

[Epignosis]

THANK YOU.

Your post has made veganism a realistic lifestyle choice for me. From this moment forward, I will only wear vegan socks and use vegan nail clippers.